Petteria
(named in honour of Franz Petter, who wrote an account of a botanical tour in Dalmatia in 1832). ORD. Leguminosae. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy, erect shrub, requiring culture similar to Cytisus (which see). P. ramentacea (ramentaceous). fl. disposed in dense, terminal, pedunculate, pyramidal, erect racemes; calyx campanulate, three-lobed, the lobes tomentose-ciliate, obtuse; corolla glabrous; keel silky-villous; pedicels hoary. Spring. l. ternate, petiolate; leaflets elliptic, entire, cuneate at base, obtuse or retuse at apex, glabrous. Dalmatia, 1838. (B. R. 1843, 40, under name of Cytisus Weldenii.)