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52690 to 52700— Continued. 



52691. Caragana arborescens Lam. Siberian pea tree. 

 "Variety sophoraefolia" (Vilmorin-Andrieax d Co.) 



A form of Caragana arborescens with extremely small leaflets. 

 (Adapted from Schneider, lllustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 

 2, p. 95.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 52451. 



52692. Car.\gana arborescens cuneifolia (Dipp.) C. Schneid. 



Siberian pea tree. 

 A small form of Caragana arborescens with truly cuneate leaves. 

 (Adapted from Schneider, lllustriertes Handbuch der Laubholdzkunde, 

 vol. 2, p. 95.) 



52693. Caragana fbutex (L.) Koch. 



A handsome bushy shrub, native to Siberia and quite hardy in Eng- 

 land, with smooth spreading branches and pinnate leaves with two pairs 

 of leaflets which are very close to each other at the point of the petiole ; 

 the pale-green leaflets are obovate. The bright-yellow flowers, solitary 

 or in pairs, are produced in the abortive shoots of the last year. The 

 peduncles are long and slender, jointed, and smooth. (Adapted from 

 Sweet, British Flower Garden, vol. 3, p. 227.) 



52694. Caragana frutex (L.) Koch. 



"Variety pygmaea." {Vilniorin-Andrieux d Co.) 

 A dwarf form. 



52695. Caragana frutex (L.) Koch. 



"Variety sylvatica." {Vilmorin-Andrieux d Co.) 



52696. Caragana grandiflora DC. 



A densely branching shrub with shining brown bark oi-naraeuted with 

 white longitudinal streaks. The spiny stipules are reflexed and spread- 

 ing; the paired spiny mucronate leaves, 4 to 7 centimeters long, are 

 clustered at the tips of the branclilets. The ovate-oblong shining leaflets 

 are cuneate at the base and 1 to 10 millimeters long. The yellow flow- 

 ers, 6 to 10 millimeters long, ai"e often solitary on peduncles 10 to 12 

 millimeters long. (Adapted from Komarov, Acta Horti PetropoUtam, 

 vol. 29, p. 219.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30546. 



52697. Caragana microphylla Lam. 



"Variety glomerata arenaria." {Vilmorin-Andrieux d Co.) 

 A form of Caragana microphylla, variety glomerata, which has a rachis 

 about 6 to 7 centimeters long and ovate or elliptic leaves about 2 to 6 

 centimeters long. (Adapted from Komarov, Acta Horti Petropolitani, 

 vol. 29, p. 350.) 



52698. Caragana pygmaea (L.) DC. 



A handsome shrub with small leaves and yellow flowers, which grows 

 spontaneously in hilly places in the southern provinces of Russia, espe- 

 cially about the River Tschargurban, also in great abundance in all the 

 provinces south of Lake Baikal. In cultivation it rarely exceeds 4 feet, 

 but in its wild state it is often 6 feet high with a stem 2 inches thick. 

 _ The shoots wben old are long and flexible, of bright-yellow color, and are 



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