. 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. 218 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. neated at the base, andobtuse at the apex, smooth. Racemes terminal, stalked, pyramidal, straight; pedicels hoary and villous. Calyxes campanulate, 3-lobed; lobes toraentosely ciliated. Corolla glabrous, but the carina is clothed with silky villi.
. 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. 218 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. neated at the base, andobtuse at the apex, smooth. Racemes terminal, stalked, pyramidal, straight; pedicels hoary and villous. Calyxes campanulate, 3-lobed; lobes toraentosely ciliated. Corolla glabrous, but the carina is clothed with silky villi. Le- gume glabrous, mucronate by the style. {Don's Mill.) An erect woody shrub, re- sembling a laburnum. Dal- matia, in woods on moun- tains. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft.; 6 ft. to 8 ft. in gardens. In- troduced in 1837. Flowers yellow, fragrant; June and July. Legumes brown ; ripe in October. The racemes are erect, and do not droop even when in fruit. The seeds are still more poisonous than those of the common laburnum, and the scent of the flowers causes headach. The milk of the «'â cjt,.u. weiatmi. goats which feed upon the flowers, Baron Welden observes, produces the same effect, only more severely, upon those who drink A 5. C. ni'gricans L. The black Cytisus. Dec. Prod., 163.; Don's Mill., and our Jdentification. Lin. Sp., 1041 2. p. 155. Engravings. Jacq. Austr., t. 378. % Bot. Reg., t. J&-344. Spec. Char., ^c. Branches round, twiggy. Leaves stalked, and clothed with closely pressed down beneath, as well as the branches, calyxes, and pods; leaflets elliptic. Racemes elongated, ter- minal, erect. Calyxes without bracteas. {Dec. Prod.) A handsome deciduous shrub. Piedmont, Vallais, and Bohemia. On hills and along way- sides. Height 3 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 1730. Flowers yellow; June and. July. Legume black ; ripe in October. The whole plant turns black when drying ; whence the specific name. It ripens seed in abundance ; and it may also be propagated by graft
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