102 THE PEAFLOWER TRIBE. [ Ulew. 
and numerous (exceptin V. bithynica) o* Ae yaoi: 
Style flattened, hairy on the inner side only. Leaflets usually few, and 
rather large. . . . . . LATHYRUS. 
Among the very numerous Peaplodape: eulitwaheld in our mallee and 
belonging to genera entirely exotic, the most common are, amongst trees,— 
two species of Laburnum, the Robinias (commonly called Acacias, but not 
the Acacias of botanists) ; among shrubs,—the bladder Senna (Colutea 
arborescens), the Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum), several species of 
Caragana, Coronilia,etc.; in flower gardens,—several Lupines, the French 
Honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium), etc.; and in kitchen-gardens,—the 
French Bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris),the Scarlet runner (Phaseolus coccineus), 
etc.; whilst the Australian Chorozemas, Kennedyas and others, the New 
Zealand Edwardsias and Clianthus, the East Indian Piptanthus, Indigos, 
etc., the Chinese Millettia (Wistaria or Glycine of gardeners), and many 
others, from various parts of the world, are conspicuous in our plant- 
houses or on garden-walls. 
fe filiform or angular, hairy on the outer side or allround., Leaflets small — 
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I. ULEX. FURZE. 
Much branched, very thorny, green shrubs, with simple, prickle-shaped . 
leaves, and yellow flowers. Calyx coloured like the petals, divided nearly 
to the base into two concave segments or lips, which are entire or minutely 
toothed at the top. Stamens all united into a complete sheath. Pod few- 
seeded, scarcely longer than the calyx. 
A genus of very few species, confined to western and central pigs) and 
north-western Africa. 
Calyx very hairy, with the bracts of the base about a line long . a U. europeaus. 
Calyx nearly glabrous, the bracts scarcely perceptible . -, « & VU. nanus. 
1. U. europzeus, Linn. (fig. 226). Common Furze, ae or Whin.— 
A shrub of 2 to 3 feet, or even twice that height when old and luxuriant, 
and more or less hairy, especially on the main branches; the numerous 
short, intricate, small branches all ending in a stout thorn. Lower leaves 
occasionally lanceolate, but the greater number’ reduced to thorns, 2 to 6 
lines long. Flowers about 6 lines long, solitary in the axils of the leaves 
on the preceding year’s shoots, forming showy racemes, intermixed with | 
thorns at the end of the branches. Calyx yellow like the petals and but 
little shorter, clothed with brownish hairs, with a small, broad bract about 
a line long on each side at the base, besides a similar bract under the short 
pedicel. Petals narrow. 
On heaths and sandy and stony wastes in western Europe, extending 
eastward to northern and central Gcrmany, but not a Mediterranean 
species. Abundant in England, Ireland, and southern Scotland, more 
scarce in thenorth. 7. spring and early summer, commencing occa- 
sionally in winter, or even late in autumn. <A double flowering variety, 
and another with compact erect branches, commonly called Irish Purze 
(U. strictus) are frequent in gardens. 
2, U.nanus, Forst. (fig. 227). Dwarf Furze.—Very near U. europaeus, 
and perhaps a mere variety. It is of much smaller stature, less hairy, and 
of a deeper green ; the flowers of a deeper golden yellow, and smaller; the 
calyx glabrous, or with only a few short, scattered hairs, and the bracts at 
its base very much smaller, sometimes quite microscopic. 
