. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXV. legUiMina'ce^: ulex. 199 Gen. Char. Ca/^* bilabiate; lower lip trifid, upper lip 2-lobecl; segments soon falling off. Petals deciduous. Vexillum large, obcordate, rufesccnt. Wings cuneated. Keel cucuUate, accumbent. Stamejis 10 ; free, deciduous. Stigma minute. Legume broad-linear,
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXV. legUiMina'ce^: ulex. 199 Gen. Char. Ca/^* bilabiate; lower lip trifid, upper lip 2-lobecl; segments soon falling off. Petals deciduous. Vexillum large, obcordate, rufesccnt. Wings cuneated. Keel cucuUate, accumbent. Stamejis 10 ; free, deciduous. Stigma minute. Legume broad-linear, compressed, e-seeded, stipitate. (Don's mil.) Leaves compound, trifoliate, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; leaflets elliptical- oblong, acute, broad. Flowers large, yellow.— One species only in British g-ardens. s • 1. P. nepale'nsis Swt. The Nepal Piptanthus. Identification. Swt. , 26'.; Dec. Prod.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 112. Synanymes. Therm6psis MburniRilia D. Don Prod. Ft. Nep. p. 239.; .^nagjris Indica TVatt. MSS.\ Bapclsia nepalensis Hook. Exot. Ft. t. 131. Engravings. Hook. Exot. Fl., t. 131.; Swt. , t. 264.; and our figs. 297. and 298. Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves t rifoliolate; leaflets elliptical-oblong, acute, broad. Stipules 2, large. A sub-evergreen shrub. Nepal. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1821. Flowers rich yellow ; May and June. Pod green, turning to brown ; ripe in October. Decaying leaves yellow and green. Naked young wood dark green. The young leaves are silky ; and the flowers are of a bright yellow, and are much larger than those of the common laburnum, to which they, and also the leaves and the shoots, bear a general resemblance. In British gardens it may be considered as rather tender, and not of many years' duration; nevertheless, in fine seasons, it ripens abundance of seeds. It may be pro- pagated by cuttings of the roots, and of the shoots, as well as by seeds or layers. In most of the counties north of London, the safest situation
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