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G E N IS T A Scorpius.
Scorpion Genista.
Class and Order. M O N A D E L P H IA D E C A N D R IA .
monadelpha. Folia Simplicia aut palmatim trifoliolata rariùs pinna a.
C a u k ^ ^ ^ s s im e tratm^ ¿labiatus, lahio Lper ior e bipartito inferiore 3-
dentato aut 6-lobus, lobis 3 inferiora ad apicem fere coalitis. Vexillum oh-
dentato, aui ^ ’ nhlnmra recta genitalia non omnino continens. Sta-
DC. prodr. v. 2. p. 145.
C Scorvius ramis patentibus striatis, foliis paucissimis oblongis subseri-
f r s p L T r l o I patentibus striatis glahris, floribus fasciculatis sub-
I c e ’mLis breviter pedicellatis glabris, carinà vexillo paulo breviore,
A A ». fr. 4. p. 498. Prodr. syst. nat. veg. 2. p . 148.
'""ipafso«, dend. brit. t. 78. Link enum. v. 2. p . 225. Swt. koi't. brit. p . 112.
S p a S m " sL i? n s . i t o . spec. 995. IE//M speo.p/. 3 .p . 929. Hoi t . Kew.
edit. 2. V. 4. p . 250. Pers. syn. 2. p . 286.
Genista spiniflora. L am . d i c t . 2 . p .G 2 1 .— Clus . k i s t . l . p . ■/•
A handsome spreading, branched Shrub: branches cylm-
drical, striated, clothed with a thin p u b e s c e n c e when y„„„g,
but smooth, as they become older; spjzei alteinate, leaty,
frequently branched, producing fascicles of flowers in a sort
of raceme, striated, pubescent when
coming smooth and losing their leaves.
simple, not numerous, oblong, acute, or sometimes bluntish,
very small, clothed with a close-pressed silky
holiow on the upper side, and somewhat k®®’®^
Petioles very short, silky. Stipules mmnie, subulate. Flowers
m l e r U . l l a bright (olderl yellow, clustered rn a sort of
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