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Order XXV. LEGUMINOS^. 
Ulex Linn. Furze. Whin. Gorse. 
U. europcBus (L.) — E. B. 742. — Heaths, especially in sandy or 
gravelly soils. — D- Common. Catdown and Hoe, Plymouth ; 
Tavistock. — C- Common, Saltash; Cawsand. Falmouth : PoZ^/- 
tech. 1856. Scilly islands : Toivns. in Journ. Bot. ii. 109. Common 
Furze. 
U. nanus (Forst.)— E'.B. 743. — D- Fancy Wood, Bickleigh vale, 
and Keyham [Devonport] sparingly : P. d D. Fl. Eoborough 
down : Briggs in Phytol. n.s. vi. 354. Exmoor; Trentishoe down; 
near Budleigh Salterton ; Bovey Heathfield : Rav. — C- Land's- 
end !. Pendennis, &c., "plentiful:" Poly tech. 186 Q. Scilly islands: 
Towns, in Journ. Bot. ii. 109. Dwarf Furze. 
In P. (& D. Fl. it is said to be "abundant" on elevated commons. 
Hardly so, I think, at the present time. 
U. Gallii (Planch.)— E'. B. S. 2987.— Heaths. — D- Between 
Bideford and Torrington : Maw in Phytol 1853, p. 792.— C. West 
of Cornwall : Wats., who informs me that he has a specimen from 
this locality in his herbarium. 
Genista Linn. 
G.pilosa{L.) — E.B. 208. — Dry sandy and gravelly heaths, rare. — 
D. Unreported. — C- Lizard: Hore in Phytol. 184.2, p. 163. 
N. Perran (H. S. Herb.) : Miss W. Gue Grje, " fruiting plenti- 
fully " (1866): Bail.M^. Hairy Green-weed. 
G. tinctoria (L.)—E.B. 44. — Pastures, thickets, and borders of 
fields.— D- Hoi s worthy (1866): i^a to. Near Crockernwell: Warr. 
in Rav. Lundy island: Rav. — C- Halzaphron downs (H. S. Herb.) : 
Johns. Western cliff, N. Perran (H. S. Herb.) : Miss W. Lizard : 
Balkw. " Very plentiful between Caerthilian and the Lizard 
lights :" Bail. MS. Dyers-weed. 
