LABURNUM.-LABURNUM: CYTISUS. Natural order, Papilionacea, or Leguminosa. A genus of the Diadelphia Decandria class. Laburnum, rich “ Nor might she fear in beauty to excel, From whose fair head such golden tresses fell." This beautiful alpine tree was known to the Greeks under the name of 'Avágupis, and its emetic qualities gave rise to their proverb, Anagrin commovere, “ to work one's own woe. It is observed that the bees avoid the flowers of this tree, whose leaves are so agreeable to the goat. Theocritus, the poet, who flourished |