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orfgin in the chin and its infertion in the tongue. See¬ 
the article Anatomy. 
GENIOHYOID./E'US, /. [from yevMP, the chin, and 
Gr. the os hyoides.] A mufcle fo called from 
its origin in the chin and its infertion in the os hyoides. 
GENIOPHARYNG.^'US, /. [from yey^ov, the chin, 
and (pa^vy^, Gr. the pharynx.] A mufcle fo called from 
having its origin in the chin and its infertion in the pha¬ 
rynx. See Anatomy, vol. i. 
GENIOS'TOMA, y. [from yivMt, a beard, and aro- 
/4at, Gr. a mouth ; the mouth of the corolla being vil- 
lofe or bearded.] In botany, a genus of the clafs pen- 
tandria, order monogynia. The generic chara£ters are— 
Calyx : perianthium inferior, turbinate, five-cleft, per¬ 
manent : divifioBS fiiort, fliarp. Corolla: onc^petalled, 
funnel-form; tube widened, longer than the calyx ; 
throat villoie-bearded ; border five-parted, fpreading ; 
•divifions ovate, fharpifli, the length of the tube. Sta¬ 
mina filaments five, Ihort, in the throat of the corolla ; 
anthera; oblong, (landing out, Pifiillum : germ ovate ; 
llyle filiform, longer than the tube ; (tigma cylindric, 
blunt, grooved. Pericarpium: capfiile? oblong, two- 
celled. Seeds: very many, fubangular, placed on a fi¬ 
liform receptacle.— EJfentialCharaBer. Calyx turbinate, 
five-cleft j corolla one-petalled, with a Villofe throat, 
and a five-parted border; capfule oblong, two-celled, 
many-feeded. 
Genioftoma rupeftris, a (ingle fpecies ; native of the 
i(le of Tanna in the South Seas. 
GENI'PAjy. in botany. See Gardenia. 
GENIS'TAjy. [from genUy Lat. the knee; either 
bccaufe it is flexible, like that joint, or becaufe it is 
I'uppofed to be good for pains there.] In botany, a ge¬ 
nus of the daft diadelphia, order decandria, natural 
order papilionaceae or leguminofas. The generic cha- 
raders are—Calyx : perianthium one-leafed, fmall, tu¬ 
bular, two-lipped; upper lip two-toothed, more deeply 
divided; lower three-toothed, nearly equal. Corolla: 
papilionaceous ; banner oblong, remote from the keel, 
the whole reflex ; wings oblong, loofe, Ihorter than the 
others ; keel (Iraight, emarginate, longer than the ban¬ 
ner. Stamina: filaments ten, connate, emerging from 
the keel ; antheras fimple. Piftiilum : germ oblong ; 
llyle fimple, rifing ; (ligma (harp, rolled in. Pericarpi¬ 
um : legume round!(It, turgid, onc-celled, two-valved. 
Seeds: folitary, ufually kidney-form.-—fyewtih/ Charac¬ 
ter. Calyx two-lipped, two and three-toothed; banner 
oblong, reflex downwards from the piftil and (taraens. 
Species. I. Unarmed, or without thorns, i. Genifia 
Canarienfis, Canary genifia or cytifus : leaves ternate, 
pubefcent on both (ides; branches angular. Leaves 
obovate, (omewhat mucronate ; but the floral leaves 
fubfelfile, minute ; flowers in corymbs, five or fix toge¬ 
ther, fweet. Native of Spain and the Canaries. Cul¬ 
tivated in 1656, by John Tradefcant, jun. It flowers 
from May to September. 
2. Genifia candicans, hoary genifia, or Montpelier 
cytifus : leaves ternate, villofe underneath ; peduncles 
lateral, leafed, fuftaining about five flowers ; legumes 
hirfute. Rifes to the height of feven or eight feet, 
fending out many (lender branches, the upper parts of 
which, for more than a foot in length, fend out fmall 
flowering-branches on their fides, fupporting five yellow 
flowers, which appear in June and July : the feeds ripen 
in autumn. This refembles the foregoing fpecies, but 
the leaflets are larger, oval, pubefcent underneath only, 
lharp at both ends ; the lateral (lioots are (hort; flowers 
•without fcent; floral leaves petioled, fcarcely (mailer 
than the others; feeds four or fix, fomewhat kidney- 
fliaped, black, fmooth, fublucid, with a glandular, pro¬ 
minent, permanent rim, fhaped like a crefcent, and of a 
white or yellow colour, round the umbilicus. Native 
of Spain, Italy, and France. Cultivated in 1748, by 
Mr. Miller. 
