Teline Medicus Teline monspessulana, (L.) C. Koch

15. Teline Medicus View in CoL 2

Unarmed shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate. Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes. Calyx tubular-campanulate, bilabiate; upper lip deeply 2-fid, the lower with 3 distinct teeth; corolla yellow; standard broadly ovate, somewhat exceeding the wings and keel. Legume narrowly oblong, compressed, dehiscent. Seeds 2-6, strophiolate.

Literature: C. Vicioso, Genisteas Espaholas 1: 125-135 {Boi. Inst. For. Inv. Exper. Madrid No. 67). Madrid. 1953. (sub Genista L. ).

Standard glabrous; leaves petiolate; leaflets obovate

1. monspessulana Standard sericeous; leaves subsessile; leaflets linear-

oblanceolate 2. linifolia

1. T. monspessulana (L.) C. Koch View in CoL , Dendrologie 1: 30 (1869)

{ Cytisus monspessulanus L. , C. candicans (L.) DC. , Genista candicans L. ).

Stems 100-300 cm, erect. Leaves 8-20 mm, petiolate; leaflets obovate, with sparse to dense patent hairs on both surfaces, especially the lower, emarginate to shortly mucronate. Flowers in axillary clusters. Pedicel 1-2 mm, with 3 linear bracteoles. Calyx 5-6 mm, densely sericeous or with patent hairs, the lower lip longer than the upper. Standard 10-12 mm, broadly ovate, glabrous; keel sparsely sericeous; wings glabrous. Legume c. 20 mm, narrowly oblong, densely sericeous or with patent hairs. Seeds 3-6. Scrub and open woodland. Mediterranean region, Portugal, Açores. Az Co G a G r Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si?Tu. 2. T. linifolia (L.) Webb & Berth. , Phyt. Canar. 2: 41 (1842) { Genista Iinifolia L. , Cytisus linifoliusif .,.} Lam.). Stems 50-150cm, erect. Leaves subsessile; leaflets 10-15 mm, linear-oblanceolate, glabrescent above, appressed-sericeous beneath. Flowers in congested terminal racemes. Pedicels 2-3 mm, with three linear bracteoles. Calyx 7-8 mm, sericeous. Standard 10-18 mm, broadly ovate, sericeous; keel sericeous; wings glabrous. Legume 15-20 mm, narrowly oblong, densely pubescent. Seeds 2-3. Woodland and scrub; calcifuge. W. Mediterranean region. BI Ga Hs.