LEGUMINOSiE. CXIX. Corynella. CXX. Caraga^na. 



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Many-JloTvered Corynella. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



2 C. PAUCIFOUA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves with 2-3 pairs of elliptic 

 leaflets, which are glabrous above, but puberulous on the nerves 

 beneath. Tj . S. 



5 C. frute'scens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 268.) leaves having 2 

 pairs of leaflets, approximating the top of the petiole, they are 

 obovate-cuneated : " 



Native of St. Domingo. 



Robinia Domin- a short 



gensis, Spreng. in herb. Balb. Corynitis Domingensis, Spreng. 



spme 

 of the calyx. 



stipulas membranous ; petiole furnished with 

 at the apex ; pedicels solitary, twice the length 

 T2 . H. Native of Siberia, on the banks of the 



syst. append. 280. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from the pre- Volga, as well as of Tartary, and Tauria. 



ceding. 

 Few-leaved Corynella. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



227. Robinia frutescens, Lin. spec. 1044. 



Sweet, fl. gard. t. 

 Pall. fl. ross. t. 43. 



Cult. See Sabinea for the culture and propagation, p. 239. Leaves with a yellow hue. 



C. digitata, Lam. diet. 1. p. 616. Flowers yellow, resupinate. 



CXX. CARAGA'NA (Caragan is the name of R. arho- this with 2-flowered peduncles. 



Far. a, laiifoUa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 268.) leaflets glabrous, 

 broadly obovate. Frequent in gardens. There is a variety of 



1-2. D. C. prod. 2. p. 268 

 Lin. syst. 



Lam. diet. 1. p. 611. ill. t. 607. f. 



Diadelphiai Decdndrta. Calyx short, tubular, 



Far. )3, angustifblia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 268.) leaflets oblong- 

 cuneated, glabrous. Native about Odessa. 



Shrubby Caragana. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1752. Sh. 2 to 3 fr. 



5-toothed. Corolla obtuse, straight ; the wings and vexillum 6 C. mollis (Bess. enum. pi. volh. p. 29.) leaves with 2 pairs 



about equal in length. Stamens diadelphous. Style glabrous. of oblong-cuneated leaflets, approximating the top of the pe- 

 tiole, clothed with soft villi ; petiole ending in a short spine ; 

 pedicels solitary. Tj . IL Native of Tauria and Podolia. Ro- 

 binia mollis, Bieb, fl. taur. suppl. 477. Robinia tomentosa, 



Stigma terminal, truncate. Legume sessile, young ones com- 

 pressed, at length somewhat cylindrical and many-seeded, mucro- 

 nate by the style. Seeds somewhat globose. — Trees or shrubs, 



Fisch. hort. gor. 1812. 



Flowers yellow. 



Clt. 1818. 



natives of Siberia and the East, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, 



mucronate leaflets, having the common petiole ending in a bristle 



or a spine, and axillary 1 -flowered pedicels, which are usually in 



fascicles. Flowers usually yellow, perhaps in all except C. of obloncr-cuneated leaflets, approximating near to the top of 



juhata^ which are white and reddish. The stipulas usually spi- " " 



nescent. 



Soft Caragana. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 

 7 C. GRANDiFLORA (D, C. prod. 2. p. 2G8.) leaves with 2 pairs 



the petiole, which is very short ; stipulas and petioles spinose ; 



pedicels solitary, almost the length of the calyx, which is gib- 

 1 C. Altaga'na (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 89.) leaves having 6 or 8 bous at the base. ^. H. Native of the south of Iberia, near 

 pairs of glabrous, obovate-roundish, retuse leaflets; petiole un- Tiflis. Robinia grandiflora, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 168. Young 

 armed; stipulas spinescent ; pedicels solitary; legumes rather leaves pubescent, adult ones hoary, ex. Bieb., but according to 

 compressed. Tj . H. Native of Dahuria, in sandy places, a specimen sent by Steven to De Candolle, the adult leaves are 

 Robinia Altagana, Pall. fl. ross. t. 42. exclusive of the variety. pale and glabrous. Legume terete, acute, brown, glabrous. 



Lher. stirp. t. 76. Caragana microphylla, Lam. diet. 1. p. 615. 

 blowers yellow. Altagana is the vernacular name of the shrub. 

 Koot with somewhat of the smell and taste of liquorice. 



Shrub 2 



Altagana Caragana. 

 to 3 feet. 



Fl. April, July. Clt. 1789. 



Flowers an inch long, yellow. 



