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ORDEE XXVIL LEGUMINOS^. 
1. ULEX. 
1. U. EUROP^us. Furze Whin, or Gorse. May—December. ^ 
On sandy or gravelly heaths and commons. Road sides, <fec. 
The Whin affords food to but few lepidopterous insects. The larva of Polyommatus Argiolus, (the 
Azure Blue,) may sometimes be found upon it ; also, Euthemonia Russula, (the Clouded Buff.) 
2. U. NANUS. Dwarf Furze. August — October. ^2 
On the race-conrse at Doncaster. Gatherly moor, near the sand 
qnarry. Near Richmond. 
2. GENISTA. 
1. G. TiNCTORiA. Dyer’s Weed. July — August. I 2 
On the dry borders of fields. Heslington fields, Overton wood, tfec. 
near York. Hemsworth and Brompton. Found with double flowers 
near Ilkley wells, in 1828, by Mr. D. Smith, Curator of the Hull 
Botanic Garden. In a field at Ganthorpe, on the York road, four 
miles from Malton. At Hutton hill. Richmond. In great abun- 
dance near the villages of Wharfe and Clapham. 
The whole plant affords the dyer a good yellow colour ; and with woad a good green. 
Apion Genista, and the larva of Hipparchus Cythisaria, (the Grass Emerald, or Green Carpet,) feed 
on this species. 
2. G. ANGLicA. Petty Whin. May — July. 1? 
On sandy heaths, from the vale of York to the height of 2,000 feet 
on the Grampians of Aberdeenshire. 
3. SPARTIUM. 
1. S. scopARiUM. Common Broom. Genista of old Authors. May —June. I 2 
On dry gravelly soil, frequent. 
This humble Shrub was no less distinguished than the Rose herself during the civil wars of the four- 
teenth century ; for a sprig of the Planta Genista was the adopted badge of Gefroi, Duke of Anjou, 
father of our Henry the Second : and from this cognizance he acquired the name of Plantagenet, by him 
transmitted to his princely descendants, who all bore it from Henry, who has been called the first royal 
sprig of Genista, down to the tyrant Richard, the last degenerate scion of the plant of Anjou. 
, “ The storied urn may be crumbled to dust. 
And time may the marbled bust deface ; 
But thou wilt be faithful and firm to thy trust. 
The memorial flower of a princely race.” 
The larva of Polyommatus Argus, (the Studded Blue ;) Theda RuM, (the Green Hair Streak;) 
Calocampa exoleta, (the Sword Grass ;) Hadena contigua, (the Beautiful Brocade ;) Mamestra Pisi, (the 
Broom;) Basychira fascelina, (Dark Tussock;) Speranza Umbaria, (the Frosted Orange;) also, 
Chrysomela litura, occellata and ohlongoguttata, Lamprias chlorocephala, Apion neclonopum, and, 
rarely, A. Spartii, are found upon it. 
