LEGUMINOSAE i8i 



CLIANTUVS— continued 



nearly so. Fls. 3, in drooping axillary racemes; standard and keel much larger 



than wings. Pod 3 X |. 



* C. Dampieri. Stems hairy. Fls. red, with black boss. New Zealand. 



* C. puniceus. Stems hairless or nearly so. Fls. red. New Zealand. (Fig. 14 J.) 



Variety albus. Fls. white. 



COLUTEA. Bladder Senna. 12. June-July. D. Branches with fibrous or 

 flaky bark. Ls. pinnate; Iflts. obov., i, entire, inversely heart-shaped. Fls. f, 

 yellow or yellowish red, in racemes. Pod 3, inflated, with papery walls. 



C. arhorescens. Fls. yellow. Mediterranean region. (Fig. 14 G.) 

 C media. Fls. brownish red or coppery. Hybrid. 



CORONILLA. Scorpion Senna, Crown Vetch. 8. May-October. D. Branch- 

 lets green, corrugated. Ls. pinnate; Iflts. obov., f, entire, greyish green, often with 

 prominent red midrib below, hairless or nearly so. Fls. f, yellow, sometimes 

 blotched with red, in small long-stalked axillary clusters; each petal with long 

 claw. Pod 2, linear jointed. 



C Emerus. Lflts. green or grey. Europe. (Fig. 14 F.) 



* C. glaiica. Lflts. bluish white, glaucous. South-east Europe. (Fig. 13 l.) 



Desmodium tiliaefolium. 4. September. D. Ls. 3-fol.; lflts. broadly ov., 4, 

 entire, stipulate, terminal one long-stalked. Fls. i, red or pink, in large terminal 

 panicles. Pod 2, 6-9-jointed. Himalaya. (Fig. 3 j.) 



DORYCNIUM. 2. June-September. D. Ls. digitate, 5-fol., stalkless; lflts. ^, 



entire. 



D. hirsutum. Stems and Is. very hairy. Fls. f , white, in rounded heads. Pod 



\, egg-shaped, 4-seeded. Mediterranean region. (Fig. 5 c.) 

 D. siiffriiticosum. Stems and Is. slightly hairy. Fls. I, pinkish white, in 

 rounded heads. Pod |, round, i -seeded. South Europe. 



* Erythrina Crista-galli. Coral Tree. 8. May-July. D. Stem and 1. -stalks 

 prickly. Ls. 3-fol.; lflts. ov., 4, entire, somewhat glaucous below. Fls. 2, scarlet, 

 standard petal much the largest, in dense terminal racemes. South America. 

 (Fig. 2 G.) 



* Hardenbergia (Kennedy a) CoMPTONiANA. Chmber. E. Ls. alternate, digitate; 

 lflts. lane, 3, entire, rounded or straight base. Fls. |, blue, white, or pinkish, with 

 yellowish or greenish spot on standard, in axillary racemes. Pod cylindrical, i|, 

 leathery. Australia. (Fig. 5 E.) 



Hedysarum multijugum. French Honeysuckle. 3. June-July. D. Young 

 branchlets erect, zigzag. Ls. pinnate; lflts. ov., \, entire, numerous, hairy, lowest 

 pair close to main stem. Fls. f , rosy purple, in long upright racemes. Pod flat, 

 separating into circular i -seeded segments. Mongolia. (Fig. 14 M.) 



Indigofera Gerardiana. 8. July-September. D. Branches downy, slightly 

 ribbed. Ls. pinnate, stalk grooved; lflts. ov., \, hairy, apex with short bristle. 

 Fls. \, rosy purple, in axillary racemes. Pod linear, i-J, cylindrical. Himalaya. 

 (Fig. 14 A.) 



Lespedeza Sieboldii (L. bicolor). Bush Clover. 8. September. D. Ls. 

 3-fol.; lflts. elliptical, lane, 2^, entire, without stipules, apex rounded (with minute 

 tip), terminal lflts., long-stalked. Fls. \, rosy purple, in axillary racemes. Pod not 



