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2 1 4 ARI ÎOUEÏUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM.
Sjiec. Char., 4 c . Branches terete, twiggy. Leaves simple,
and trifoliolate, sessile. Leaflets linear-oblong, and silky.
Flowers in fascicles, disposed in long racemes. Legume
2-seeded, very villous. (Doris M ill.) An upright shrub ;
evergreen, fi*om the colour o f its numerous straight parallel
3'OLing shoots. P o rtu g al and th e Levant. Height 5 ft.
to 7 ft. Introduced in 1752. Flowers white ; May and
Ju n e . Legume brown ; ripe in August.
A very handsome shrub, more especially when covered
with its white flowers in May, and when surrounded by
hundreds o f bees, busily occupied in extracting the honey.
In good soil, it is o f very rapid growth, attaining th e height
o f 5 or 6 feet in 3 or 4 years ; and, in 6 or 8 years, growing
as high as 15 or even 20 feet, if in a sheltered situation.
Placed by itself on a lawn, it forms a singularly ornamental
plant, even w'hen not in flower, by the varied di.spositiqn
and tufting o f its twiggy thread-like branches. When in
flower, it is one of th e finest ornaments o f th e garden.
Trained to a single stem, its effect is increased ; and, grafted
on the laburnum, a common practice about Paris,_ it forms
a very remarkable combination of beauty and singularity.
P lan ts are easily raised from seeds. ss9. cjtisus ub«s.
Variety. ,. , ,,
a C . a . 2 incarnàtus has flesh-coloured flowers, or flowers very slightly
tinged with reddish purple. This variety was introduced in 1818;
and reproduces itself from seeds, b u t it varies much in tb e quantity
o f colour hi th e flowers.
§ ii, 'L.aUirnum Dec.
D e rivation. A nam e applied by P lin y to some species o f Cÿtisus.
Sect. Char. Calyx campanulate. P o d many-seeded, n o t dilated a t the upper sutu
re . Flowers yellow. Branches leafy and unarmed. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 153.)
¥ 2. C. L a b u ' r n u m L . The common Laburnum.
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Id e n tfica tio n . L i n . .Sp., 1041.; D e c. P ro d ., 2. p . I.W.; D o n ’s Mill,, 2. p. 164. „
S y n o L m e s . C. a lp in u s i n m . I'l. F r . 2 .p . G21.; B ean -tie fo ile T re e , an d Peaseo d T .e e , G e ia irf,
P ea T re e , SrofcA ; Golden Chain ; I’Aubours, fa u x E 'b e n ie r, Arbois, o r Arc-Bois, F r . ; gemeine
Boimenbaum, G e r .; Aborniello, Hal. . j c 5»
De rivation. T h e name of L ’A ubours, which is given to th is tre e in D a u p h ln e an d Switz erland, s
supposed by D u Hame l to be a c o rru p tio n o f th e L a tin w o r d I h e word Arbois is
a c o rru p tio n of arc-hois, th e wood of th is tre e having been used by th e anc ient
th e ir bows ; a n d being still so employed by th e co u n try people, in some p a rts oi
w h e re th e se bows are found to p re serv e th e ir s tre n g th a n d elasticity d u rin g h a lf a c e n tu ry T h ^
nam e o f F a u x E 'b e n ie r is applied to th e wood, from th e blackness ol its heai t-wood. T h e G e r a a n
I Z l signifies Bean T r e e ; an d both it and th e English an d Scotch names o f Bean-trefoile
cod T re e have re ference to th e shape of th e leaves an d th e legumes. T h e nam e of Golden Cham
alludes to th e len g th of th e drooping racemes o f flowers, which, as Cowper elegantly describes
t ' f t " l u r f t l o f ' f 'B o t . Mag., t. ,76. ; N. D u H am.. 5. t. 4 4 ,; th e p la te of th is tre e
in Arb. B rit., 1st e d it., vol. v . ; and o u r J ig . 340.
Spec. Char., 4c. Branches terete, whitish. Leaves p e tio la te ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate,
pubescent beneath. Racemes pendulous, simple. Pedicels and calyxes
clothed with closely pressed pubescence. Legume linear, many-seeded,
clothed with closely pressed pubescence. A low deciduous tree. Native ot
Eu ro p e, on th e lower mountains of the South o f Germany, and of Sw itp rlan d .
Height 20 ft. or upwards. Introduced in 1596. Flowers yellow ; May am
June. Legume dark b row n ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves yellow. Naked
young wood green.
Varieties, , . , .
¥ C. L. 2 pSndulum H o rt. has slender pendulous branches.
¥ c . L. 3 querdfilium H o rt., C. L . 2 incisum, has sinuated leaflets, not
unlike th e leaves o f the common oak. (S e e th e plate of this variety
in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v .; and ou rjig . 341.)
3 4 0 . c y tisu s C a b ù rn um .
3 4 1 . cy tisu s L a b fim um gucTciròliuiu.
¥ C. L. 4 foliis variegàtis has variegated leaves ; b u t it is a plant of no
beauty, and rarely seen in collections.
1 C. L. 5 fràgrans H o rt. — F lowers fragrant. Wherever a
laburnums are found in flower together, whether of this o r the othei
species, the scent of the blossoms will be foimd to differ very considerably,
and occasionally one may be found which may be termed
fragrant ; hence th e origin o f this variety.
The Alpine, or Scotch, Laburnmii.
D o n ’s Mill., 2. p . 154.
C’ytisus angustifolius Mcench McUu i4;i. ;
¥ 3. C. (L .) a l p i ' n u s Mill.
Identification. Mill. Drn t,. No. 2. ; D ^ P r o d - 2 ^ . m . ; D o n ’s M ü l .,2 .^ p ,154.
C. L a b u rn um /S A il., L am ., U tc .,F i. i t
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