. 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. 316. G. 5c< 317. O. hlEp&nlca. Spec. Char., ^c. Spiny; spines branched, spreading, striated, glabrous. Leaves simple, very few, oblong, somewhat silky. Flowers glabrous, upon short pe- dicels, in groups disposed somewhat racemosely ; the keel as long as the standard. Legum
. 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. 316. G. 5c< 317. O. hlEp&nlca. Spec. Char., ^c. Spiny; spines branched, spreading, striated, glabrous. Leaves simple, very few, oblong, somewhat silky. Flowers glabrous, upon short pe- dicels, in groups disposed somewhat racemosely ; the keel as long as the standard. Legume containing 2—i geeds. (Dec. Prod.) An upright, deciduous, spiny shrub. South of Europe and Barbary, in arid places. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1570. Flowers yellow ; April and May. Legume ?. A spiny shrub, almost leafless when the shoots are full grown. This species is commonly thought to be the iScorpius of Theophrastus. jt 13. G. hispa'nica L. The Spanish Genista. Identification. Lin. Sp., 999.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 148.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 151.; Webb Iter Hispaa, 68. SynOTii/jne. Spanish Furze, Hart. Engravings. Cav. Icon., 3. t. 211. ; Lam. 111., t. 619. f. 3.; and am fig. 317. Spec. Char., S[c. Spiny, except in the flower-bearing branches ; spines branched, rigid. Leaves simple, lanceo- late, viilose. Flowers in a terminal subcapitate raceme. Keel viilose, the length of the glabrous standard. Le- gume oval, including 2—4 seeds ; when ripe, rather gla. brous. (Dec. Prod.) A diminutive undershrub, evergreen from the colour of its shoots. Spain and the South of France. Height ^ ft. to I ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers yellow ; June and July. Legume ?. j« 14. G. a'nglica L. The English Genista, or Petty Whin. Idmtificalicm. Lin. Sp., 999.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 149.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 161. Synonyme. G. minor Lam. Fl. Fr. 2. p. 615. Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 132. ; Lobel Icon., 2. p. 93. f. 2.; and onr^. 318. Spec, Char., S^c. Spiny, except in the flower- bearing branc
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