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CYTISUS proliferus, 
Silky Cytisus. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRI4A. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosm. Jussieu gen. 352. : 
Div. V. Corolla irregularis papilionacea. Legumen 1-loc., 2-valy. 
Frutices aut herbe; folia simplicia aut ternata aut rarius digitata; 
stipule nunc subnulle, nunc conspicue imo petiolo adnate aut ab eodem 
distinct. 4 
CYTISUS. Cal. subbilabiatus supra bidentatus & infra tridentatus, 
nune brevis campanulatus, nunc longior cylindricus. Corolle vexillum 
reflexum ; alz et carina simplex conniventes supra stamina. Stig. sim- 
plex. _Legum. oblongum compressum polyspermum.  F’rutices aut 
suffrutices inermes, rariws arbuscule; folia ternata; stipule subnulle 
aut minime; flores terminales aut axillares, solitarii aut rarits spicati, 
plerdmque lutei. Id. loc. cit. 354. 
C. proliferus, floribus umbellatis lateralibus, caulibus erectis, foliis el- 
lipticis erectis sulstis sericeis, calycibus lanatis. Hort. Kew. 3. 51. 
Cytisus proliferus, Linn. suppl. 328. Venten. cels. 13. Willd. sp. pl. 
3.1126. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 322. Lamarck encyc. 2. 248. 
Scobon. Teneriff. 
Frutex vimineus, elatior, sempervirens, pubescens. Rami longi teretes, 
hirsutits villosi, canescentes, patentes, flexiles, foliati, racemoso-ramulosi, ra» 
mulis numerosis, axillaribus, solitariis, brevibus, umbelliferis. Folia nume- 
rosa, sparsa, petiolata, ternata ; foliola lanceolato-ovalia, mucronata, appressé 
villosa, subtis sericeo-albicantia, petiolo duplo magisve longiora. Umbella 
4-8-flora & gemma communi solitaria, terminali, pedicellis 1 floris, verticillattm 
ositis, } partes uncice longis, filiformibus, villosis, bracteolam linearem imo 
fa calycis adpressam gerentibus. Peracta florescentia brevis ramulus excrese 
cere pergit @ centro pedicellorum in longum ramum, ita ut fructus maturus 
evadat infernus in eo. Flores nutantes, pedicellis equales, inodori. Cal. 
lanatus, cylindricus, labiis equilongis, summo bidentato-exciso, imo integerrimo 
lanceolato-naviculari. Cor. major, alba, vergens dein in ochroleucam, extern 
lanuginosa ;_ vexillum _ovato-rotundum, _emarginatum, reflectens, lateribus 
pone dorsum conniventibus; ale huic tsometre, duplo angustiores, supra 
carinam convergentes a latere suo intertore, margine corrugate ; carina parim 
brevior, compressa, oblusula, petalis superné coherentibus. Stam. monadel- 
pha, qualia; anth. aurantiace. Germ. lineare, compressum, sericeo-hirsu= 
tum, stylo filiformi pariim breviis; stigma punctum vic tumidum, puberue 
lum. ‘ 
This fine evergreen shrub is native of the Canary Islands, 
from whence it was introduced by Mr. Masson in 1779. In 
the Island of Teneriffe, where it is found on the mountains, 
itis known by the name of Scobon, With us it requires to 