Great-flowered Caragaxia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 



8 C. PYGMiE'A (D. C. prod. 2. p. 268.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 linear, glabrous leaflets, approximating at the top of the petiole, 

 which is very short ; stipulas and petioles spinescent ; pedicels 



2 C. MICROPHYLLA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 268.) leaves with 6-7 solitary, nearly the length of the calyx ; calyx nearly equal at 



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pairs of hoary retuse leaflets ; petioles and stipulas rather spi- 

 nescent at the apex ; root creeping. T? . H. Native of Siberia, 

 in the desert of Baraba, and in the tract of the river Selenga. 



the base. T? . H. Native of Siberia, on the Altaian mountains, 

 and of Dahuria. Robinia pygmae^a, Lin. spec. lOl*. Pall. 

 ross. 1. t. 45. Amxn. ruth. t. 35. Leaflets acute, crowded, 



«obinia microphylla, Pall. fl. ross. t. 42. f. 1-2. Caragana Alta- usually in the axils of trifid spines. Flowers yellow. 



gdnavar. Poir. suppl. 2. p. 89. 



Small-leaved Caragana. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Fl. April, June. Clt. 1819. 



Shrub 



Far. (3, arenaria (Fisch. in litt.) leaflets linear-cuneate; pe- 

 dicels rather longer than the calyx. Tj . H. Native of Siberia, 

 on the banks of the river Tschuia. 



3 C. arbore'scens (Lam. diet. 1. p. 615.) leaves with 4-G Pygmy Caragana. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1751. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



P irs of oval-oblong villous leaflets ; petiole unarmed ; stipulas 

 jpinescent ; pedicels in fascicles. T? . H. Native of Siberia. 

 J q p^ [^^'■agana, Lin. spec. 1044. Duham. arb. ed. nov. 2. t. 



wood f i ^"^^' ■^ • *• ^^' ™'*^^^^ ^S^^^- Flo"'^'"^ yellow. The 



oiit°l V. ^^^^ '^ ^^'"^ and compact, very tough, yellow on the 



uisme, but waved and striped with bay and red within. The 



thal^ ^^^ ^^'^ ^^ ^^ S^^^ ^^^^ for cattle, and it is suggested 

 are A *^5*"'^'" a blue colouring matter like indigo. The seeds 

 tK« f^- ^^ poultry. The bark is tough, and fit for tyeing ; 

 the twigs may also be used as withes. 



9 C. ARENA^RiA (Douu, hort. cant. Sims, hot. mag. 1886.) 

 leaves with usually 4 pairs ofobcordate leaflets; pedicels usually 

 twin, shorter than the flowers ; stipulas subulate. ^ . H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia. Flowers yellow. 



Sand Caragana. Fl. April, May. Clt, 1802. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



10 C. Redowski (D. C. legum. t. 11- f. 45.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of ovate, acute, smooth leaflets ; stipulas spinose. ^ . H. 

 Native of Siberia. Flowers yellow. This plant has not been 



/Arborescent Caragana. 



^5 to 20 feet. ^ 



seen by us unless in a seedling state 

 Redowski s Caragana. 



Clt. 1827. Sliruh. 



Fl. April, May. Clt. 1752. Tree 



of dis^ ^"^^^^'^^ (^a^- diet. 1, p. 616.) leaves with 2 pairs 



anri o ^^^ ^^^^' ^^ obovate, glabrous leaflets : stipulas spreading, 

 ana are as well as tl.^ r.^f;^i^„ .«: . «„j- Li. L\u^^J. fl^^^o^c 



Fl. April, May. 



11 C. spiNOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 of cuneate-linear, glabrous leaflets ; stipulas small, spinose ; 



strong, and spinose, twice the length 



Na- 



269.) leaves with 2-4 pai 



small. 



^?. H. 



live of S 



Lh 



lar 



adult petioles permanent 



of the leaflets ; flowers solitary, almost sessile. 



iberla, near the Selenga and Kiacha in dry sandy places 

 on mountains. Lindl. bot. reg. 1021. Robinia spinosa, Lin. mant. 



!I* ?-^nP' ^- '^^•_ Duham. arb! eX nov. 2^ t7 21. Flowers 269. Robinia ferox. Pall. ross. 1. t. 44. itin. t. E. e. f. 2. and 



Robinia spinosissima, Laxm. nov. act. pet. 15. t. 30. f. 4. 



Flowers yellow. Legume rather 



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liaSoriV"^,^^ ^^"g^^ becoming reddish. Root smelling like 3. 



Chn 1 -'•^'"'^"^» IS Liie v^nmese name oi me sii 



Shrub 2 t ^4 7 ^^'""^"^ Caragana. Fl. May, June. 



shrub 



Clt. 1773. 



C. ferox, Lam. diet. 1. p. 315. 



compressed. This shrub is well adapted to make impenetrable 

 hedges, on account of its long branches and strong thorns. It is 



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