. 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. 226 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICl'M. 365. C. orientklis. § vi. Chron&ntlius Dec. Derivation. From chrmos, a year, and anthos, a flower ; applied to this section because the petals remain attached to the calyxes all the year. Sect. Char. Calyx with the upper lip bifid, and the l
. 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. 226 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICl'M. 365. C. orientklis. § vi. Chron&ntlius Dec. Derivation. From chrmos, a year, and anthos, a flower ; applied to this section because the petals remain attached to the calyxes all the year. Sect. Char. Calyx with the upper lip bifid, and the lower one trifid ; lobes acute, of the same length as the tube. Petals permanent. Legume oval, much compressed, 2-seeded. (^Dec. Prod., ii. p. 157.) j» 27. C. oRiENTA^Lis Lois. The Oriental Cytisus. Identification. Lois, in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 156.; JDon', 2. p. 157. Synonyme. C. orient&lis, &c., Gerard and Vail. Herb. Engravings. Pluk. Phyt., t. 31. f. 3. â , and our fig. 365. Spec. Char., ^c. Stems erect, hairy. Leaves almost sessile, trifoliolate, hairy; leaflets linear, acute. Flowers large and yellow, subterminal, on short pedicels, and few. The flowers and pods are both glabrous. Calyx hairy, more 5-cleft than bilabiate. {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 157.} An erect hairy shrub. Native of the Levant. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1818. Flowers yellow, large and persistent; June and July. Legume black; ripe in October. Other Species ofCytisus.âThis genus, in .British gardens, is in such a stateof confusion, that nothing can be done in it satisfactorily till all the kinds are collected together, and cultivated for two or three years till they show their flowers and fruit. Perhaps two thirds of the alleged species in the London gardens are only varieties. In the mean time, all that a cultivator can do is to procure as many kinds as he can; and in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges he will find the greater number of those above described, though some of them hav
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