Tab. 7898. 

 LABURNUM cakamanicum. 



Native of Greece and Asia Minor. 



Nat. Ord. Leguminos^;. — Tribe Genistfje. 

 Genus Laburnum, Oriseb.; (Benth. Sf Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 481.) 



Laburnum (Podocytiaus) caramanicum ; frutex inermis,ramosns, glaberrimua, 

 glauco-virens, ratrmlis erectis virgatis, foliis digitatim 3-foliolatis brevius- 

 cule petiolatis, foliolia breviter petiolulatis obovatia apice rotundatis 

 apiculatis saturate viridibus basi acutia lateralibua ^-pollicaribua termi- 

 nali fere duplo majore, racemis terminalibus ekmgatis erectis saepius 

 pyramidatim paniculatis laxifloris, floribus nutantibns, pedicellia \ poll. 

 loDgis, bracteolis minutis subulatis, calyce pedicellia subsequilongo 

 cnpulari breviter bilabiato fusco-rubro, labio superiore 2- inferiore 3-den- 

 tato, petalis unguiculatis aureis subasquilongis, vexillo orbiculari ad % 

 poll. diam. ima basi cordato, alia oblotigis obtusis, carinas petalis incurvis 

 acntis, filamentis omnibus connatis, legumine breviter stipitato lineari- 

 oblongo piano papyraceo falcato apice rotundato 3-6-spermo subindehis- 

 cente maiginibus undulatis superiore alato, seminibus parvia reniformibus 

 estrophiolatis. 



L. caramanicum, Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Plant. I.e. 



Cytis-us caramanicus, Nym. Conspect. Fl. Europ. p. 155. Lavall. Arboret. 

 Segrez. p. 59. 



Podocytisus caramanicus, Boiss. Sf Heldr. Diagn. PI. Or. Ser. I. pars ix. p. 7. 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, vol. ii. p. 35. 



The plant here figured was regarded by Boissier as 

 generically distinct from the common Laburnum of our 

 gardens and plantations, because of its erect branchlets 

 and racemes, and membranous, sub-indehiscent, more 

 broadly winged pods ; to which might have been added 

 the rounded apex of the latter and the very small seeds; 

 but Mr. Bentham, the greatest authority on Lrouruino.sse, 

 attached less value to these distinctions, and Boissier 

 himself says of Podocytisus, " forsan non immerito a cl. 

 Benth. & Hook., Labnrno conjungitur, sed praeter legumen 

 papyraceum subindehiscens facies et inilorescentia ab eo 

 abhorrent." 



L. caramanicum has a wide range of distribution in the 



hilly region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Thessaly and 



Albania to Southern Greece ; and is also a native of the 



Cilician Taurus. Plants of it were procured for the 



June 1st, 1903. 



