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Colutea Jrutescens. Scarlet Bladder- 

 Senna. 



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Clafs and Order. 



DlADELPIIIA DecANDRIA* 



Generic Character. 

 Cat. 5-fidus* Legumen inflatum, bafi fuperiorc dehifcens. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



COLUTEA fnitefcens fruticofa, foliolis ovato-oblongis. Linn. 



Syfi. Vegetal?, ed. 14. Murr. p. 668. Ait. Hort. 



Kew. V. 3. p. 56. Mill. Icon. gg. 

 COLUTEA atthiopica, flore purpureo. Breyn. Cent. 70. t. 29. 



Of the feveral fpecies of Colutea cultivated in our gardens, 

 the one here figured, is diftinguifhed by the brilliancy of its 

 flowers, the largenefs of its pods, and the downy appearance 

 of the under fide of its leaves. 



It appears from the Hort us Kewenfis to have been cultivated 

 by Mr. James Sutherland as long fince as the year 1683, 

 it was not however generally introduced to our gardens till 

 the time of Miller, who figured it in his lames, it was then 

 understood to be an ^Ethiopian plant; Mr. Aiton fince de- 

 fcribes it as a native of the Cape alfo; of courfe, we find it 

 more tender than moft of its kindred, and hence it is ufually 

 regarded as a greenhoufe plant ; yet, as it is not deftroyed by 

 a (maU degree of froft, it will frequently, like the myrtle, 

 furvive a mild winter in the open border, efpecially if trained 

 to a wall: it is rarely of more than two or three. years 

 duration. 



It is readily raifed from feeds fown in the open ground, 

 plants from which flower the Auguft following, and, in fa- 

 vourable feafpns, ripen their feeds ; in order, however, that 

 they may ripen them with more certainty, Miller, recom- 

 mends the lowing them early on a gentle hot-bed. 



A dry foil fuits this fpecies belt. ' 



