. Field and woodland plants. cled flowers whichare tipped with redwhen in the bud. Bothspecies flower duringJuly and August. Passing now to theLeguminosce, we takefirst the Broom {Saro-ihamus scoparius orCytisus scoparius) — asmooth or shghtly hairyshrub, from two to sixfeet high, bearing large,yellow flowers duringMay and June. Itsbranches are long, erect, angular and green; and the leaves aresmall, ternate, with obovate, silky leaflets, or sometimes reducedto a single leaflet. The large flowers are either solitary or inpairs, shortly stalked, and arranged in the axils of the leaves ofthe pie
. Field and woodland plants. cled flowers whichare tipped with redwhen in the bud. Bothspecies flower duringJuly and August. Passing now to theLeguminosce, we takefirst the Broom {Saro-ihamus scoparius orCytisus scoparius) — asmooth or shghtly hairyshrub, from two to sixfeet high, bearing large,yellow flowers duringMay and June. Itsbranches are long, erect, angular and green; and the leaves aresmall, ternate, with obovate, silky leaflets, or sometimes reducedto a single leaflet. The large flowers are either solitary or inpairs, shortly stalked, and arranged in the axils of the leaves ofthe pievious summer. The fruits are black pods, usually morethan an inch long, hairy round the edges of the valves, and sur-mounted at first by a spirally-curved style. The Furze, Gorse, or Whin {Ulex europceus) is a bush of aboutthe same size, A\ith more or less erect branches that all terminate ina sharp, rigid point. Sometimes little lanceolate leaves may beseen near the bases of the short branches, but normally all the leaves. The Furze or Gorse. ON HEATH, DOWN AND MOOR 261 are reduced to sharp, green spines, about half an inch long. Theflowers, usually more than half an inch long, are placed singly in theaxils of the thorny leaves of the previous season, and are often soabundant as to form dense, showy clusters. The Furze is abundantin all parts of C4reat Britain with the exception of North Scotland,
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