CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA CES. COLU‘TEA. 635 
Genus XV. 
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CALO/PHACA Fisch, Tur Catopnaca. Lin. Syst. Diadélphia Decandria. 
Identification. Fisch. ined. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 270. 
Derivation. From kalos, beautiful, and phaké, a lentil; in allusion to the beauty of the plant, and toe 
its being one of the leguminaceous kind. 
Description, §c. There is only one species, which is a deciduous shrub, a 
native of Siberia. 
w 1. C. wo.ea’Rica Fisch. The Wolga Calophaca. 
Identification. Fisch. in Litt. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 270.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 244. 
Synonymes. Cy¥tisus nigricans Pail. Itin., 3. p. 764. t. G. g. f. 3., ed. Gall. Append., No. 358. t. 101. f. 1. ; 
C¥tisus pinnatus Pad. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 47.; Cytisus wolgaricus Lin. Fil. Suppl., 327., N. Du Ham., 1. 
t. 48. ; Colitea wolgarica Lam.; Adenocarpus wolgénsis Spreng. Syst., 3. p. 226. 
Engravings. Pall. Itin., 3. p. 764. t. G. g. f. 3., ed. Gall., Append., No. 358.,t. 101. f.1., as C¥tisus 
nigricans ; Pall, Fl. Ross., 4. t. 47., as C¥tisus pinnatus; N. Du Ham., 5. t. 48., as C¥tisus wol- 
garicus ; and our fig. 316. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaflets 6 or 7 pairs, or- 
bicular, velvety beneath, as well as the 
calyxes. (Don’s Mill,, ii. p. 244.) 
Description, §c. A deciduous shrub, found 
in desert places near the rivers Don and 
Wolga, in a gravelly or sandy soil, producing 
its yellow flowers in June, and ripening seeds 
in August. It was introduced in’ 1786 
though, being somewhat difficult to propa- 
gate except by seeds, which, however, in 
fine seasons, it produces in abundance, it is 
not so common as it ought to be in British 
gardens. Grafted standard high on the com- 
mon laburnum, it forms an object at once 
singular, picturesque, and beautiful, whether 
when covered with blossoms, or with its fine 
reddish pods. Price, in the London nurse- 
ries, 2s. 6d. each, and standard high, 7s. 6d. 
Genus XVI. 


COLU‘TEA R&R, Br. Tae Coturea, or BLADDER SENNA. Lin. Syst. 
Diadeélphia Decandria. 
Lae oHOn, R. Br. in Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 4., p. 325.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 270.; Don’s Mill, 2. 
Derivation. _ From koloud, to amputate. The shrubs are said to die if the branches are lopped off. 
Koloutea is also the name of a plant mentioned by Theophrastus. 
Description, §c. Shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves, and flowers disposed 
in axillary racemes that are shorter than the leaves; few in a raceme. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 270.) |The flowers are yellow in most of the species, and are 
succeeded by bladdery legumes. Deciduous shrubs, and natives of the middle 
and south of Europe, the north of Africa, and Nepal. All that have hitherto 
been introduced into Europe are probably only varieties of one species. 
% 1. C. arpore’scens Lin. The arborescent Colutea, or Bladder Senna. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1045.; Dec. Astr., No. 1.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 270.; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 245. 
Synonymes, C.hirsita Roth. Fl. Germ., 1. p. 305. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 1. t, 22.; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 81. ; and our fig. 317. 
Spec, Char., §c. Leailets elliptical, retuse. Peduncles bearing about 6 yellow 
flowers. Callosities of the standard short. Legumes closed. Wild in 
hedges and thickets in southern and middle Europe. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 270) 
