524- The BRITISH HERBAL. 
GENUS XXXIV. 
F U R 2. 
GENISTA S P I N O S A. 
THE cup is fmal], and divided irregularly. The flower is papilionaceous, and has five petals ; 
two forming the carina. The feed-ve/Tel is an oblong pod. The whole flirub is covered 
with thorns. 
Common Furz. 
Genijia fpinofa vulgaris. 
The fhrub is four or five ftet high, and very 
fpreading. 
The leaves are very fmal!, obiong, of a bluifh 
green, and fall foon after they appear in fpring. 
The branches are all the year cloathed with 
innumerable green thorns. 
The flowers are large and yellow. 
It is common on heaths. 
C. Bauhine calls it Genijla fpinofa major longi' 
orihus aculeis. 
We have two other fpecies. 
1. The lefTer Furze, Genijia fpinofa m'mr. The 
thorns are fliorter, and it flowers later. 
2. tfecdkFuTze^ Genifa minor afpa/aiboiJss. The 
leaves fmal! and of a faint green. 
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