PLATE CCCCXIX.
GENISTA LUSITANICA.
Portugal Genista.
CLASS XVII. ORDER IV.
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Two Brotherhoods. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx bilabiatus: 2-3 dentibus, binis superioribus brevissimis. Vexillum oblongum a pistillo staminibusque deorsum reflexum.
Empalement two-lipped: with 2-3 teeth, the two uppermost very short. The standard oblong, and reflexed downwards from the chives and pointal.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Genista, caule aphyllo, spinis decussatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 946.—Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. 16.