Cytisus (sitisus)

[NL., large flowers are yellow, purple, or white. One species, C. scoparius (broom), is an extremely common shrub on uncultivated grounds, heaths, etc., of most parts of Great Britain. Some exotic species are common garden and shrubbery-plants, as C. purpure us, an elegant procumbent shrub IMG:content-1963.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors] a, flowering branch; b, flowers, natural size. used in rock (From Le Maout and Decaisne's "Traité work, C. alpinus, général de Botanique.") etc. See broom1.