LEGUMINOSiE. "' CXXIV. Colutea. CXXV. Sph^rophysa. CXXVI. Swainsonia. 



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shrubs, with small stipulas, irapari-pinnate leaves, and axillary thd most of the season. They thrive in any common soil, and 



few-flowered 



s, which are a little shorter than the leaves. 



are increased by seeds, which ripen in abundance, or by cuttings, 

 1 C. arbore'scens (Lin. spec. 1045.) leaflets elliptic, retuse ; planted in the autumn. 



peduncles usually bearing about 6 flowers; gibbosities on the 

 vexillum short; legume closed. Tj . H, Native of middle and 

 south Europe, in hedges and bushy places, on Mount Vesuvius, 

 even in the ascent to the crater, where hardly any other veget- 

 able is to be found, D. C. astr. no. 1. Duham. arbr, cd. 



81. C. hirsiita, Roth. fl. 



sheltered in a greenhouse. 



The two last species require to be 



nov. 1. t. 22. 



Curt. bot. mag. t. 



ii^ germ. 1. p. 305. Flowers yellow.' The C. arboriscens of 



Burm. fl. cap. 22. is probably a species of Tephrosia. The 



leaves are recommended as answering all the purposes of senna, 



and Allioni gives particular directions for the preparation of 

 them. 



CXXV. SPH^ROPHY^SA(from tr^atpa, ^p/za/'m, a sphere, 

 and (j)v<Ta, physa, a bladder ; in reference to the shape of the 

 legumes, which are spherical and bladdery), 

 mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 270. 



Lin. syst. 



Phaca species of Pallas. 



D. C. leguni. 



ilium flat. 



Diadelplua^ Decdndna, Calyx 5-toothed. Vex- 

 Carina obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. Style bearded 



lengthwise. Legume stipitate, inflated, spherical, hardish, 1- 



.u.. ^.v.. paiu.uia. uiiceuuu. xui lu.. picpaiauuxi u. celled, mucrouatcd by the Style.— Oriental perennial hcrbs, with 

 A larger dose seems to be required to produce the same i^p^ri-pinnate leaves, small stipulas, and axillary, elonirated 



effect. The seeds to the quantity of a drachm or two excite racemes of red flowers. 



vomiting. 



Arborescent Bladder-Senna. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1568. 

 * Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



2 C. crue'nta (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 55^ leaflets ob- 

 ovate, emarginate, glaucous ; peduncles 4 or 5-flowered; vex- 

 illum with small, obtuse gibbosities : lefrume ffauinir at the 



H. 



apex. Tj 



Iberia, and the Levant, 

 t. 41. 



gibbosities ; legume gaping 

 Native of the islands in the Arcliipelago, 



D. C. astr. no. 3. Lher. stirp. nov. 2. 

 C. orient^lis. Lam. diet. 1. p. 353. ill. 624. f. 3. Duham. 

 ed. nov, 1. t. 23. C. sanguinea. Pall. C. aptera, Schmidt, arb. 

 1. 119. C. humilis. Scop. Flowers of a reddish-copper colour, 

 but with the vexillum having a yellow spot at the base. This 

 species diflfers from the foregoing in the smaller diflferent co- 

 loured flowers, in the wings being shorter than the keel, and 



Fl. June, July. 



m tlie pod being open at the apex. 



-C/ooc/^.flowered or Oriental Bladder-Senna. 

 Clt. 1731. Shrub 4 to 8 feet. 



3 C, Hale'ppica (Lam. diet. 1. p. S5S. ill. t. 624. f. 2.) 

 leaflets roundish-elliptic, very obtuse, mucronate ; peduncles 

 3-flowered ; gibbosities of vexillum elongated and ascending ; 

 legumes closed, fj . H. Native of fields about Aleppo. D.C. 

 astr. no. 2. C. Pocockii, Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 55. Schmidt, 

 arb. t. 129. C. Tstria, Mill, dict.no. 2. 1. 100. C. procumbens, 

 ^her. stirp. nov. 2. t. 42. 

 than C. arborescens. 



Flowers yellow. A smaller shrub 



legumes closed at the 

 Wats. dend. 



^^^;>/;o Bladdei-Senna. Fl. Ma. Oct. Clt. 1752. Sh. 3 to Oft. 



4 <^. ME^DiA (Willd. enum. 771.) leaflets obcordate, glauces- 

 ^ent ; peduncles usually 6-flowered ; 

 eP^^'^- \ . H. Native of Europe. 

 1 lowers orange-coloured. 



Intermediate Bladder-Senna. Fl. June, Aug. Sh. 6 to 8 feet, 

 elli t ^^^^^^'^sis (Hook, bot. mag. 2622.) leaflets roundish- 

 ve'^11^' ^^^^^^. ' racemes drooping, few-flowered ; callosities of 



XI urn papillaeform; legumes rather coriaceous, pubescent. 

