Is propagated by parting its roots in autumn.




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SPARTIUM JUNGEUM. SPANISH BROOM.


_Class and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Stigma_ longitudinale, supra villosum. _Filamenta_ germini adhærentia.
_Calyx_ deorsum productus.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

SPARTIUM _junceum_ ramis oppositis teretibus apice floriferis, foliis
lanceolatis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 643._

SPARTIUM arborescens, feminibus lenti similibus. _Bauh. Pin. 396._

Spanish Broom. _Park. Parad. p. 442. t. 443. fig. 4._

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