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LEGUMINOSiE. CXXXIV. Scorpiurus. CXXXV. Coronilla 



branched 



Fl 



Clt. 1656. Shrub 



Sub-villous CateripiWar. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1731. PI. proc. 



5 S. AcuTiFOLiA (Viv. fl. lyb. p. 43. t. 19. f. 4.) legumes 2 to 3 feet, 



clothed with short hairs, having the inner ribs naked, and 6 or 8 8 C. stipula^ris (Lam. diet. 2. p. 120.) shrubby, glabrous- 



of the outer ones bearing crowded, stiff, very short prickles, stipulas roundish, large, deciduous ; leaflets 7-9, obovate mu' 



O- H. Native of Cyreniaca, in sandy places, and of Corsica, i . . - . > 

 about Bonifacio. Flowers yellow. 



cronulate, glaucous, lower ones remote from the stem ; urabeli 

 6-8-flowered. T2 , F. Native of the south of Italy, in Goat's 



^CM/e-/<?ai)e J Caterpillar. Fl. Ju.^July. Clt. 1825. PI. proc. Island, in Sicily near Palermo, and probably of Spain. Cor- 



"" ' ■ /T... _ _- ,/^r.^\l. ,, ., bicularis, Moench. C. Valentina, Lin. spec. 1047. exclusive of 



, , . . . . , ,. , tlie synonyme of Clusius, and therefore the name. Curt. bot. 



crowded stipitate tubercles, which are obtusely dilated at the mag. 185. C. Hispdnica, Mill. diet. no. 4. ? Flowers deep yellow, 



6 S. vermicula'ta (Lin. spec. 1050.) legumes glabrous, with 

 the inner ribs almost obsolete, but the 10 outer ones bear 



apex. O. H. 



corn-fields. 



Med 



Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 11. f. 3. Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 

 155. Flowers yellow, but with the vexillum streaked with red, 

 solitary on the peduncles. Legumes thick. 



Fermicular'])odded Caterpillar. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1621. 

 PI. prostrate. 



7 S. PURPU REA (Desf. atl. 2. p. 17 k) stem and leaves hairy ; 

 peduncles 1 -flowered ; legumes covered all over with very short 

 tubercles. ©. H. Native of Algiers. Flowers purple. Plant 

 with the habit of the preceding species. 



P«r;j/c-flowered Caterpillar. Fl. June, July. PL trailing. 



CnlL These plants are preserved in gardens more for'^the 

 oddness of the shape of their pods than for their beauty, and 



very fragrant at night. 



Mar 



4 C. pentaphy'lla (Desf. atl. 2. p. 171.) shrubby, glabrous; 



stipulas ovate, mucronate, deciduous ; leaflets 5-7, cuneiform, 



mucronate, usually emarginate ; umbels lO-SO-flowered. ^ . F. 



Native of Algiers on hills. Mill. fig. t. 289. f. 2. ? 



Five-leajtetted CoxoniWa. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1700. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



5 C. arge'ntea (Lin. spec. 1048.) shrubby ; leaflets 11, silky, 

 terminal one largest. Tj . F. Native of Candia. Mill, fig, t. 

 289. f. 1. ? ex Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 332. This is a very doubt- 

 ful plant. Flowers beautiful yellow, sweet-scented. 



Silvery Coronilla. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1664. Sh. 2 feet, 



being all hardy annuals the seeds of them only require to be 6 C. glau'ca (Lin. spec. 1047.) shrubby, glabrous ;' stipui 



sown m the open border m spring, where they are intended to small, lanceolate ; leaflets 5-7, obovate, very obtuse, glaucous, 



remain, and thinned afterwards if they rise too thick. * * ■ ^.J'-'o.^ 



CXXXV. CORONILLA (from corona^ a crown ; in reference 



lower ones remote from the stem ; umbels 7-8-flow:ered. fj . F. 

 Native of France about Narbonne, and of Sicily, and probably 

 of Spain. Curt. bot. mag. t. 13. Mill. fig. 289. f. 1. Flowers 



to thedisnn^sitmn f^?ihf^ flr.,vo^e ;« 1.^ 1 u 1 \Yi ^ "^ opam. ^urt. DOt. mag. t. 1^. Mili. tig. 289. t. 1. l-lower 



prod. 2. p. 309.— Coronilla species of Lin. and others. 



t7/awcow5 Coronilla. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1722. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 

 7 C. mi'nima (Lin. spec. 1048.) sufFruticose, procumbent 



LiN.sYST. Diadl'phia, Dccundrla. Calyx campanulate short „1 .• i ^ 'P^"''* ,, "^ suttruticose, procumDem, 



