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1. C. E''merus. 



Peduncles about 3-flowered ; claws of the corolla about 3 times as long as 

 the calyx ; sfcw angular, woody. A beautiful shrub, native of France. Stem 

 about 3 feet high, square, with opposite brandies. Leailets about 7, broad, 

 obcordate. Flowers rose-colored, collected in tufts on the end of axillary 

 stalks. Scorpion Henna. 



2. C. arge'ntea. 



Leaflets 11, silky, the terminal one largest. A smaller species than the 

 above, but more beautiful, about 2 feet high, native of Crete. In May and 

 June it bears a profusion of yellow flowers which have a sweet scent. In a 

 poor dry soil its appearance is silvery, in a richer soil it becomes glaucous. 



Silvcnj-leavcd Coronilla. 



2 5. C R O T A LA' R I A . 

 Vexillum cordate, large; keel acuminate ; filaments all uni- 

 ted into a shealh which is cleft on the upper side; legume 

 pedicellate, turgid. 



Gr. y-^oTciXov, a noisy musical instrument of the Greeks; from the rattling 

 of the pods when shaken. Cal. with 3 deep divisions, 2 U])per ones lanceo- 

 late, pressing on the vex,, the lower one lanceolate, concave, deeply 3-cleft, 

 Cor. papil. Vex. larger than the ovate wings.^ — Herbs oi shrubs. 



C. sagitta'lis. 



P/a?i« erect, branching, hairy ; Zcrtres simple, lanceolate ; stipules opposite, 

 acuminate, decurrent; racemes 3-flovvered, opposite to the leaves; corolla 

 shorter than the calyx. A plant about a foot high, with a hairy aspect, and 

 inflated pods, common in woods and sandy fields. Stem herbaceous, rigid. 

 Leaves alternate, entire, nearly sessile, rounded at the base. The plant is best 

 distinguislied by its opposite, united, decurrent stipules, so situated that each 

 pair appears inversely sagittate; hence the specific name. Leaves of the 

 calyx long, hairy. Corolla small, yellow. Seeds few, rattling in the turgid 

 pod. JI, ° Ann. Rattle-bux. 



2G. ULEX. 

 Caljx of 2 leaves, with a small scale at the base on each 

 side; legume turgid, scarcely longer than the cal_)X. 



A word of uncertain origin. 



U. EuROPiE'US. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, villose; hracts ovate, lax; branchhts erect. A 

 beautiful evergreen shrub, native in various parts of P^urope. wliere it is often 

 found extremely common. It forms a coarse fodder, is sometimes used for 

 hedges. Hight about 6 feet. Flowers of a brilliant yellow, but with nume- 

 rous thorns. Flowering all summer. Per. Furze. 



27. GENI'STA. 



Calyx with the upper lip 2-parted and the lower o-toothed ; 

 vexillum oblong; keel oblong, straight, scarcely including sta- 

 mens and style; stiijma involute; stamens monadelphous, 

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