i63 DIADELP.HIA DECANDRIA.’ 
Ray, are only varieties and not didind fpecies. All very 
common in dry mountainous pafLures. May ^ Jane, 
I> E CA N D R I A comprehends fuch as have ten jiamina. 
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S P A R T I U M. Broom. 
The cun is monophyllous, cord ato- tubulated with 
a very fliort margin at the top, and five fmall indentures, 
and coloured. The flower is papilionaceous and has 
five petals. The vexiilum is almod heart-ilaaped, large 
and wholly reflex. The wings are ovate, oblong, Ihort- 
er than the vexiilum and amiexed to the fcamina. The 
keel has two petals, is ianceoiated, oblong, longer than 
the wings-, the borders are liairy and connected together 
into which the ftamina are inferted. There are ten un- 
equal ilamina grovdng together and vifibly longer one 
than die other, the upperrnoh: is very ihort, the loweft is 
divided imo nine parts, and tide aniherae are oblongirh. 
TliC germen is oblong and hairy, the ilyie is fubuiated, 
to the upper fide on which is annexed an oblong, vii- 
loie iligma. I'he legurnen is cylinclraceous, long, obtufe, 
and unilocular with two values containing many kid- 
ney- ihaped iceds. 
Sco'pariwm, Common Broom whh lingle, trifoliate and 
angular, unarmed branches. Mry\ June, 
G E N I S T A. Green-v/eed. 
The cup is rndnopliyilous, fniail, tubulated, and bila- 
biated; the upper lip is bidentated and deeper divided; 
the lov/er lip is bidentated and nearly equal. The dower 
is papilionaceous. The vcxiliurn is acute, and remote 
from the keel and the whole is leiiex. The vvino;s are 
oblong, lax, and Hrortcr tlian the reft. The keel is 
llraio-ht, emar 2 ;inated. and ionner r’lan the vexiilum. 
There are ten ftamma joined wliich emerge out ot the 
keel, having fiiiipie andierse. The germen is oblong, 
with 
