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diverging, pubescent. Pods bursting in spring. A dwarf form 
is often taken for U. minor, a tall one for U. evrojxtius. — Heaths. 
Sh. VIII.-XI. E. I. 
I 3. U. minor (Roth) ; young 1. ijlahrous ciliate furrowed, 
primary spines slender te)-ete striate smooth, st. hairy, fl. lateral 
and terminal, bracts ver;/ minutr adpressed, cal. f neb/ dowm/, 
wings shorter than keel. — E. Jl. 743. L\ imntis (Forst.). — 
St. shrubby procumbent. Primary spines short, spreading, 
branched at their base only. Fl. half the size of those of U. 
europceus, from the primary spines and exceeded by them, pale ; 
pet. scarcely separated when full-blown. Cal.-teeth diverging. 
Pod persistent for nearly a year. — Heaths. Sh. VIII. IX. E. 
2. Genis'ta Linn. em. Lam. 
1. G. pilosa (L.) ; st. procumbent without thorns, 1. obovate- 
lanceolate blunt, stipvles ovate blunt, branches peduncles calyx 
standard keel and underside of the 1. silky, peduncles lateral 
accompanied bi/ a (v/t of leaves, j>ods hairy. — E. B. 208. — Fl. 
small, yellow, collected towards the end of the branches. St. 
much branched, furrowed, woody. — Dry sandy and gravelly 
heaths, rare. Sh. V. E. 
2. G. tinctm-ia (L. diagn. em. Willd.) ; st. with erect branches 
without thorns, 1. lanceolate or elliptic hairy at the edges, 
stipules mimite subulate, Jl. racemose, cor. and pods glabrous. 
— E. B. 44. — Branches erect, 1 — 2 feet high, striate, glabrous, 
downy above. Fl. yellow. Keel as long as the standard. — 
/3. G. humifusa (Dicks.) ; st. and branches procumbent, 1. 
ovate or oblong, pods hairy on the back of each valve. St. 
angular, 6 — 10 in. long. — In pastures and thickets. /3. Lizard 
district, Cornwall, and St David's Head, Pemb. Sh. VII. — 
IX. Dyer's-weed. E. S. 
3. G. ang'lica (L.) ; st. spinous leafless below, flowering 
branches glabrous without thorns, 1. ovate- lanceolate, stip. 0, 
fl. solitary in the axils of the 1., cor. and pods glabrous.— .fi". B. 
132 — St. 1 foot high, round, leafless, sometimes quite prostrate, 
with short leafy branches bearing the yellow flowers. Keel 
longer than the standard. — Moist peaty heaths. Sh. V. VI. 
Needle Whin. 
3. Sarotham'nus IFiV/im. diagn. em. Koch. Broom. 
1. S. scopu7'ius (Koch) — Spartium L., E. B. 1339. Cytisus 
(Hook.) ; St. 2 — 3 feet high, angular, glabrous ; or pros'tratus 
