CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA CEX®. CARAGA‘NA. 629 
Genus XIII. 
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CARAGA‘NA Lam. Tuer CaraGana, or SIBERIAN PEA TREE. 
Lin. Syst. Diadélphia Decandria. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 1. p. 61i., and IIl., t. 607. f. 1,2.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 268.; Don’s Mill, 2. 
p. 243. 
Synonyme. Robinia sp. L. 
Derivation. Caragan is the name of C. arboréscens among the Mongul Tartars. 
Description, §c. Trees or shrubs, natives of Siberia and of the East ; 
their leaves abruptly pinnate, the leaflets mucronate, and the petioles either 
with a bristly or a spiny point; their flowers axillary, each on a distinct 
pedicel, usually several together, pale yellow, except in C. jubata, in which 
they are white tinged with red; their stipules usually become spines. (Dec. 
‘Prod., ii. p. 268.) They are all ornamental or curious. Some of them, being 
natives of Siberia, like most other Siberian plants, vegetate early in spring ; 
and their delicate pinnated foliage, of a yellowish green, independently 
altogether of their flowers, makes a fine appearance about the middle of 
April; or, in mild seasons, even as early as the middle of March. The 
flowers, which are of a bright yellow, appear about the end of April, in the 
earliest Siberian species; and those which flower latest are also latest in 
coming into leaf. Thus, in a group consisting of the different species of this 
genus, in the climate of London, some plants may be seen, in the month of 
May, covered with leaves and flowers; and others in which the buds have 
just *begun to expand. The yellow colour prevails in every part of the 
plants of this genus, even to the roots; and, were it not that this colour is 
so abundant in common productions of the vegetable kingdom, there can be 
no doubt that the caragana would afford a yellow dye. The larger sorts are 
easily propagated by seeds, or cuttings of the root, and the more curious by 
grafting on C. arboréscens. The dwarf and pendulous-growing species, when 
grafted standard high on C. arboréscens, form very singular trees; and, though 
such trees cannot be recommended for general introduction into gardens or 
pleasure-grounds (for no kind of impression sooner fatigues the mind than that 
produced by excessive singularity), yet the occasional introduction of what is 
singular or unique, among what is natural or general, produces, by contrast, 
a striking effect ; interrupts the ordinary train of impressions; and recalls the 
mind of the spectator from the beauties of nature to those of art. 
¥ 1.C. ARBoRE’scENS Lam. The arborescent Caragana, or Siberian 
Pea Tree. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 1. p. 615. ; Dec. Prod, 2. p. 268. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 243. 
Synonymes. Robinia Caragdna Lin. Sp., 1044., N, Du Ham., 2. t.19., Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 42. ; 
Caragdna sibirica Ray ; fausse Acacie de Sibérie, Robinie de Sibérie, Arbre aux Pois des Russes, 
Fr. ; Sibirische Erbsenbaum, Ger, ; Gorochoik, Russ. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 2. t. 19.; Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 42., middle figure; and our plate of this 
species in our Volume II. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 4—6 pairs of oval-oblong villous leaflets. 
Petiole unarmed. Stipules spinescent. Pedicels in fascicles. (Don’s 
Mill., ii. p. 243.) 
Variety. 
* C. a. 2 inérmis Hort. has the branches without spines. There are 
plants of this variety in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, and in 
the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. 
Description, §c. A low tree, a native of Siberia, found in woods, and 
upon the banks of rivers. In the latter situation, Pallas informs us, it grows 
to the height of 18 ft. or more; but in arid places it is only a small shrub; in 
the latter state, forming, as we think, the varieties C. (a.) Altagana, and C. (a.) 
microphylla. C.arboréscens forms an erect stifftree, with numerous upright- 
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