The climate of Stromboli does not hold out much pros- 
pect of this plant being hardy enough to bear English 
winters, without some kind of protection ; -I do not however 
anticipate any difficulty in preserving it against a wall on a 
well drained border. 
In foliage it bears a striking resemblance to C. proli- 
ferus, but its flowers are altogether different. Its real affinity 
seems to be with C. triflorus, from which it differs in being a 
much larger and more woody plant, with terminal racemes 
of flowers, in its larger, deeper and more distinctly campa- 
nulate calyx, and smooth, not hairy pods. It seems as if - 
it were an intermediate species between C. Laburnum and 
C. triflorus. 
