GENISTA BRACTEOLA'TA 
RACEMOSE GENISTA. 
Natural division 
to which 
this plant belongs. 
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NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOS.R. 
CAXTCEFLOS^ 
OF 
DECASDOLXE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
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lION'ADELPELi.; 
OECAXDEIA, 
OJ LrSXECS. 
No. 23-5. 
GENLS. Genista. Lamarck. Calfx bilabiatus,labio superiore bipartito, 
inferiore tri-dentato, ant qoinque-lobo, lobis tribns inferioribus ad apicem 
fere coalitis. Texillum oblongo-ovale. Captna oblonga, recta, genitalia non 
oninino continens. Stamina monadelpbia. Lfgumen piano-compressnni ant 
rarins snbturgidum, polyspennum rarins oligospermum, eglandulosam. De- 
candolle, Prod. rol. 2, p. 14o. 
SPECIES. Genista BRACTEOLATA(Z/.v^)foliis trifoliolatis,foliolis obovatis, 
racemis brcTibns, ramis striatis, cnm foliis adpresse sericeo-pnbescentibns. 
Character of the Genus, Genista. Cala'x bilabiate, vith 
the upper lip bipartite, and the inferior tridentate, or else fire-lobed, 
■with the three inferior lobes united nearly to the apex. Yexillu?! 
oblong-OTal. Keel oblong, straight, incompletely enclosing the sexual 
organs. Sta.mens monadelphous. Legume flatly-compressed, or 
more rarely somewhat turgid, many-seeded, rarely few-seeded, without 
glands. 
Description op the Species, Genista bracteolata. A 
large shi’ub, with numerous pendant branches, flowering profuseK 
from almost every lateral branch. Branches angular. The whole 
plant covered with short appressed silky tomentum. Leaves tiifo- 
liate, on moderately long petioles, the leaflets obovate-lanceolate, 
slightly mucronate, darker above, more silky below, stipules verv small, 
subulate. Racemes moderately crowded, rather short; the pedicels 
short, with a linear lanceolate bract at their base, or about half wav up, 
and two other very minute ones close to, and alternating with, the lips 
of the calyx. Calyx with the upper lip bipartite, forming two equal 
Reference to the Dissections. 
I, Calyx, 2, Standard. 3, 4, A Petal of the KeeL 5, Stamens and Pistil. 6, The whorl 
of stamens opened. 7, A fiower with a doutle standard. 
