ULEX. GENISTA. 
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Tribe I. Lotece. 
iJi* 1. U'lex Linn. Furze. "VVhin. Gorse. 
1. U. europcB 'its (L.) ; yoimg 1. shaggy beneath fiurowed, pri- 
djimary spines sti-ong terete-polygonal fiurowed rough^ st. hairy, 
o/'fl. lateral, bracts ovate lax, cal. shagg}', wings longer than keel. 
E. B. 742.— St. shrubby, 4 — 6 feet high, veiy much branched, 
spreading. Fl. bright yellow, springing from both the primary 
and secondary spines. Spines branching at their base and up 
to about their middle, not exceeding the flowers. — V. strictm 
(Mack. ) ; primaiy spines small slender tetragonal, plant 1 — 2 ft. 
high, with upright branches ; is now sho'mi to be an inconstant 
foim. The seeds do not uniformly reproduce it, but sometimes 
produce U. europanis. — Heaths. Sh. II. — Yl. E. S. L 
2. U. nanus (Forst.) ; young I, glabrous ciliate furrowed, pri- 
mary spities slender terete striate smooth, st. hairy, fl. lateral and 
terminal, bracts very mintde adpressed, cal. finely downy, win^s 
ihorter than keel. — E. B. 743.- — St. shrubby, procumbent. Pri- 
mary spines short, spreading, branched at their base only. Fl. 
lalf the size of those of JJ. evropmis, springing fi'om the primary 
•pines and exceeded by them, pale ; pet. scarcely separated when 
uU blown. Pod persistent for nearly a year. — /3. U. Gallii 
Planch.) ; primary spines strong, deflexed, wings rather longer 
ban keel. St. 2—5 feet high. Wings not straight and thus 
)ften seeming shorter than keel. Fl. orange, pet. more or less 
livaricate. Pods bursting in spring. A dwarf foi-m is often 
aken for U. nanus, a tall one for L . euro^ycsiis. Probably a distinct 
pecies.— Heaths. Sh. \TII.— XI. E. S. I. 
2. Genis'ta Ziinn. 
1. G. pildsa (L.) ; st. procumbent without thorns, 1. obovateT 
anceolate blunt, stipules ovate blunt, branches peduncles calyx 
tandard keel and imderside of the 1. silky, peduncles lateral ac- 
ompanied by a ttift of leaves, pods hairy. — E. B. 208. — Fl. small, 
ellow, collected towards the ends of the branches. St. much 
ranched, fuiTowed, woody. — Drj' sandy and gTavelly heaths, 
ire. Sh. V. " E. 
2. G. tinctSria (L.) ; st. depressed with erect branches without 
homs, 1. lanceolate or elliptic haiiy at the edges, stiptdes minute 
•(btdate,Jl. racemose, cor. (inAj^ods glabrous. — E. B. 44. — Branches 
rect, 1 — 2 feet high, striate, glabrous, downj^ aboye. Fl. yellow. 
Ceel as long as the standai-d. — /3. G. humifusa (Dicks. jMSS.) ; 
;. and branches procumbent, 1. ovate or oblong, pods hairy on 
le back of each valve. St. angailar, 6 — 10 in. long.— In pas- 
ires and thickets. /3. Near K}Tiance Cove, Cornwall. Sh. 
n.— IX. Dyer's-weed. E. S. I. 
