Pi, ex, cal. 63. LEGUMINOS.®. 363. Genista. 595 
II. 863 . GENISTA. Broom . 
Calyx 2-lipped ; upper lip 2-toothed, lower 3-toothed ; 
standard oblong, turned back; keel lying down, not entirely 
covering the stamens and pistils; stamens monadelphous ; 
legumen oblong.— Stem shrubby; leaves simple or ternate; 
stipules scarcely any; flowers yellow. 
a. Spartium. Branches unarmed. 
1. Genista vulgaris. Common broom. 
Leaves oblong, ternate or solitary ; branches stiff, angu- 
lar; flowers axillary; peduncles short; legumen many- 
seeded ; edge hairy. 
Genista angulosa trifolia, Raii Syn . 474. 
Genista, Ger. em. 1311, 1. 
Genista vulgaris, et Scoparia, Park. 228. 
Spartium Scoparia, Lin. S. P. 996. 
Fields and dry woods; shrubby; May and June. 
Branches evergreen, bald ; leaves small, bald ; flowers 
solitary, drooping, large corollce gold or citron-yellow.— 
Tops and seeds in infusion diuretic, serviceable in dropsy; 
seeds roasted substituted for coffee ; young flowers pickled 
for sauce; ashes afford a tolerably pure subcarbonate of 
potash ; when sheep are pastured on it in bloom the rot is 
prevented ; twigs used for carpet-brooms, and their bark 
may be made into flax. 
2. Genista tinctoria. Dyeing broom. 
Branches round, streaked, upright, unarmed ; leaves lan-» 
ceolate, bald ; flowers racemose; legumen bald, roundish, 
many- seeded. 
Genistella tinctoria, Raii Syn. 474, 1 ; Ger. em. 1316, 1 ; Lin. S. P. 998. 
Genista tinctoria vulgaris, Park. 228. 
Base broom. Dyers weed. Green weed. Wood-waxen. 
Pastures and woods; shrubby; July and August. 
Root woody; branches ascending; leaves sessile, slightly 
hairy on the edge; flowers axillary; calyx angular. — Plant 
in decoction diuretic; seeds purgative; flowers dye wool 
yellow. 
3. Genista pilosa . Hairy broom. 
Stem tubercled, decumbent, unarmed ; leaves lanceolate, 
folded, blunt, hairy beneath ; flowers axillary, nearly ses- 
sile; calyx , corolla , and legumen hairy, hairs silklike. 
Chamasgeriista Punnonica, Ger. em. 1313,6. 
Genista pilosa, Lin. S. P. 999. 
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