*! ■;
3C5. C. o rien tàlis.
§ vi. Chronànthus Dec.
Derivation. F rom chronos, a yea r, anij anthos, a flower ; applied to th is section because th e petals
rema in a ttach ed to th e calyxes a ll th e year.
Sect. Char. Calyx with the upper lip bificl, and the lower one trifid ; lobes
acute, o f the same length as the tube. P e ta ls permanent. Legume oval,
much compressed, 2-seeded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 157.)
jm 27. C. o r i e n t a ' l i s Lois, The Oriental Cytisus,
Identification. Lois, in N . D u Ham., 5. p. 156. ; f>on’s M ili., 2. p. 157.
Synonyme. C. o rien tà lis, &c., G em rd .an d Vad. Herb.
Engravings. P lu k . P h y t., t. 31. f. 3 .; and o u r fig . 365.
Spec. Char., 4c. Stems erect, hairy. Leaves almost sessile,
trifoliolate, hairy ; leaflets linear, acute. Flowers large and
yellow, subterminal, on short pedicels, and few. The flowers
and pods are both glabrous. Calyx hairy, more 5-cleft than
bilabiate. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 157.) An erect hairy shrub.
Native o f the Levant. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Intro d u ced m
1818. Flowers yellow, large and p e rs is te n t; J u n e and July.
Legume black ; ripe in October.
Other Species of Cÿtisus.—This genus, in B ritish gardens, is in such a statexjf
confusion, th a t nothing can be done in it satisfactorily till all th e kinds are
collected together, and cultivated for two o r three years till they show their
flowers and fruit. Perhaps two thirds o f th e alleged species in th e London
gardens are only varieties. In th e mean time, all th a t a cultivator can do is to
procure as many kinds as he can ; and in the collection o f Messrs. Loddiges
he will find th e greater number o f those above described, though spme o f them
have been killed by th e winter of 1837-8. Among the species probably hardy,
by far the handsomest in point o f foliage is th e C. oeôlicas Guss. (B o t. Reg.
t. 1902., and om fig . 366.)
I t is a tall, very hoary
shrub. A native of Stromboli.
Height 5 ft. to 8 ft.
: In tro d . in 1835. Flowers
pubescent, yellow, campanulate,
and th e young
legumes glabrous. I t has
th e appearance. Dr. Lind-
ley observes, o f being an
intermediate species between
C. Laburnum and
C. triflòrus. ( See Arb. Br.,
1st ed., p. 2551.) C. ra-
\cenwsus Marnock (F lo r.
cy tisu s racemò su s.
—3 6 6 .■ c --------- y tisu s oe dlicus.
Mag., vol. ii. t. 18. ; and o u r fig . 367.) is a handsome
shrub, o f moderately robust habit ; a native o f the P e ak o f Teneriffe.
H e iah t 3 ft to 4 ft. Introduced in 1835. T h e flowers are terminal, m a
spike about 6 in. in length, and o f a bright yellow. There were plants m th e
Epsom Nursery in 1838. Many o th e r species o f Cytisus are described by
authors, for which we refer to Don’s Müler, Webb’s Iter Htspamense, Bois-
sier’s Elenchus Plantarum, Duby and DeCandolle s Botamcon Gatltcum, and
th e first edition o f this Arboretum. Many genera o f ligneous plants require to
be cultivated together, in th e same garden, in order to settle th e ir nomenclature
• b u t while some o f these, as Quércus, Pin u s, &c., would consume the
greater part o f a lifetime in procuring them from the different quarters o f the
world and waiting till they came into flower, th e genera Genista, Cytisus,
and Adenocàrpus are almost exclusively European, and might be collected m
tb e course o f one year ; while, in th re e years after the seeds were sown, the
plants would in most cases come into flower. I t is surprising, therefore, th a t
some amateur o f leisure does n o t undertake their arrangement.
G e n u s VIII.
A D E N O C A 'R P U S Dec. T h e A d e n o c à r p u s . U n . Syst. Monadélphia
Decándria.
pedicellate glands. _
Gen. Char, Calyx obconical, usually beset with glands, bilabiate ; J? ‘ft
partite, lowerftne longer and trifid. Carina obtuse, enclosing ft®
pistils. Stamens monadelphous. Legume oblong, compresse^
‘ Leaves compound, trifoliolate, alternate, stipulate, deciduous. Flowers
yellow in all th e species. — Shrubs, straggling, o f short
CTcrgreen from the colour o f their young sh o o ts ; natives chiefly o f Eu ro p e.
Branches divergent; leaves trifoliolate, with petiolar
leaflets, and usually gro u p ed ; flowers upon bracteolate pedicels, and disposed
in terminal racemes. C ulture as in Cytisus. from which
genus most o f th e species have been separated.
a. 1. A. h i s p a ' n i c u s Dec. The Spanish Adenocàrpus.
Identification. Dec, F l. F r . S u p p l., .549. ; L e g . Mém., 6. ; P ro d ., 2.
’WspSnicus L am . Dict. 2. p . 248. ; C. a n a g ir iu s
L 'H é r it. Stirp. 184.. N . D u H am. 5. p . 149.
En graving. O u r 368.
Spec. Char., 4c. Calyx glandulose and villose ; lower
lip with th re e equal segments, th a t are barely longer
than th e upper lip. Branchlets hairy. Flowers
grouped. Standard ra th e r glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A
hairy shrub. Spain and Portugal, in shady and moist
places. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced in 1816.
Flowers yellow ; Ju n e and July. Legume dark brown,
o r black ; ripe in October. 3 6 8 . A . h isp im c iis .
* 2. A. B o i s s i e ' r / Webb. Boissier’s A d e n x a rp u s .
iñentifiration. We b b ’s I te r Hisp., p. 52. ; O tia Hispan., p. 4. _
Sm ln nm e s . A. decórticans Boiss. N o t. s u r l 'Aines Pinsapo, p. 9. ; Raca vieja. Span.
Engravings. O tla Hispánica, t. 4. ; an d o u r fig. 369.
Spec Char., 4c. Arborescent. B a rk scaly. Branches purplish, ash-
clothed with soft hairy pubescence, a n d with numerous leaves,
elongate, te re te . Leaves with adpressed
pubescence. Leaflets linear,
with revolute margins, somewhat obtuse.
Calyx villous, th e lower lip
somewhat longer than th e upper.
Vexillum pubescent at th e apex and
middle. Legumes elongate, obtuse,
whitish, with purple glands. Seed
greenish black. ( Webb, Otia Hispan.)
A large deciduous shrub. Spain, in
warm valleys o f th e mountains of
Granada, 4500 ft. to 5000 ft. above
th e sea. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. In troduced
?. Flowers reddish yellow,
fragrant; Ju n e and July. Legume
whitish, covered with numerous purple
glands ; ripe in August.
a
■coloured.
Petioles
3 6 9. Ad en o c àri'iis Holasièn.