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flbtufle fpear -Jh aped leaves , and a declining ftalk having 
tubercles. This is the Genifta ramofa, foliis Hyperici. 
C. B. P. 395. Branching Broom with leaves like St. 
Johnfwort. 
•8. Genista ( Anglic a ) fpinis fimplicibus, ramis floriferis 
inermibus, foliis lanceolatis. Hort. Cliff. 355. Broom 
with Jingle J pines , flower-branches without fpines , and 
fpear -flhaped leaves. Genifta fpartium minus Anglicum. 
Tourn. Inft. R. H. 645. Small Englijh Broom , called 
Petty Whin. 
9. Genista ( Hiflpanica ) fpinis decompofitis, ramis flo- 
riferis, inermibus, foliis lanceolatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
7 1 1 . Broom with decompounded flpines , flower-branches 
without flpines , and narrow hairy leaves. Genifta fpinofa 
minor Hifpanica villofiffima. C. B. P. 395. Moflt hairy, 
finally Spanifh, prickly Broom. 
The firftffort grows naturally in France, Italy, and 
Germany. This plant fends out feveral ftalks from 
the root, which fpread flat on the ground, and divide 
into many flat branches which are jointed, and their 
two fides are edged like a broad fword ; thefe are 
green and herbaceous,- but are perennial. At each of 
the joints is placed one frnali fpear-fhaped leaf, with- 
out any foot-ftalk. The flowers are produced in clofe 
fpikes at the end of the branches ; they are yellow, 
and of the Pea-bloom kind, and are fucceeded by 
Abort hairy pods, which contain three or four kidney- 
fhaped feeds. The plants flower in June, and the 
feeds ripen in September. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which, if fown in 
the autumn, the plants will come up the following 
fpring but when they are fown in the fpring, the 
plants rarely come up the fame year : when the plants 
come up, they will require no other culture but to 
keep them clean from weeds, and thin them where 
they are too clofe at Michaelmas they may be tranf- 
planted where they are deftgned to remain, and after 
that they will only require to be kept clean, for they 
are very hardy, and will live feveral years. 
The fecond fort rifes with ligneous ftalks about two 
or three feet high, fending out many taper channelled 
branches which grow eredt, garnifhed with fmall fpear- 
fhaped leaves placed alternate, and are terminated by 
feveral fpikes of yellow flowers, which are of the Pea- 
bloom kind ; thefe are fucceeded by Ihort pods, which 
turn black when ripe, and contain four or five kid- 
ney- fhaped feeds. It flowers in June and July, and 
the feeds ripen in autumn. 
The third fort grows naturally in England. This hath 
fhrubby ftalks, which rife about three feet high, gar- 
nifhed with fpear-fhaped leaves, which are broader, 
and end in fharper points than thofe of the former ? 
the branches come out from the fide of the ftalks, al- 
moft their whole length, and do not grow fo upright 
as thofe of the fecond thefe are terminated by loofe 
fpikes of yellow flowers, which are fucceeded by pods 
like thofe of the fecond fort. It flowers, and the feeds 
are ripe about the fame time as the former. The 
branches of the plant are ufed by the dyers, to give a 
yellow colour, from whence it is called Dyers Broom, 
Green- wood. Wood- waxen, or Dyers-weed. 
The fourth fort grows naturally about Montpelier. 
This rifes with fhrubby, ftriated, taper ftalks four 
feet high, fending out feveral branches which are 
terminated by fpines ; the leaves are fpear-fhaped, 
Angle, and hairy j the flowers are produced in fpikes 
at the end of the branches, they are larger than thofe 
of the other forts, and are of a paler yellow colour. 
They appear in June and July, and are fucceeded by 
pods like the former forts. 
This fort is tender, and in fevere frofts is often killed 
in England, where the plants are not protected. 
The fifth fort grows naturally about Montpelier. 
