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CARAGANA pygmaea. 
Dwarf Caragana. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Leguminos^e. Tribus Loteae Dccandolle. 
CARAGANA Lam.— Calyx breviter tubulosus 5-dentatus. Corolla 
obtusa recta alis vexilloque longitudine subaequalis. Stamina diadelpha 
(9-1). Stylus glaber. Stigma terminale truncatum. Legumen sessile, 
juniils compression, demilm subcylindricum, polyspermum, stylo mucronatum. 
Semina subglobosa.- Arbores fruticesve Sibiric© aut Orientales. Folia 
abrupt& pinnata , foliolis mucronatis petiolo apice setoso aut spinescente. 
Pediculi axillares unijlori scepius fasciculati. Flores flavi aut in sold 
C. jubata albi subrubentes. Stipul© scepius spinescentes. Decand. prodr. 
2. 268. 
C. pygmaea; foliolis bijugis ad apicem petioli brevissimi approximatis lineari- 
bus glabris, stipulis petiolisque spinescentibus, pedicellis solitariis calycis 
fer& longitudine, calyce basi subaequali. Decand. 1. c. 
Aspalathus frutescens minor angustifolius cortice aureo. Amm. stirp. ruth, 
p. 204. t. 35. 
Robinia pygmaea. Linn. sp. pi. 1044. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 45. aliorumque. 
Trunci cortice lutescente nitido vestiti; lignum saturatissime spadiceum , 
durissimum, ferk corneum, alburno tenui flavo. Virg© seniores teretes epider- 
mide pulchrit aurata nitidissima vestitce in spontaneis ; quod vix in hortensi 
apparet. Ramuli grisei gemmis creberrimis bispinosis. Spinulae exiles, 
aciculares, patentes it stipulis ortce , in senioribus ramis decidua. Foliola 
quatema vel sena in spontaneo frutice fasciculatim conferta, omninb sessilia, 
Uneari-acuminata , hispidula. Pedunculi £ ramulorum plerisque gemmis 
inter folia enati solitarii , foliolorum longitudine articulo infracti. Calyx 
subpilosus campanulatuSy margine quinquedentatus dentibus 2 superioribus 
approximatis. Corolla dupla calycis, Jlavissima: vexillo ovato compresso 
dor so fulvescente; alis lato-lanceolatis vexillum aquantibus; Carina tan- 
tillum breviore. Legumina tereti-compressiuscula, rigida, mucronata. Semina 
partim ovata, partim oblonga, lutescentia , punctis nigris magis minusve 
crebris pulverata. Pallas. 
This handsome shrub grows spontaneously, in hilly 
places, in the southern provinces of the Russian dominions, 
especially about the river Tschargurban, and on the moun- 
