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vated in the mirfery gardens as an ornamental fiirub, by 
the title of cytifus Jecundus Chifii. If it be cytifus vulga- 
tior of Parkinfcm, it was common among vis in 1629. 
According to Johnfon, it grew in the garden of Mr. 
John Tradefcant. Ruminating animals greedily devour 
the leaves and young branches of this lort, whilft the 
goat only touches the laburnum. 
5. Cytifus cajan, or pigeon cytifus, or pigeon pea : 
racemes axillary, eredf ; leaflets fublanceolate, tornen- 
tofe ; the middle one on a larger petiole. T his riles 
with a weak fnrubby dalk eight or ten feet high, fend¬ 
ing out many fide branches., which grow erect. The 
flowers come out from the fide of the branches, fingle, 
or in clutters; they are of a deep yellow colour, and 
about the lize of thofe of the common laburnum. The 
pigeon pea is frequently planted in the Weft-India iflands, 
chiefly in rows as a fence to the fugar plantations, and 
will thrive on barren land. The feed is much eaten by 
poor people and negroes, and is efteemed a wholefome 
pulfe ; in the illand of Martinico even the better lort of 
people hold it in eftimation, and prefer it to the Euro¬ 
pean pea. The chief ufe of it in Jamaica is for feeding 
pigeons, whence its name. The branches with the ripe 
feed and leaves are given to feed hogs, horfes, and other 
cattle, which grow very fat on them. Native of both 
Indies and Africa, whence they are fuppofed to have 
been originally brought to the Weft Indies, where they 
are called Angola pcaj'e: cultivated in 1694 by the du- 
chefs of Beaufort; and by Doody in 1687. 
6. Cytifus hirfutus, Qr hairy or evergreen cytifus: 
peduncles fimple, lateral; calyxes hirfute, trifid,ob- 
tufe, ventricofe-oblong. This has a foft llirubby (talk, 
dividing into many branches, which grow eredt, and fre¬ 
quently rife to the height of eight or ten feet; the (talks, 
branches, and leaves, are very hairy ; the (lowers come 
out from the fide of the (talk, in fhort racemes, they are 
of a pale yellow, appear in June, and are fucceeded by 
long, narrow, hairy, legumes, which ripen in September. 
Native of the fouth of Europe and Siberia. Cultivated 
in 1739 by Mr. Miller, who fays that it is common in 
the nurfery gardens near London, under the name of 
evergreen cytifus of Naples. 
7- Cytifus capitatus, or clufter-flowered cytifus: flow¬ 
ers in heads; branches eredt, (tridt, round, villofe; leaves 
ovate-elliptic, villofe ; bradte linear beneath the calyx. 
It differs from the preceding in having mod of the dowers 
terminating, and in a genuine head ; the leaves more ob- 
tufe, and hairy on both (ides ; the (terns fcarcely ever a 
cubit in height, and extremely hirfute. Native of Auf- 
tria, Carniola, and Silelia. 
8. Cytifus aultriacus, or Siberian cytifus: flowers in 
umbels terminating; (temeredt; leaflets lanceolate. This 
has a fhrubby (talk, which rifes near four feet high, di¬ 
viding into many branches, which, when young, are co¬ 
vered with a green bark; the dowers are produced in 
clofe heads at the ends of the branches, having a duller 
of leaves under them ; they are of a bright yellow co¬ 
lour, appear in the beginning of May, ana are fometimes 
fucceeded by fhort woolly legumes, containing three or 
four fmall feeds. Native of Aufiria, Hungary, Silelia, 
Italy, and Siberia. It was cultivated in 1756 by Mr. 
Miller, who fays that the feeds were lent to the impe¬ 
rial garden at Peterfburg, and thence by profeifor Am¬ 
man to England. 
9. Cytifus fupinus, or trailing cytifus: flowers pe- 
duncled, about two together; leaves villofe; ftem de¬ 
cumbent, becoming fiirubby. The (ferns of this are ai¬ 
med wholly procumbent, round, dufkv, little divided : 
the ends are clofely befet with leaves and dowers, which 
come out together from fpreading buds, formed of a few 
(ubovate fimple bradtes ; the,longer dems are frequently 
decorated with flowers for a foot in length ; two flowers 
rtfually proceed from each bud, but fometimes only one, 
and rarely three or more, on fhort peduncles; flowers 
ereft, deep yellow, but before they decay becoming red- 
difh ; feeds feveral, fhining, brown. In the garden it 
becomes more pubefeent, and by age more (hrubby, 
branched, and diffufed, riflng to four feet in height, 
witli long recurved branches loaded with flowers. Na¬ 
tive of the fouth of Europe and Siberia. 
to. Cytifus proliferus, or filky cytifus : flowers in la¬ 
teral umbels; dems ereef ; leaves elliptic, acute, filky 
underneath; calyxes woolly. Found in the mountain 
woods of Teneriffe by Francis Madon ; introduced in 
1779 ; flowers in April and May. 