This rifes with a wmody ftalk to the height of feven 
or eight feet, fending out many Gender branches, 
garnifhed with trifoliate leaves, hairy on their under 
fide ; the upper part of thefe branches, for more than 
a foot in length, fend out fmall flowering branches 
on their fide, fupporting five yellow flowers. Thefe 
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appear in June and July, and the feeds ripen in au- 
tumn. 
The fixt.h fort hath a low fhrubby ftalk, which feldom 
is more than a foot high, fending out feveral weak 
branches which arc jointed? garnifhed with final! leaves 
ending in three acute parts. The flowers are produced 
in loofe fpikes at the top of the branches, they are of 
a pale yellow colour, and appear the latter end of 
June and in July, and the feeds ripen in September. 
This plant grows naturally in Portugal. 
The feventh fort hath a fhrubby ftalk which declines 
toward the ground, and is fet over with tubercles - it 
divides into a few fmall branches, which are garnifhed 
with fmall obtufe leaves. The flowers are difpofed in 
fmall loofe fpikes at the end of the branches j they 
are fmall, of a pale yellow colour, and are fucceeded 
by fhort pods filled with kidney-fhaped feeds. It 
flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in autumn.- This 
grows naturally in Germany and France. 
The eighth fort grows naturally upon open heaths in 
many parts of England. It hath a fhrubby ftalk 
which rifes about two feet high, fending out many* 
flender branches, which are armed with long Angle 
fpines, and garnifhed with very fmall fpear-fhaped 
leaves, placed alternate on every fide the branches : 
the flower-branches have no fpines ; thefe are fhort, 
and have five or fix yellow flowers growing in a clut- 
ter at the end. They come out in April and May, 
and are fucceeded by fhort turgid pods, which con- 
tain four or five fmall kidney-fhaped feeds. Thefe 
ripen in July. 
The ninth fort grows naturally in Spain. This hath 
a low fhrubby ftalk, which fends out many ligneous 
branches, armed with branching thorns, competed 
of feveral fharp thorns, which come out from each 
other, but the Ihort branches which produce the flow- 
ers have no fpines ? thefe are garnifhed with fmall 
hairy leaves of different forms, feme of them being 
as narrow as hairs, and others are of the fpear-fhape , 
the branches are terminated by clufters of yellow 
flowers, which are fucceeded by fhort, compreffed, 
hairy pods, filled with kidney-fhaped feeds. The: 
whole plant has much the appearance of the common 
Furz or Gorfe, but is very hairy, and the flower- 
branches being without thorns, are the moft obvious 
diftincftions. 
All thefe forts of Brooms are propagated by feeds, 
which, if fown in the autumn, will fucceed much 
better than if fown in the fpring, and a year will be 
thereby faved ; as thefe plants fend out long, ftringy, 
tough roots, which run deep into the ground, they 
do not bear tranfplanting well, efpecialiy if they are 
not removed young ; therefore the belt way is to few 
a few feeds in thofe places where the plants are de- 
figned to remain, and to pull up all except the moft; 
promifing plants as foon as they are paft danger after 
this the plants will require no other culture, but to 
keep them clean from weeds : but where this cannot 
be praflifed, the feeds may be fown thin upon a bed 
of light earth, and when the plants come up, they 
muft be kept clean from weeds till the following au- 
tumn, when the plants fhould be carefully taken up 
and tranfplanted where they are defigned to remain. 
They are all very hardy plants except the fourth, fifth, 
and ninth forts, which muft have a warm flickered 
fituation and dry foil, otherwife they will not live 
through the winter, but the others will grow in almoft 
any foil or fituation. 
GENISTA S FI NOS A, the Furz, Whins, or 
Gorfe. See Ulex. 
GENTIAN A. Lin. Gen. Plant. 285. Tourn. Inft. 
R. H. 80. tab. 40. [takes its name from Gentius, a 
king of Illyrium, who firft difeover'ed the virtues of 
this plant.] Gentian, or Fellwortj in French, Gen* 
tiane. 
The Characters are, 
It hath a permanent empalement , which is cut into five 
acute fegments. Phe flower hath one petal, which is tu- 
hulous , cut into five parts at the top , which are flat. It 
hath 
