. 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. Genista plirKaiu. afe 16. G. pu'bgans L. The purging Genista. aentification. Lin. Sp., 999.: Bull. Herb., 115.; Dec, Prod., 2. p. 149.; Don'sMiU.,2. p. 161. Synontjme. SpSrtium purgans Lin. Syst. 474. Engravings. J3ot. Cab., 1117.; and our j^, 320. Spec. Char., ^c. Upright, much branched
. 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. Genista plirKaiu. afe 16. G. pu'bgans L. The purging Genista. aentification. Lin. Sp., 999.: Bull. Herb., 115.; Dec, Prod., 2. p. 149.; Don'sMiU.,2. p. 161. Synontjme. SpSrtium purgans Lin. Syst. 474. Engravings. J3ot. Cab., 1117.; and our j^, 320. Spec. Char., ^c. Upright, much branched. Branches round, striate. Leaves simple, very few, lanceolate, almost sessile, somewhat silky. Flowers axillary, solitary, scarcely pe- diceled. Petals equal, glabrous. The young legume adpressedly pubescent. (JDec. Prod.) An upright shrub, evergreen from the colour of its shoots. France, on hills. Introd. 1768. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. Flowers yellow; June and July. Legume brown ; ripe in September. 320. .J: 17. G^. SERi'cEA Wulf. The silky Genista. Identification. Wulf. in Jacq. Coll., 2, p. 167.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 161. Erigravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., 3. t. 556.; and our^g. 321. Spec. Char., S^c. Decumbent, with upright round branches. Leaves simple, linear- lanceolate, silky beneath. Flowers ter- minal, 3 or 4 together, in a sort of ra- ceme. Petals silky, nearly equal. Lobes of the calyx oblong-acuminate; the floral leaves equalling the calyx in length. (Dec. Prod.) A decumbent shrub. Height 6 in. Austria and Croatia, in subalpine places near the shore. Introduced in 1812. Flowers yellow; May and June. Legume brown; ripe August. J* 18. G. aphy'lla Dec. The leafless Genista. Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 152. Synonymes. 5partium aph^Uum Lin. Fit. SuppL 320.; G. Tirg&ta Lam. Did. 2. p. 616. Engravings. Pall. Itin. ed. Gall. Append., No. 357. t. 99. f. 2.; and our fig. 322. Spec. Char., Sfc. Branched, upright. Leaves simpl
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