644 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Derivation. From corona, a crown, in reference to the disposition of the flowers in crowns, or umbels, 
at the tops of the peduncles. 
Description, §c. |The ligneous species are hardy or half-hardy, deciduous 
or subevergreen, shrubs, natives of the south of Europe or Asia, with impari- 
pinnate leaves, and flowers on pedicels disposed in umbels placed on axillary 
peduncles. They are all highly ornamental, and most of them produce seeds 
in England, by which, or by cuttings, they are easily propagated. 
% 1. C. E’merus LZ. The Scorpion Senna Coronilla. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1046.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 309. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 274. 
Synonymes. E/merus major Mill. Icon., t. 132. f. 1.,and E. minor, f. 2. ; C. paucifldra Lam. Fi. Fr. 
Engravings. Sims Bot. Mag., t. 445.; N. Du Ham., 4. t. 131.; Mill. Icon., t. 132. ; and our/ig. 347. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby, gla- NaN 
brous. Its leaves are at- JD £ ) 
tended by minute stipules, 
and have 5—7 obovate leaf- 
lets. Its flowers are yellow, 
disposed 3 upon a peduncle. 
The claws of the petals are 
thrice as long as the calyx. 
The legume “is rather cylin- 
drical than compressed, and 
its joints separate slowly and 
unobviously, but they do se- 347 
arate. It is spontaneous in 
edges and thickets of middle . 
and southern Europe, and of Tauria. (Dec. Prod.,ii. p. 309.) Introduced 
in 1596, and flowering from April to June. Height 10ft. Before the 
flowers are expanded, the corolla is partly red externally, mostly so towards 
the tips of the petals; and the mingling of the yellow flowers, with flower 
buds more or less red, and the elegant foliage, render this hardy shrub a 
very desirable one for its beauty. Perhaps it floarishes most in a sunny 
sheltered situation, and adry soil. It bears clipping pretty well, and would 
form a beautiful hedge. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 9d. each ; 
at Bollwyller, 50 cents ; and at New York, 373 cents. 
% 2. C.su’ncea L. The rushy-branched Coronilla. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1047. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 309. ; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 274 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 820. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab.,t. 235.; Barrel. Icon., t. 133, ; J. Bauh. Hist.,1. p. 2. 
t. 383. f.2.; and our/fig. 348. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby, glabrous. Branches rush-like, 
round, bearing but few leaves; the latter are attended by 
minute stipules, and have 3—7 leaflets, that are linear ob- 
long, obtuse, and rather fleshy; the lowest leaflets. being 
rather distant from the base of the petiole. The flowers 
are yellow, 5—7 in an umbel. The claws of the petals are 
scarcely longer than the calyx. The legume is rather com- 
pressed, and its joints separate obviously. (Dec. Prod., il. 
p. 309.) The whole plant is very glaucous. Native of the — 
south of France, and introduced in 1756. It grows to the 
height of 2ft. or 3ft., and produces its bright yellow flowers in June and 
July. It deserves a place in collections, on account of the singularity of 
its rush-like slender branches, which, like those of Spartium jinceum, are 
partly destitute of leaves. 



App. 1. Half-hardy ligneous Species of Coronilla. 
The half-hardy species of this genus are eminently beautiful, and some of them have been 
known to live for years in the open border, in a dry soil, in the neighbourhood of London. Against 
a wall, they will live with very little protection, producing their beautiful yellow flowers early in 
spring (one species, C. stipularis, in March); and continuing flowering throughout the summer. 
As they produce abundance of seeds, a stock of plants may always be kept in pots or cold-pits, and 
turned out into the open borders, where they will flower freely throughout the summer ; and, if they 
should be killed during the succeeding winter, the loss can easily be supplied, 
