Ill 



'J'here are A'ariclies willi lon^ leaves and wiih round leaves. 



Culture. — I'his is increased l)y laving down llie young l)ranclies, 

 or one-year's shoots, wliieli may be taken oft" in a twehenionth, and 

 set where they are to remain, as they do not bear Iransplaniing wcil 

 afterwards. Tlie eft'eets of drvin"- winds shoidd be "iiarded against 

 in the sunnner, and trolls in winlei': the Ibrmer l)y very nioderale 

 Avaterings, and the latter by coverings ol' bark. The best season lor 

 laying down is the autumn, and for planting out, liie spring. 



'Iliis shnd) is caj)able of bearing the open air, but requires a dry 

 soil and warm e.xjxjsure. 



it is ver}' ornamental in the ibre parts oi" clumps or bordeis in 

 shrubbery and other ornamented grounds. 



2. COLUTEA ARBORESCENS. 



COMMON BLADDER SENNA. 



"^^1^1 IS genus contains plants of the hanly deciduous flowering 

 slirubby kind. l>ladder Senna. 



ll belongs to the class and order DiiuhtpltM Dtcundiia, and laidvs 

 in the natural order of Fap/Jhuacca'. 



The characters are : that the calyx is u one-leafed perianthiuni, 

 bell-shaped, livc-clctl, ercri, nearly eipial, |)rrnianent: the corolla is 

 papilionaceous; standard, wings, and keel dilier in figure and va- 

 rious |)rnp()i lion; A\ings pressed close together, lanceolate: the sta- 

 mina h.ive diadelphous filaments, (single and nine-clell) ascending: 

 antlu IS simple: the pistilluni is an oblong germ, conij)r( ssed, atte- 

 nuated at each end; style ascending : stigma is a bearded line ex- 

 tended from the middle of the style to its tip, from the upper part: 

 the pe^-icarpium is a legume very large, very broad, inflated, transpa- 

 rent and membranaceous, tiie upper suture erect, the lower gibbous, 

 one-celled, gaping on the upper suture at the base: seeds several, 

 kidney-shaped. 



