CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA‘CER. CARAGA‘NA. 631 
Variety. 
faye (A.) R. 2 pre‘ cox Fisch. only differs from C. Redéwski in coming into 
flower earlier. The specimen in the Horticultural Society’s Garden 
was in full leaf, and in flower, on April 30. 1836, when C, frutescéns 
and C, arboréscens had not a single leaf expanded. 
% 5, C. (A.) ARENA‘RIA Donn and Sims. The Sand Caragana. 
Identification. Donn Hort. Cant.; Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1886. 
Engravings. Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1886. ; and our fig. 309. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with, usually, 4 or more 
pairs of obcordate leaflets. Pedicels usually twin, 
and shorter than the flowers. Stipules subulate. 
Flowers yellow. (Don’s Mill. ii. p. 243.) A 
low shrub, a native of Siberia; introduced 
in 1802; flowering in April and May; and, as we 
think, only another variety of C. arboréscens. 
It ripens seeds in England, but is generally 
propagated by grafting; and the price, in the 
London nurseries, is the same as for C. Altagdna. 
% 6, C. FRUTE’SCENS Dec. The shrubby Caragana. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 268.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 843. 
ear. Robinza frutéscens Lin.*Spec., 1044., Pail. Fl. Ross., t. 43.; C. digitata Lam. Dict., 
-?p. 

Engravings. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 227.; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 43., as Robinia frutéscens ; and our fig. 310. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves having 2 pairs of leaflets, which 
approximate near the top of the petiole: they are obo- 
vate-cuneated. Stipules membranous. Petiole furnished 
with a short spine at the apex. Pedicels solitary, twice 
the length of the calyx. Flowers yellow, resupinate. 
Leaves with a yellow hue. (Don’s Miil., ii. p. 243.) 
Varieties. De Candolle mentions two forms of this species 
viz. : 
% C.f. 1 latifolia, which has glabrous broadly obovate 310 
leaflets, and is frequent in gardens; there being 
a subvariety, with 2-flowered peduncles; and 
2 C. f. 2 angustifolia, which has glabrous oblong 
cuneated leaflets, and is found near Odessa 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 268.) 
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Description, §c. The species is a shrub, a native of Russia, on the banks 
of the Wolga and other rivers. In open situations, according to Pallas, it 
does not exceed 5 ft. in height ; but in woods and gardens it grows as high 
as 9 ft. or 10 ft., flowering in May, along with Cftisus purptreus. In British gar- 
dens, it is generally raised from layers, or by grafting, and is frequently found 
as high as 6ft. or 8ft. It was introduced in 1752, and is frequent in Euro- 
pean gardens. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 2s. 6d. each; at 
Bollwyller, 1 france 50 cents. 
a7, C. (F.) mo’Luis Bess. The soft Caragana. 
Identification. Bess. Enum. Pl. Volh., Ms 29.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 243. 
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Synonymes: Robinia mollis Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppl., 477.; Robinia tomentdsa Fisch. Hort. Gorenk., 
1818; Caragdna frutéscens var. mdéllis Dec Prod., 2. p. 268. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves with 2 pairs of oblong, cuneated, approximate leaflets, near the tip of the 
petiole, clothed with soft hair. Petiole ending ina short spine. Pedicels solitary. Flowers yellow. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 268.) A shrub, a native of Tauria and Podolia, where it grows to the height of 
2ft. or 3 ft., and produces its yellow flowers in April and May. It was introduced in 1818, but 
is not common in collections, 
w« 8. C. pyemm‘a Dec. The pygmy Caragana. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 268.; Don’s Miill., 2. p, 245. 
Synonyme. Robinia pygme*a Lin. Sp., 1044., Pail. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 45., Amm. Ruth,, t. 35. 
mgravings. Pall. Fl. Ross.,1. t. 45.; Amm. Ruth., t. 35.,as Robinéa pygme*a ; and our fig, 311. 