 ^ • «• Native of Nipaul. Flowers yellow. 



Ay,ai./Bladder.Senna. Fl. 

 * ^o 1 feet. 



1 S. sa'lsula (D. C. prod. 2. p. 271.) stem erect, rather 

 hoary ; leaves with G or 7 pairs of oblong, ovate leaflets, which 

 are glabrous above, but rather hoary beneath from adprcsscd 

 bristly hairs. %, H. Native of Dahuria, in salt fields, about 

 Lake Tarei. Phaca salsula, Pall. itin. 4. t. 9. f. 1 and 2. ed. 

 gall, append, no. 387. t. 88. f, 1 and 2. Lin. fil. suppl. 336. 

 Colutea Dahiirica, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 212. Flowers very red, 

 almost like those of a species of Ldthynis. 



Salt Sphaerophysa. PL |^ to 1 foot. 



2 S. Ca'spica (D. C. prod. 2. p. 271.) stems erect, and are 

 as well as the leaves clothed with adpresscd pubescence ; leaves 

 with 8 pairs of oval, obtuse, mucronate leaflets. %. H. Na- 

 tive of the plains between Caucasus and the Caspian Sea. 

 Colutea Caspica, Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 1429. Phaca saLsula, 

 Bieb. casp. 210. Flowers of a dirty pale-purple colour, and 

 marked with more obscure veins. Perhaps only a variety of 

 the first, according to Stev^en in litt. 



Caspian Sphaerophysa. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 1^ ft. 



Cult. The species of this genus succeed in common garden 

 soil, or in pots in a mixture of loam and peat ; they are very 

 difficult to preserve in gardens on account of the want of that 

 saline principle in which they grow in the places of their natural 

 growth; and in order to preserve them in the gardens, they 

 require to be watered with salted water occasionally. They are 

 increased by seeds, which occasionally ripen in -this country. 



CXXVL SWAINSONIA (in honour of Isaac Swainson, 

 brit. 140. F.R.S. F.L.S. who was a great cultivator of plants about the 



His garden was at Twickenham in 



end of the last century. 



Middlesex. The present superintendant of the Cambridge Bo- 

 tanical Garden, Mr. Biggs, was gardener to Mr. Swainson for 

 many years). Salisb. par. jio. 28. R. Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. 



vol. 4. p. 326. 

 Lin. syst. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 271. Loxidium, Vent. 



Diadelphia, Dec6ndria. Calyx bicallous at the 



Aug. Sept. Clt. 1822. Shrub base, 5-toothed. Vexillum flat, large. Stamens diadelphous, 



Carina obtuse, rather longer than the wings. 



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Stigma terminal. 



^ Le- 



leaflets lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, acuminated by 

 #-? G. Native of the Bahama Islands. 



^erW' * "^^^^^^P^'^NoiDES (Scop, insub. 3. p. 22. t. 12.) plant 



. e»^^-^^^* ^'^ ^* Native of the Bahama Islands. Perhaps 

 * species of Pictetia. 



^^cIuno77i€ne-likc 

 3 pair f ^^^^^^'^A (Mill. diet. no. 5.) shrubby ; leaves with 



es/^l^ ^^^^ leaflets ; peduncles 2-3-flowered ; legumes com- 

 Ca>.nf' • ^ ' ^- ^^'^^^ of Vera Cruz. 



Style bearded longitudinally behind but beardless in front 



Suffruticose plants, natives of New Holland, 



gume turgid. 



PI. 2 feet. 



having die habit of Lessertia, with impari-pinnate leaves, and 

 elongated, axillary racemes of purple or scarlet flowers. 



1 S. GALEGiFOLiA (R. Br. lu hort. kcw. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 320.) 

 suffruticose, erect ; leaves with 9 pairs of oval, somewhat emar- 

 ginate leaflets ; pedicel of legume evidently longer than the 



" " Native of New South Wales. 



permanent filaments 



h. G. 



A 



P'^essed 



^ b. Native of Vera Cruz. Perhaps a species of 

 Flowers yellow. 

 CulT'^r^^ Bladder-Senna. 



» as they flower in great profusion, and continue in flower 



Vicia galej^ifolia. 



Pluk. aim. 111. t. 165. f. 3. 

 Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Sims, bot. mag. t. 792. 



Andr. bot. rep. t. 319 



Flowers red. 



Colutea galegifolia, 



Galega-leaved Swainsonia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Sh. 



> to 3 feet. 



^e species of Bladder-Senna are proper for shrub- 2 S. at-bifl^ra ; stem shrubby, erect ; leaves with 5.1 1 pair* 



of oval obtuse leaflets ; racemes longer than the leaves. 



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