11. Cytifus argenteus, or (ilvery cytifus : flowers ge¬ 
nerally two together, fubfeflile; leaves tomentofe ; dems 
decumbent; dipules minute. This has herbaceous balks. 
The flowers are produced either fingle, or two, three, 
or more, together, at the ends of the branches. It is a 
hoary (billing plant; the branches towards the root be¬ 
come fhrubby, but above they are herbaceous. Native 
of the fouth of France and Iftria. 
12. Cytifus purpureus, or purple cytifus : flowers pe- 
duncled, folitary ; leaves fmooth ; dems decumbent, be¬ 
coming fhrubby ; legumes fickled above. This is fuf- 
fruticofe ; dems the thicknefs of a goofe-quill, naked, 
fmooth, brownifh, pliant, prodrate ; from thefe fpring 
(lender, foft, afeending, branched, twigs, at fird (lightly 
pubefeent, but afterwards fmooth ; leaves fcattered, al¬ 
ternate, petioled ; leaflets fefiile, ovate, (harpifli, dark 
green, quite entire ; flowers axillary, folitary, erefl, on 
a (hort pedicel ; calyx tinged with purple ; corolla large, 
bright red. Fird found by Jacquin, in Carniola, in 1761; 
flowering in April and May. 
13. Cytifus glaber, or fmooth cytifus: flowers foli¬ 
tary, lateral, fubfeflile, pendulous; leaves ternate. Na¬ 
tive of Auftria. 
14. Cytifus Grascus, or Grecian cytifus: leaves Am¬ 
ple, lanceolate-linear; branches angular. This rifes with ■ 
a woody dalk fix. or (even feet high, fending out many 
angular lateral branches. The flowers are produced in 
(hort bunches from the (ides of the branches ; they are 
fmall, yellow, and appear in July and Augud, but are 
not fucceeded by feeds in England. It grows naturally 
in the iflands of the Archipelago. 
15. Cytilus tener, or tender cytifus: leaves fimple, lan¬ 
ceolate; branches round. This is an'eredl fnrub, branch¬ 
ing very much, three feet high, with a trunk the thick¬ 
nefs of a finger, round and upright; leaves quite entire, 
fubpetioled, pale beneath, fomewhat villofe on both 
fides, fcarcely half an inch in length ; flowers few, in 
terminating racemes, on (hort pedicels, fmelling fweet; 
feed few. Found in the illand of Madeira by Maffon. 
16. Cytifus foliolofus, or leafy cytifus : racemes ter¬ 
minating, ereft ; calyxes villoie ; fegments fickle-fhaped; 
leaflets obovate-oblong. Found in the Canary Iflands by 
Maffon. It flowers in July and Augud. 
17. Cytifus divaricatus, or clammy cytifus : racemes 
terminating, ered; calyxes and legumes ramentaceous- 
vifeid ; leaflets oblong. Leaves ternate, with ovate-ob¬ 
long leaflets, (Linnaeus fays, lanceolate, never unfold¬ 
ing,) on very fhort petioles; flowers peduncled, folitary; 
before the corolla opens the whole is tawny, but when 
open, the dandard about the middle only is of that co¬ 
lour ; the reft is then yellow ; the calyx is alfo tawny. 
Linnaeus obferves, that the damens have large and fmall 
antheras alternate. Native of the fouth of France, Spain, 
and Madeira. It flowers in July and Augud. 
18. Cytifus biflorus, or lmooth cytifus: peduncles 
generally in pairs, lateral ; calyxes oblong, villofe, two- 
lipped ; upper lip bifid ; leaflets oblong-elliptic. It 
flowers in May and June. 
Propagation and Culture. The laburnum is eafily pro¬ 
pagated by feeds, which the trees produce in great plen¬ 
ty. If thefe are (own upon a common bed in March, 
the plants will appear by the middle or end of April, 
ahd will require no other care but to be kept clear front 
weeds during the following dimmer; and, if the plants 
are too clofe together, they may be tranfplanted the au¬ 
tumn 
