evergreen from th e colour o f its young slender shoots. Sardinia. Height
2 it. ; in British gardens 4 ft. Introduced in 1832. Flowers small, yellow :
Ju n e to beptember. Legume?.
T h e whole plant is glabrous, and resembles in appearance
L 'p iie d ra distàchya. Cuttings strike readily.
-a 9. G. t r i a c a ' n t h o s Brof. The three-spined Genista.
Id e n /fic a tio n . B ro t. P h y t., 130. t. 64. ; De c. P ro d ., 2. p. 147. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2.
^ /n o n ym e . G. ro s trà ta P o ir. S u p p l. 2. p .7 !9 .
E n g ra v in g s . B ro t. P h y t., t. 54. ; a n d o m f ig . 313.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves sessile, trifoliolate and simple, glabrous.
Leaflets linear-lanceolate. Branchlets spiny, branched.
Flowers in terminal racemes, few in a raceme. Calyx
corolla, and legume glabrous ; legume 1-seeded. Thè
S|)ines are simple, trifid, or branched. (D e c . Prod.) A
deciduous nndershrub. P o rtu g al, on mountains and in
woods. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1821. Flowers
yellow ; May to July. Legume ?.
Variety.
At* G. t. 2 interrupta Dec., Spartium interriiptum Cav.
Annal., 1801, vol. iv. p. 58., has linear leaflet,s, and
3 13. G. tria c à n th o s .
branches usually simple, and sh o rte r than those o f th e species It
IS found wild about Tangier.
10. G. h o ' r r i d a Dec. The horrid Genista.
m ill., z. p . iq a . ; Wehb. Ito r Hispan., 61.
S yn om jm rs. .SparUum h d rrid um Vahl S,pnb. 1. p ,.’>l., exc lusive ot
th e synonyme ; G. erin a ce a Gilib. B o t. P r a t. 2. p . 239.'
E n g ra v tn g s . Gilib. B o t. P r a t., 2. p . 239. ic o n .; and o m fig . 314.
Spec. Char., 4c. Branches grouped, angled, spiny
opposite. Leaves trifoliolate, o p |)o s ite ; th e leaflets
linear, folded, somewhat silky. Flowers few
almost terminal. Calyx pubescent. (Dec. Prod )
A native o f th e Pyrenees. Height 4 ft. In tro duced
in 1821. Flowers yellow; May and June.
Legume ?. 314 G en ista h ó r rid a .
6 3. Spinose. Leaves all simple.
At* 11. G. s y l v e 's t r i s Scop. The wood Genista.
Identification. Scop. C am ., No. 87.5. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p . 148. • Do n ’s Mill 9 n lai
S ynonyme. G. hispanica Jac i? ./cow. iia?-. t. 557. s Mill., 2. p . 151.
E n g ra v in g s. Ja c q . Icon. R a r., t. 557. ; an d o u rfig.Sl?).
Spec. Char.,- 4c. Leaves simple, linear-awl-
shaped, glabrous above, villose in a closely
pressed manner beneath. Spines axillary
branched, _ slender. Flowers glabrous’
diS|)osed in a terminal spiked raceme!
T eeth o f th e calyx almost spiny. Thè
keel longer than the standard and wino-s.
(Dec. Prod.) A decidnous undershridi!
Carinola and Croatia, on hills. Height
1 ft. to 2 ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers
yellow; Ju n e and July. Legume?.
31Ò. Gen ista sylvéstris.
