64 WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
Dyer’s Green-weed. (Genista tinetoria, Linn.)— Another similar shrub to the Needle 
Whin (Genista anglica), with the flowers a little larger and of a brighter yellow ; the pods longer 
and flatter ; the stems without spines ; and the leaves pointed. All parts of this shrub yield a 
yellow dye. [Plate 32. 
Not common. Pastures on clay, heaths. June — August. Shrub. 
GORSE, FURZE. (ULEX, LINN.) — Flowers yellow, in the axils of the leaves, forming terminal 
clusters (racemes). Calyx of 5 sepals, united into a tube and divided to the base into 2 lips, the 
upper consisting of 2, the lower of 3 sepals, coloured like petals (petaloid), with 2 or 3 small bracts 
at the base; corolla of 5 irregular petals, butterfly-shaped (papilionaceous); stamens 10, the 
filaments all united together into a sheath (monadelphous) ; carpel 1. Fruit a short oval pod, 
scarcely longer than the calyx, few-seeded. Small, densely spinous shrubs, with prickle-like 
leaves, and no stipules. 
Common Gorse, Furze, or Whin. (Ulex europseus, Linn.)— As just described. The 
bright yellow flowers f inch long, solitary or in pairs, in the axils of the leaves, forming dense 
terminal spikes (racemes) ; the yellowish sepals being nearly as long as the petals ; the butterfly- 
shaped petals with the wings longer than the keel ; the bracts oval ; the black pods a shade 
longer than the calyx ; and the stems 2-6 feet high, much branched, woody, copiously covered 
with spines, which take the place of leaves, each branch ending in a thick spine. 
Very common. Heaths, commons, sandy or stony places. February — July. Shrub. 
Larger Dwarf Gorse. (Ulex Gallii, Planch.) — A very similar shrub, differing in its 
more orange, smaller flowers, about £ inch long, its minute roundish bracts, and its pods as long 
as or shorter than the calyx. [Plate 32. 
Common locally. Heaths, mountain-sides. August — November. Shrub. 
Lesser Dwarf Gorse. (Ulex nanus, Forster.) — A smaller, more prostrate shrub, with 
smaller, pale yellow flowers, the wing petals shorter than the keel, the spines weak and short, and 
the bracts minute and roundish. 
Common locally. Heaths, chiefly in the south of England. August — November. Perennial. 
BROOM. (CYTISUS, LINN.) — Flowers large, bright yellow, solitary or in pairs, forming leafy 
clusters (racemes). Calyx of 5 sepals united into a bell-shaped tube, which is divided at the top 
into 2 short lips, the upper with 2 and the lower with 3 minute teeth ; petals 5, butterfly-shaped 
(papilionaceous), broad, the standard petal broadly egg-shaped ; stamens 10, the filaments all 
united into a complete sheath (monadelphous) ; carpel 1, with a very long curved or coiled style, 
and a thickened stigma. Fruit a long, compressed pod, much longer than the calyx, with many 
seeds. Shrubs with angular green branches, no spines, and leaves undivided (simple) or divided 
to the base into 3 leaflets (trifoliate), without stipules. 
Common Broom. (Cytisus scoparius, Link.) — The only British species (as just 
described). The flowers 1 inch long, bright yellowy with the style spirally coiled ; the pods 1^-2$ 
inches long, black, flat, with hairy margins ; the stem 2-6 feet high ; and the leaves divided to 
the base into 3 leaflets (trifoliate). [Plate 32. 
Common. Sandy places. May — June. Perennial. 
REST HARROW. (ONONIS, LINN.) — Flowers pink in British species, solitary in the axils of 
the leaves, forming leafy clusters terminating the main stem and branches. Calyx of 5 sepals 
united into a tube and separating into 5 narrow' teeth ; petals 5, butterfly-shaped (papilionaceous), 
