. 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. LEGUMINA CE^ : ADENOCA RPUS. 227 Genus VIII. ADENOCA'RPUS Dec. The Adenocarpus. Decandria. Lin. Syst. Monadelphia Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Supp., 549.; L^g. Miiu., 6.; Prod., 2. p. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 157. Derivation. From aden, a gland, and karpoSt fruit; in reference to
. 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. LEGUMINA CE^ : ADENOCA RPUS. 227 Genus VIII. ADENOCA'RPUS Dec. The Adenocarpus. Decandria. Lin. Syst. Monadelphia Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Supp., 549.; L^g. Miiu., 6.; Prod., 2. p. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 157. Derivation. From aden, a gland, and karpoSt fruit; in reference to the legumei; being beset with pedicellate glands. Gen. Char. Calyx obconical, usually beset with glands, bilabiate; upper lip bi- partite, lower one longer and trifid. Carina obtuse, enclosing the. stamens and pistils. Stamens monadelphous. Legume oblong, compressed. (Don's Mill.) Leaves compound, trifoliolate, alternate, stipulate, deciduous. Flowers yellow in all the species. — Shrubs, straggling, of short duration, somewhat evergreen from the colour of their young shoots; natives chiefly of Europe. Branches divergent; leaves trifoliolate, with petiolar stipules, and folded leaflets, and usually grouped; flowers upon bracteolate pedicels, and disposed in terminal racemes. Culture as in Cytisus, from which genus most of the species have been separated. 1. A. hispa'nicus Dec. Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr. Suppl., .M9. p. 15a ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 168. SyTwnymes. C^tisus hispanicus Lam. Diet, 2. L'Herit. Stirp. N. Du Ham. 5. p. 149. The Spanish Adenocarpus. Leg. Mem., 6.; Prod., 2. p. 248.; C. anagjrius Our^. 368. Spec. Char., S^c. Calyx glandulose and villose; lower hp with three equal segments, that are barely longer than the upper lip. Branchlets hairy. Flowers grouped. Standard rather 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; June and July. Legume dark brown, or black;
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