FLEX. 
121 
Clieiri L.), in remote whorls of mostly 4 or 5 together, forming 
an erect terminal drawn-out rac. 3-6 in. long. Upper lip of 
cal. cleft nearly or quite down to the base ; lower somewhat 
indistinctly 3-toothleted ; bractlets distinct linear half as long 
as sep. Pods flat pubescent about 2 in. long, § in. broad, 4- or 
5-seeded, the seeds prominent, 3-4 lines diam., 2 thick. 
tt 2. Ulex L. 
Furze, Gorse, or Whin. 
ffl. U. EUROPiEUS L. Furze. Carqueja. 
Branches spines and 1. while young pubescent ; primary spines 
strong elongate angular grooved or striated minutely scabrous ; 
1. narrow ensiform acuminate pimgent convex beneath, flattened 
above ; fl. lateral, br. broadly ovate, cal. adpressedlv villose- 
pubescent, the teeth minute and mostly indistinct or obsolete ; 
wings as long as standard longer than keel. — EB. t. 742 ; DC. 
ii. 144 ; Sm. E. Fl. iii. 265 ; WB. ! ii. 30, 31 j Koch i. 165 ; 
Bab. 72. — Shr. per. Mad., G. D. reg. 2, cc. Between the Palheiro 
and S. Antonio da Serra especially about Camacha ; Serras of 
Porto da Cruz, Fayal, S ta Anna, S. Jorge, &c., very abundantly, 
and perfectly naturalized. Introd. by the late Conde de Car- 
valhal about 50 years ago, and in 1826 almost conflned to the 
neighbourhood of the Palheiro and Camacha, though now (1860) 
overspreading the open mountain-pasture region throughout 
almost the whole island, and superseding completely in many 
places the common Broom ( Sarothamnus ). Jan.-May. — Alow 
densely bushy and thorny apparently leafless shr. 2-6 ft. high, 
of a uniform dark green, with thickly interwoven striated 
branches and long spines. L. small inconspicuous persistent 
linear ensiform flattened or a little concave above, cuspidate 
presently becoming rigid and spine-like. Spines branched near 
the base or halfway up, not longer than the flowers. Cal. br. 
adpressed, as broad as or broader than ped., thickly pubescent, 
ovate or cordate, short obtuse with a distinct keel or midrib 
pale brown, not deciduous. Fl. large, fragrant like Apricots, 
bright golden-y., thickly clustered towards the ends of the 
branches on short closely pubescent pedic. from both the primary 
and secondary spines. Cal. and edge of keel densely pubescent or 
villose. Pod flat short broadly oblong villose 2-8-seeded (mostly 
3-4 or 5-6), bursting elastically in the sunshine. Hairs of sep. 
mostly brown or tawny towards their tips. Though the number 
of seeds is so variable, the ovules are almost always 8 or 9. 
Used as in England for clipped fences, and occasionally as 
brushwood for firing. U. europceus Brot. ii. 78 (the “Tojo ” of 
Portugal), according to "Webb 1. c. and Iter Hisp. p. 48, is U. 