5-toothed (f. 41. «.):the 2 superior teeth approxb "e and jo ned f m'''"' ' 'T ' '^«"'='^^^^' «™^"' ^Pl^^f '^' ^'^'T\ '^'t 

 1 . >. ^; . ^ p,, '»Fl"*^^'"'aie,anajoinea at the apex, the upper ones largest, membranous, and deciduous; 



Uaws of petals usually longer leaflets 7-13. ovntLmunrM.h r.hu... »r ..u,.. W^r nnes re- 



tljan the calyx. Carina acute. Stamens diadelphous. Legume 

 nearly terete, slender, at length separating into oblong 1 -seeded 

 jomts (f. 41. e.). Seeds ovate or cylindrical (f. 41./.)— Shrubs 

 or herbs, with impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary peduncles, 

 bearmg at their tops umbels of pedicellate flowers. 



Sect. I. 



(f' 



leaflets 7-13, ovate-roundish, obtuse or retuse, lower ones re 

 mote from the stem ; umbels 7-8-flowered ; legume 4-wiiiged, 

 toothed. 1/ . H. Native of the southern parts of Europe, on 

 the lower mountains in sandy places. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 27b 

 D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 608. Sims, bot. mag. 2178.— J. Bauh. hist. 2. 

 p. 351. f. 2. Flowers yellow, sweet-scented. Plant erect or 



shrub is very pretty), xuuiu. uisi. i. ^lo. rFesv. journ. bot. 3. 

 p. 121. t. 4. f. 9. D. C. prod. 2. p. 309. Legume nearly terete, 

 separating into joints slowly and obscurely, but decidedly. 

 Claws of petals 3 times the length of the calyx. Flowers yellow. 



FIG. 41. 



1 



2 



. "."-" "•"- '^•'o'^" "» mc i.aiyx. r lowers yellow. 



11 , T^^^ ^^'"- ^^^' ^°*^-) shrubby, glabrous ; stipulas 

 small ; leaflets 5-7, obovate ; peduncles 3-5-flowered h H 



Native of middle and south Europe, and of Tauria, in hed'crcs* 

 and among bushes. Sims, bot. mag. 445. E'merus m^jor, Mill 



hg. t. 132. f. 1. and minor, f. 2. C. pauciflora, Lam. fl. fr. 

 l* lowers yellow. 



Agreeable Coronilla or Scorpion-Senna. Fl. April, June. Clt 

 1596. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Sect. II Coroni'lla (see genus for derivation). Tourn. 

 inst. t. 419. Desv.journ. bot. 3. p. 119. t. 4. f. 8. Legume 

 rtither compressed, evidently separating into joints (f. 41. eX 

 Claws of petals hardly longer than the calyx. 





Flowers yellow 



'ncea (Lin. spec. 1047.) shrubby, glabrous; stipulas 



lanceolat 



ones remote from the stem ; umbels 5-7-flowered. Tj . H Na- 



i'l r ''^ll''' ^"".""'l' ""^ f'^^'^"^*^- Ker. bot. reg. 820. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 23j._Barrel. icon. t. 133.— J. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 2. t. 383 f 2 

 branches rush-like, terete, almost naked, slender. Flowers 

 bright yellow. 



prostrate, evergreen, (f. 41.) 



Least Coronilla. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1658. PI. prostrate or 

 foot. 



8 C. vagina'lis (Lam. diet. 2. 

 p. 121.) plant sufFruticose, pros- 

 trate ; stipulas concrete, large ; 

 leaflets roundish ; legumes 4-wing- 

 ed, toothed. 1^. H. Native of 

 the southern parts of Europe, on 

 the lower mountains. Flower yel- 

 low. This species is usually con- 

 fused with C. minima, 



Sheathing-sujpnled Coronilla. PL 

 prostrate. 



9 C. CORONA^ TA (Lin. spec. 

 1048.) plant sufFruticose, erect, 

 or ascending, glabrous; stipulas 

 concrete, small, opposite the leaves, 

 bidentate at the apex; leaflets 5-11, obovate, rather ro«- 

 cronate, glaucous, lower ones approximating tie stem; u^; 

 bels many-flowered; legumes compressed, tetragonal, erect. %' 

 H. Native of the southern parts of Europe, in arid p'af^** 

 Jacq. austr. 1. t. 95. D. C. fl. franc. 4. p. 608. but not of Bjeb. 

 nor Sims. C. Cliisii, Dufour, ann. sc. phys. 7. p. 307. C. Va- 

 lentina, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 663. but not of Lam. — Clus. hist. l-P' 

 98. f. 2. (fig. 41.) . • 



