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CORONILLA juncea. 
Rush-like Coronilla. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LEGUMINOSE. Div. VIII. Juss. gen. 361. 
CORONILLA. L. Calyx brevis, persistens, 2-labiatus, supra 2-den- 
tatus dentibus junctis, infra 2-dentatus. Vexillum vix alis longius. Legu- 
men longum, isthmis interceptum.— Herba aut suffrutices; folia impari- 
pinnata, stipulis à petiolo distinctis; pedunculi axillares aut terminales, um- 
bellatim multiflori. Juss. l. c. 
C. juncea, fruticosa, foliolis quinatis ternatisque lineari-lanceolatis subcar- 
nosis obtusis. Linn. sp. pl. 1047. Mill. dict. No. 9. Willd. sp. pl. 3. 
1149. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 331. Pers. syn. 2. 314. Dec. fl. fr. 4. 606, 
Link enum. hort. ber. 2. 244. Lodd. bot. cab. 235. 
Polygala major massiliotica. Bauh. pin. 349. 
Colutea caule geniste fungoso. Bauh. hist. 1. 383. 
Dorycnium luteum hispanicum carnosius. Barr. ic. 133. 
Nuffrutex, 2-3 pedalis, cortice fungoso, ramis glabris, filiformibus, nudis, 
vimineis, Stipulae parve, marcescentes. Petioli gerunt foliola oblonga, 
obtusa, glauca, subcarnosa, inferiora alata, 2 paribus et impare, termina- 
libus basi approximatis, superiora ternata. Pedunculi foliis longiores, flori- 
bus 1-8, minoribus, luteis, congestis. Calyx rubens, 5 dentatus, dentibus 
obtusis unguiculis brevioribus. De Candolle l. c. ex gall. vers. 
This shrub has been an inhabitant of our gardens since 
the middle of the last century. It is not, however, al- 
though a native of the south of France, hardy enough 
to endure the severity of our climate; and, not having suf- 
ficient beauty to procure a place in the greenhouse, it is 
seldom seen in other than general collections of plants. It 
is easily propagated by cuttings, and may be preserved 
through the winter in a cold frame. 
'The opposite drawing was made from plants in the col- 
lection of Mr. Colvill. 
Grows commonly among bushes, upon hills exposed to 
the sun, in the southern provinces of France, especially 
about Marseilles. 
A shrub, 2-3 feet high, with a corky bark, and smooth, 
filiform, naked, twiggy branches. Stipules small, wither- 
