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by feeds, which mufl: be fown in a good hot-bed ; 



and wht-n the phncs come up, tliey inuft be treated 



in the fame way as other tender exotic plants whicli 



are ke{>t in the bark-llovc. 

 COLUTEA. Toiiin. Infl:. R. II. 649. tab. 417. 



Lin. Gen. Plant. 776. Bladder- Sena. 

 The Characters are. 



It halh a hell-Jhaped permanent empakmcnt of one leaf 

 • imUntcd in five parts. The fo-iver is of the butterfy 



kind, 'rheftandard, <wings, and keel, vary in their fi- 

 ' gure in different fp^cies. It hath tc^t fiarnrna^ mne of 



i-kich are joined, the cthr fiands fepm'ate^ ^^hich are 

 ■ terminated by fingk fummits. In the center isfituated an 



•hich is compnffed, fuppcrting a rifing 



COL 



ffower^ in June and July, and the feeds njtcn in au- 

 tumn. There is a variety of this with redvUHi pod$, 

 ,\vhich is equally common in the gardens, and is fup- 

 -poled to be only an accidental variety, for theplaurs 

 do not difter in any other part. 

 The feeds of tlie lec.ond lorr were brought Froni the 



Levant by the Reverend Dr. Pocock, which fuccecd- 

 ed in the garden at Chelfea-, and fincc Dr. RufT^.-;, 

 who 'refided many years at Aleppo, brought ever 

 dried famples of this fort, which he afTures me grov/ 

 common near that city. This fort feldom grows 

 more tlian fix or feven feet high •, the branches are 

 very flender, and fpread out on every lide, garniflied 

 with winged leaves, compofed of nine pair of fmall, 

 Qval, entire lobes, terminated by an odd one; the 

 flowers ftand upon flender foot-ftalks, about the fame 

 length of the former. The flowers are alfo like 

 thofe, but are of a brighter yellow. This fort begins 

 to flower early in May, and continues flowering nil 

 the middle of Oftober. 



7'he third fort was difcovered by Dr. Tournefort in 

 .the Levant, from whence he fent the feeds to the 

 royal garden at Paris, where they fuccecded, and 

 frnce have been communicated to mofl: of the curious 

 gardens in Europe. , This hath a woody ft:em, which 

 fends out many branches on every fide, which do not 

 rife above feven or eight feet high ; thefe are not lb 

 ftrono; as thofe of the firft fort, and are o-arnifhed 



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i. 



- ■ ' ohlong gerraen^ 1 . . « - . _ 



- ftyle, crc<JV7:ed ly a bearded line, extended from the niid- 

 Jle of the upper part of the fvyle. The genhen 'afterivard 



■ becomes a broad fjuclkn pod -ivith one cell:, including fev e- 

 ral kidncy-ffniped feeds, ' ' \' ^ 



'I'his Venus of plants is ranged in Linnneus's thircb 

 feclion of his feventeenth clafs, inntled Diadelphia^ 

 Decandria. The flowers of this clafs have ten lla- 

 n-iina, nine of which are joined, and the tenth fl:ands 



fe])arate. 



The Species are, 

 I. CoLUTEA {Arborefccns) arborca, foliolis obcordatis. 

 Hort. CliiF. 365. tree Bladder Sena %vith heart-ftjaped 

 lobes. Colutea veficaria. C. B. P. 3S^*. Common Blad- 



der Sena. 

 2'. CohxjTEA (IJlria) foVioWs ovatis, integerrimis, caule j w^ith winged leaves, compofed of five or fix pair 



■\ fruticofo. Shrubby Bladder Sena 'iviih oval lea-ves which 1 fmall heart- fhaped lobes, terminated by an odd one. 



' ■ ■ are entire. 



CoLUTcA {Orientalis) foliolis cordatis mirioribus, 



caule fruticofo. Bladder Sena with fmaller. beart-fhaped \ _ 



leaveu and a fhrubbv ftalk. Colutea Orientali's flpre \ %.. fmaller; they are of a dark red colour, marked with 



fansuinea coloris, lutea macula notato, i ourn. Lor. 



44. . ' * 



4. CoLUT7.A (Frutefcens) fruticoh fojiplis, ovato-oblon- 

 • gis. Hort. Clif. 366. Shrubby Maddef Sena with oblong 

 ' oval /^^'tV?.- Cblutea ^thiopica Acre Phoeniceo, folio ] 



Barbae Jovis. Breyn. Cent. i. 73: jEthicpian Bladder 

 Senamth q fear let flower. ' * ' ''- '; ■ ' * 



5. Colutea' (Americana) foliolis ovatis, emarginatis, 

 ■ *\ leguminibvis' oblongis compreffis acuminatis, caule 



'•■"arboreo. Bladder Sena with oval leaves indented at 



' the top^ oblong., compreffed^ pointed pods^ and a tree- , 

 '• like ftalk. Colutea Americana, veficulis oblongis 



' compreflls^ Houft. MSS. American Bladd& Sena^ 



Dr. Pluk'net" titles It Co- 



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' ■ The flowers proceed from the fide of the branches, 

 "^^^ ftianding upon foot-fl:alks, each fuftaining two or 

 ^ . thred fld^e'rS^ Ihaped like thofe of the firft fort, but 

 i . fmaller ; they are of a dark red colour, niarked with 

 yellow.: thefe appear in June, "and the feeds ripen 

 - indutlVmn*?^ ^^ r ': . 