3. Genifia linifolia, flax-leaved genifia, or broom: 
Vol. VIII. No. 505, 
lJ:aveg ternate, felfile, linear, filky underneath. This is 
a fmall fiirub, with branches that are knotty from inden¬ 
tations left by the fallen leaves; the branchlets or 
(lioots are leafy, angular, upright, filky; leaves crowded, 
alternate ; leaflets nearly equal, (liarp, rolled back at 
the edge ; flowers in racemes at the en^ of the branches. 
Native of the Levant and Spain. 
4. Genifia triquetra, triangular genifia or broom : 
leaves ternate, the upper ones fimple ; branches three, 
fided procumbent. Native of Spain, Italy, and France ; 
flowers from April to June. It is a hardy evergreen 
trailing (lirub, producing a vafi profufion of bloom, 
■v^'hich renders it eminently confpicuous in May and 
June: it rarely produces feed. When,tied up properly, 
and trained to a (take, it may vie with mod of our orna¬ 
mental (limbs. 
5. Genifia fagittalis, jointed' genifia or broom ; 
branches ancipital, membranaceous, jointed ; haves 
ovate-lanceolate. This fends out feveral fialks, 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 ; they are herbaceous, but 
perennial. At each of the joints is placed one fmall 
feflile fpear-fiiaped leaf, ending in a point, of a deep- 
green colour, and fmooth ; the (talks above the leaves 
have three wings, under them two. Native of France, 
Germany, Swili’erland, Savoy, Aufiria, Carniola, Italy, 
and Spain. It flowers in June, fometimes in May, and 
ripens the feeds in September. 
6. Genifia tridentata, or three-toothed genifia : 
branches three-fided, membranaceous, fomewhat joint¬ 
ed; leaves three-cufped. Very nearly allied to the 
foregoing, but all the parts are larger. Native of Por¬ 
tugal. Neither Miller’s No. 6, nor that which he has 
figured in PI. 138, -can be this fort. 
7. Genifia linbloria, common dyer’s genifia, or broom: 
leaves lanceolate, fmooth; branches (freaked round, 
upright. The roots creep far and wide ; (terns many, 
angular, tough, from a foot to eighteen inches or two 
feet in height, fometimes more ; branches fubdivided, 
ending in (hort fpikes of yellow flowers, with ftipule& 
between them. Native of mod parts of Europe, in paf- 
tures and the borders of fields, particularly in dry gra¬ 
velly or fandy foils; flow'ering in July. In the old 
writers it is called bafe broom, green weed, or green 
wood, dyer’s-weed, and rvood-waxen. When cows feed 
on it, their milk, and the butter or cheefe made from it, 
are faid to be very bitter. A bright yellow colour may 
be prepared from the flowers; and for wool that is to be 
dyed green with woad, the dyers prefer it to all others, 
A dram and half of the powdered feeds operates as a 
mild purgative. A decottion of the plant is fometimes 
diuretic, and therefore has proved ferviceable in drop- 
fical cales. A fait prepared from the allies is recom¬ 
mended in the fame diforder. 
8. Genifia Sibirica, or Siberian genifia ; leafVes lan¬ 
ceolate, fmooth; branches equal, round, upright. This 
refembles the .foregoing, but the fialks are neither 
ftreaked nor angular ; and the leaves are Ibmething nar¬ 
rower. Native of Siberia. 
9. Genifia florida, Spanifli dyer’s genifia, or broom ; 
leaves lanceolate, filky ; branches fireaked round ; 
flowers in bundles, diredted one way. This riles witii 
woody fialks two or three feet high, fending out many 
taper channelled branches, which grow erect; leaves 
fmall, alternate ; fpikes of flowers terminating, fuc- 
ceeded by (hort pods, which turn black when ripe, and 
contain four or five kidney-fliaped feeds; the calyxes 
as w'ell as the leaves are lilky and (hining. Native of 
Spain; Mr. Ray found it near Naples, by the Camal- 
dules. It flowers in June and July, and the feeds ripen 
in autumn. 
10. Genifia pilofa, hairy genifia or broom : leaves fo¬ 
litary, lanceolate, obtule, fomewhat hairy; peduncles 
the length of the calyx ; ftandard hairy on the outfide; 
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