Id e n fd e f 7 Z ^ Th« Scorpion Genista,
llisp u n .!“ '. P-1"“®-i U c n ’s M ill.,• xitsjruLj., O l.- X- --------» .7 AU1I1. , i2.. pjj.. 1l o61i ,. i• Wv vee obDb IJ ttee rl
U n . S p . 99,6. ; G. spiniflbra L a n ,. Diet. 2. p . 62). ; Soorp.oa F u rz e
Engravings. D e n d , B ril., t. 78. ; and o u r fig. 316,
i
Spec. Char., 4c. S p in y ; spines branched, spreading,
striated, glabrous. Leaves simple, very few, oblong,
somewhat silky. Flowers glabrous, upon sh o rt pedicels,
in groups disposed somewhat racemosely ; the
keel as long as th e standard. Legume containing
2—4 seeds. (D e c . Prod.) An upright, deciduous,
spiny shrub. South o f Eu ro p e and Barbary, in
arid places. H e ig h t 2 ft. to 3 ft. Intro d u ced in 1570.
Flowers yellow ; April and May. Legume ?.
rub, almost leafless when th e shoots are full _ 6'‘;- S"*n>ius.
his species is commonly thought to be theiScorpius of Theophrastus.
A spiny shrub,full
13. G. i i i s p a ' n i c a L.
grown.
Th;- ■ ■ .................................
Identification.tion.
L in . Sp.. 999. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p . 148. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 151. ; Webb Ite r Hispan., 68,
Synamjme.Spanisi. F u e ,lio ri.
Spec. Char., 4c. Sitiny, except in th e flower-bearing
branches ; s()ines branched, rigid. Leaves simple, lanceolate,
T he Spanish Genista.
Simoiii/me. Spanisii I’u rz e, n o n . ^
E n g ra vin g s. Cav. Icon., 3. t . 211. ; L am . 111., t. 619. f. 3 . ; a n d o m f ig . 317.
villose. Flowers in a terminid subcapitate raceme.
Keel villose, th e length o f th e glabrous standard. Leg
u m e oval, including 2—4 s e e d s ; when ripe, ra th e r gla.
b1 rous. (/• DTAe _c - . Pr >r.o. _dJ .)\ AA dr i ii m.-v.;i.-n! iuv +t iixvre« 1n1 n.vdriieAri’siahVirl’un bl l , evergreen
from th e colour o f its shoots. Spain and th e South of France. Height ^ ft. to 1 ft. Intro d u ced in 1759. Flowers 317. G. hispfinicR’
yellow ; Ju n e and July. Legume ?.
14. G. a ' n g l i c a L . T h e English Genista, or P e tty Whin.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 999. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 149.; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 161.
Si/nonvme. G. m in o r L aw . Fi. J'V. 2. p. G15, ^ ^ ..,0
E n g ra v in g s . Eng. Bot., 1 .132.; Lo b el Icon., 2. p. 93. f. 2 .; and oar f ig . 318.
Spec. Char., 4c. Spiny, except in th e flower-
bearing branches ; spines simple ; th e whole
p lant glabrous. Leaves simple, ovate-lanceolate.
'F low e rs in terminal racemes, few in a
ra c em e ; th e keel longer than th e standard and
wings. Legume ovately cylindrical, including
many seeds. (Dec. Prod.) A p ro s tra te d e ciduous
shrub, with woody stems. Native of
th e Middle and North o f E u ro p e ; and frequent
in Britain, on moist, boggy, heathy commons.
Fleight 1 ft. Flowers yellow ; May and
Ju n e. Legume b row n ; ripe in August.
Cultivated in collections, where it forms a
spiny bush about 2 ft. in height.
3 ) 8 . Genista àn g lica .
M 15. G. g f.rm a 'n ic a L . The German Genista.
Synonymes.
H is t., 220. i c o n .; Hayne Abbild., t. 122. ; an d
o u r j ig . 319.
Spec. Char., 4c. Spiny, except in the flower-bearing
branches ; spines simple or branched. Leaves
simple, lanceolate, slightly hairy. Flowers somewhat
villose, in terminal racemes. Keel longer than the
standard and wings. Legume ovate, slightly hairy,
including 2—4 seeds. (Dec. Prod.) A spiny shrub.
Euroufc, in woods and on heaths. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft.
ilitrocluced in 1773. Flowers yellow ; Ju n e to
August. Legume brown ; ripe in September.