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GENISTA procumbens. 
Procumbent Genista. 
Pee pees 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOSE. 
GENISTA L.—Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore bipartito inferiore 3- 
dentato, aut 5-lobus, lobis tribus inferioribus ad apicem feré coalitis, Vex- 
illum oblongo-ovale. Carina oblonga, recta, genitalianon omnind continens. 
Stamina monadelpha. Legumen plano-compressum, aut rarils subtur- 
gidum, polyspermum, rariis oligospermum, eglandulosum. Frutices 
floribus flavis. Dec. prodr. 2. 145. 
G. procumbens i ramis procumbentibus teretibus striatis subpubescentibus, 
foliis lanceolatis acutis subtis calycibusque pubescentibus, floribus pedi- 
cellatis axillaribus ternis, corollis glabris. Dec. 1. c. p. 152. 
G. procumbens. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 940. Waldst. et Kit. pl. Hung. t. 180. 
Schult. westr. fl. 2. 313. Sadler fl. Pest. 2. 175. 
Caules procumbentes, pedales v. sesquipedales, suffruticos?, sulcatz, 
leyiter pubescentes. Folia — simplicia, - lanceolata, acuta, subtis sericea, 
supra glabra, sepiis alterna, nunc etiam fasciculata. Flores versis fas- 
tigium ramorum, odorati, lutei, axillares, bi- v. ternati, pedicellati, folis 
floralibus longiores. Calyx et pedicelli sericez. Corolla glaberrima, vex- 
illo ceteris pauld breviore. 
A rare and pretty little hardy shrub, well adapted. 
for covering rock-work, over which its stems trail in dense 
masses. Its flowers are very fragrant. 
The accompanying drawing was made many years 
since, and we have unfortunately no memorandum as to 
whence it was procured. If it should have been furnished 
by any reader of this work, we shall be glad to be 
informed, in order that the collection may be referred to 
in which it is to be procured. 
A native of various parts of Hungary and Moravia, 
where it was discovered by Waldstein and Kitaibel. By 
our friend Dr. Sadler, it was found growing on limestone 
