594* 362. Ulex. 63. LEGUMINOSiE. 
PL ex. cah 
e. Stamens diadelphous ; legumen many-ceUed ; cells 1 -seeded, 
not opening spontaneously, 
Legumen cylindrical, bent Ornithopus. 378. 
Legumen compressed, bent, membrana- 
ceous, one suture deeply toothed .... Hippocrepis. 379. 
Legumen compressed, prickly ; 
keel very blunt; wings very short ..... Onobrychis. 380. 
A. Stamens monadelphous. 
I. 362. ULEX. Pliny. Furze, 
Calyx deeply 2-parted ; lobes keeled, scaly at the base; 
corolla-keel 2 petaled; stamens monadelphous; androphore 
tubular, cut above; legumen turgid, scarcely longer than 
the calyx, few-seeded. — Stem undershrubby, very spinous ; 
leaves simple, lanceolate ; flowers axillary, yellow. 
1. Ulex Europeans. European furze. 
Twigs upright; leaves lanceolate, linear, villous; bractece 
ovate, weak ; calyx-teeth very small, connivent. 
Genista spinosa vulgaris, Raii Syn. 475, 1 ; Ger. em. 1319. 
Genista spinosa major vulgaris. Park. 1003. 
Ulex Europaeus, Lin. S. P. 1045. 
Ulex grand iflorus* Pour. Mem. Thoul. 333, 3. 
Common furze. Whins. Gorse. Thorn broom. 
Dry heaths, also cultivated; shrub; all the year, chiefly 
in May. 
Branches very close, tangled; spines very sharp, ever- 
green; peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered; corolla golden-yel- 
low, odour like honey; legumen 4<-seeded. — Young shoots 
bruised used to feed sheep and cattle ; also cut for fuel, and 
to light fires of fossil coals. 
2. Ulex nanus. Dwarf furze. 
Twigs decumbent ; leaves linear, bald ; bractece very 
small, pressed close to the stem; calyx-teeth lanceolate, 
distant. 
Genista spinosa minor, Raii Syn. 475,2; Park. 1003. 
Genista aculeata minor, Ger. em. 1321, 6. 
Ulex Europaeus /3, Lin. S. P. 1045. 
Ulex nanus, Forster in Sym. Syn. 160. 
Ulex minor, Roth FI. Germ. 
Scorpion furze. 
High heaths; shrubby; August and September. 
Plant much smaller than U. Europeeus; legumen hairy. 