The fourth fort ctows naturally in Ethiopia, from 

 whence the feeds wei-e brougitt to Europe. This 



"' hath a weal: fhriibby" fl:alK, which fends out fide 

 branches, growing er<;61:, garnifl,ied with' equal winged 



' .leaves, compofed of ten or twelve pair of fmall, oval, 



" oblong, hoary lobes. The flowers are produced at 



. the upper part of the branches from the wings of the 



'' \ leaves, each foot-ftalkfufliaining three or four fcarlec 



with oblong compreffed pods. 



lutea Ver^ Crucis veficaria. Aim. iii.pl. 165. f. 3, 



Bladder Sena of Vera Cruz.' " ' ■; " " - 



6. Colutea {Herbacea) herbacea foliolis linearibus. 

 Hort. Upfal. 2 66. Herbaceous Bladder Sena with narrow 



■ leaves. Colutea Africana annua, foliolis parvis, mu- 

 cronatis, veficulis compre/Tis. tlort. Amil. 2. p. 87. 



tab. 44. / ■ \ 



7. Colutea {Procumbens) caulibus pfoc'umbentibus, fo- 

 liolis ovato-linearibus, tomentofis, floribus alaribus 

 pedunculis longiflimis. Bladder Sena zvith trailing 



Jlalksy oval narrow leaves which are woolly^ and flowers 

 growing from the fides of the ftalks^ with very long foot- 



The firfi: fort is commonly cultivated in the nurfery- 

 ' gardens, as a flowering flirub, to adorn plantations. 

 , ■ This grows naturally in Auftiria, in the fouth of 

 France and Italy, from whence the feeds were origi- 

 . nally brought to England ; this hath feveral woody 

 Hems, which grow to the height of twelve or fourteen 

 feet, fending out many woody branches, garniflied 

 ■ with winged leaves, compofed of four or five pair 

 . of oval lobes, placed oppofite, terminated by an odd 

 one ; thefe are indented at the top in form of a heart, 

 ' and are of a grayifli colour. The flowers come out 

 from the wings of the leaves upon flender foot-fl:alks, 

 .about two inches long, each fufl:aining two or three 

 flowers of, the butterfly kind, whofc ftandard is re- 

 , flexed and large. The flowers arc yellow, with a 

 dark-coloured mark on the petal ; thefe are Succeed- 

 ed by inflated pods an inch and a half long, havin<r 

 a fcam on the upper fide, containing a fingle row of 



kidney-fliapcd feeds, faftened to a placenta. vThis 



^■'flowers, which are longer than thole of the other 

 ^" ^orts, and are not reflexed; thefe are fucceeded by 

 inflated pods, containing one row of kidney-fliaped 

 'feeds. The ufual time of this plant producing its 

 flowers IS in June ; but when the feeds are fown 'early 

 'in thefpring, the plants frequently flower the follow- 

 ing autumn. 



The fifth fort was fent me from La Vera Cruz, in 

 New Spain, in the year 1730, by the late Dr. Houf- 

 toun. -This hath a flirubby ftalk, which rifes to the 

 height of twelve or fourteen feet, fending out many 

 branches, garniflied with winged leaves, compofed ot 

 three pair of oval lobes, terminated by an odd one'; 

 thefe are indented at the top, -and are of a light green. 

 The flov/ers are of a bright yellow, and ftand two or 

 three upon each foot-ftalk, and are fucceeded by 

 comprcfled winged pods near four inches long, which 

 end in long points. . . ■ 



The fixth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 



This is an annual plant of little beauty, fo 

 Itivated but in botanic o-ardens for the ^ 



Hope. 



is rarely culti 



fake of variety. It rifes with a flender herbaceous 



ftalk about a foot and a half hip-h, dividing upward 



into thr 



or four branches, garniflied with v/ing 



ed 



leaves, compofed of five or fix pair of very narrow 

 lobes an inch lonp;, which are a little hoarv. The 

 flowers are fmall, of a purplifli colour, ftanding 

 three together on flender foot-ft'alks, v/hich are fuc- 

 ceeded by flat oval pods, each containing two or 

 three kidney-fliaped feeds. It flowers in July, and 

 the feeds ripen in autumn, and the plant decays foon 

 after. . * 



The feeds of the feventli fort v/ere fent me from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in 1753, v/hich have facceeck'd 

 ■ in the garden at Chelfea. This plant hath many flen- 

 der ligneous ftalks, which trail on the ground,, and 



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