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.