182 THE PEAFLOWER TRIBE. 



, q f Keel with a -short, distinct point . 12. Oxyteope. 



I Keel obtuse, without any point 11. Astragal. 



("Style filiform or angular, hairy on the outer side or all round. Leaflets 

 9n j small and numerous (except in the Bithynian V.) . . . 17. Vetch. 



J Style flattened, hairy on the inner side only. Leaflets usually few, and 



L rather large 18. Pea. 



Among the very numerous Pea/lowers cultivated in our gardens, and 

 belonging to genera entirely exotic, the most common are, amongst 

 trees, — the Laburnum (Cytisus Laburnum), the Bobinias (commonly 

 called Acacias, but not the Acacias of botanists) ; among shrubs, — the 

 bladder Senna (Colutea arborescens), the Spanish Broom (Spartium 

 iunceum), several species of Cytisus, Caragana, Coronilla, etc. ; in 

 flower-gardens, — several Lupines, the French Honeysuckle (LLedysarum 

 coronarium), etc. ; and in kitchen-gardens, — the French Bean (Phaseo- 

 lus vulgaris), the Scarlet runner (Phaseolus coccineus), etc. ; whilst 

 the Australian Chorozemas, JTennedyas and others, the New Zealand 

 Fdioardsias 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. 



I. FURZE. ULEX. 



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 com- 

 plete sheath. Pod few-seeded, scarcely longer than the calyx. 



A genus of very few species, confined to western and central Europe 

 and north-western Africa. 



Calyx very hairy, with the bracts of the base about a line long 1. Common F. 

 Calyx nearly glabrous, the bracts scarcely perceptible. ... 2. Dwarf F. 



1. Common Furze. Ulex europseus, Linn. (Fig. 223.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 742. Furze, Gorse, or Whin.) 



A shrub of 2 to 3 feet, or even twice that height when old and luxu- 

 riant, 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 



