THE CYTISUS. 
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twiggy branches, with trifoliolate leaves, and 
yellow flowers produced from July to Septem- 
ber. It grows from two to four feet high ; and 
is found in Austria, Upper Italy, Siberia, and 
the Ukraine. 
Cytisus biflorus (the two-flowered Cyti- 
sus), is a native of Austria, Tauria, and Siberia. 
It is a diffuse growing plant, with trifoliolate 
leaves, and yellow flowers, in pairs, Two 
varieties of this, glaber, and subspinescem, 
have the branches respectively glabrous or 
smooth, and hoary, somewhat spinescent. 
•Cytisus calycinus (the large calyxed Cyti- 
sus). is a prostrate shrub, with trifoliolate leaves, 
and terminal racemes of yellow flowers pro- 
duced in August. The ends of the shoots 
grow upright. It is found in stony places on 
Mount Caucasus. 
Cytisds capitatus (the headed flowered 
Cytisus), is an upright growing shrub, from 
two to four feet high, with trifoliolate leaves, 
and numerous yellow flowers produced in June 
and July. It is found in Austria, Italy, and 
Burgundy. 
Cytisds ciliatds (the ciliated, or fringe- 
podded Cytisus), is an upright shrub, of from 
two to four leet in height, with trifoliolate 
leaves, and yellow flowers borne in June and 
July. A native of the Carpathian mountains. 
Cytisds elongatds (the elongated Cyti- 
sus), is an erect growing shrub, three or four 
feet high, with trifoliolate leaves, and yellow 
flowers produced mostly in fours. They open 
in May and June. A native of Hungary. 
Cytisus falcatus (the sickle-podded Cyti- 
sus), is a spreadingshrub, from two to four feet 
high, with trifoliolate leaves, and yellow flowers 
produced from June to August. A native of 
the south of Russia, Croatia, and Galicia. 
Cytisds grandiflorus (the great-flowered 
Cytisus), is a shrub growing three or four feet 
high, with simple and trifoliolate leaves, and 
beai'ing yellow flowers in June and July. It 
grows in Portugal. 
Cytisus hirsutus (the hairy Cytisus), is a 
decumbent shrub, with trifoliolate leaves, and 
yellow flowers from June to August. It is 
found in rugged places in the south of Europe. 
Cytisus lanigerus (the woolly Cytisus), is 
an erect shrub, from two to three feet high, with 
spiny branches, trifoliolate leaves, and yellow 
flowers ; there is a variety called ngidus, 
which has stronger spines. It flowers in June 
and July. Both these are probably varieties 
oi'C. spinosus. 
Cytisus leucanthus (the whitish flowered 
Cytisus), is an erect twiggy shrub, of three or 
four feet, with trifoliolate leaves, and yellowish 
white flowers at the points of the shoots. It is 
an ornamental species, flowering in June and 
July. From the woofls of Croatia. 
Cytisus mollis (the soft Cytisus), grows 
three or four feet high, and bears yellow 
flowers in June and July. 
Cytisds mdltiflorus (the many-flowered 
Cytisus), is an erect growing species, reaching 
two and three feet high, with trifoliolate leaves, 
and yellow flowers produced in May and June. 
Native of Europe. 
Cytisds nanus (the dwarf Cytisus), is a 
beautiful little procumbent shrub, flowering in 
June and July, with trifoliolate leaves and 
yellow flowers. It flowers in May and June, 
and often continues blooming through Julyl 
A native of the Levant. If planted in sandy 
soil, among rockwork or between large stones, 
it will grow very freely, and bloom in profusion, 
ft Cytisds nigricans (the black Cytisus), is a 
compact growing twiggy shrub, growing from 
three to five feet high, and flowering freely in 
June and July. The leaves are trifoliolate and 
the flowers yellow. It is very commonly 
planted in ornamental shrubberies, for which 
it is well suited. Native of Piedmont and 
Bohemia. The familiar name " black " Cytisus, 
and the Latin specific title, nigricans, which 
gives rise to it, refer to a property which the 
plant possesses of turning black in drying. 
Cytisus ORiENTAuis(the Oriental or Eastern 
Cytisus), grows erect, to the height of three 
feet, and has trifoliolate leaves ; its yellow 
flowers are produced in June and July. Na- 
tive of the Levant. 
Cytisds patens (the spreading Cytisus), 
grows from four to six feet high, with yellow 
flowers, in June and July. A handsome tree 
when grafted standard high. 
Cytisus polytrichus (the many-haired 
Cytisus,) is a small declinate plant of two or 
three feet in height, with trifoliolate leaves 
and yellow flowers, which are produced in June 
and July. It is from the mountains of Tauria. 
Cytisus purpureus (the purple flowered 
Cytisus), is a very pretty dwarf shrub with 
procumbent branches, rarely rising more 
than a foot above the surface. It has trifolio- 
late leaves and dull purple flowers, which open 
from May to August. There is a white 
flowered variety, called jiore albo; it is a na- 
tive of Austria. This species is well suited 
for rock-work, and also forms a beautiful 
small standard when grafted on the laburnum. 
The plant once known as the " Scarlet Labur- 
num," but which in reality has dull purplish 
flowers, is evidently intermediate between 
C. purpureus and C. Laburnum ; for it is no 
unusual thing to see a branch of the true 
C. purpureus put forth from a plant of the 
Scarlet Laburnum, (properly C. Laburnum 
Adamicus,) which had been grafted on the 
common Laburnum, and with which C. pur- 
pureus had had no contact. It is not clearly 
known whether C. Adamicus maybe a hybrid 
between the two, or whether the sap of C. 
