CHAP. XLI. 



l.EGUMlNA^CliiE. CARAGA'NA. 



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Variety. 



J* C. (A.) R. 2 pro;'' cox Fisch, only clitters (roiii C. Redowsk/ in coming into 

 flower earlier. The specimen in the Horticultnral Society's (nirtkn 

 was in full leaf, and in flower, on April 30. 1836, when ('. frutescens 

 and C. arborescens had not a single leaf exi)anded. 



^ 5. C. (a.) arena^ria Donn and Sims. The Sand Caragana. 



Identification. Donn Hort. Cant. ; Sims Bot. Mag., 1. 1886. 

 Engravings. Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1886. ; and out fig. 309. 



Spec. Char., i.fc. Leaves with, usually, 4 or more 

 pairs of obcordate leaflets. Pedicels usually twin, 

 and shorter than the flowers. Stipules subulate. 

 Flowers yellow. (Dun's Mill., il p. 24.3.) A 

 low shrub, a native of Siberia ; introduced 

 in 1802; flowering in April and May; and, as we 

 think, only another variety of C. arborescens. 

 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. 



Sfe 6. C. frute'scens Dec. The shrubby Caragana. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 268. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 843. 



Synonymes. Robinjo frutescens Lin. Spec, 1044., Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 4.'3. ; C. digitita Lam. Diet., 



1. p. 616. 

 Engravings. Swt. FI.-Gard., t. 227. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 43., as Robinia frutescens ; and our^if. 310. 



Spec. Char., 4"c. Leaves having 2 pairs of leaflets, which 

 approximate near the top of the petiole : they are obo- 

 vate-cuneated. Stipules membranous. Petiole furn'shed 

 with a short spine at the apex. Pedicels solitary, twice 

 the length of the calyx. Flowers yellow, resupinate. 

 Leaves with a yellow hue. {Doit's Mill., ii. p. 243.) 



Varieties. De CandoUe mentions two forms of this species 

 viz. : 



Sfe C. /". 1 latifdlia, which has glabrous broadly obovate 

 leaflets, and is frequent in gardens ; there being 

 a subvariety, with 2-flowered peduncles; and 

 * C. /. 2 angustifdlia, which has glabrous oblong 

 cuneated leaflets, and is found near Odessa 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 268.) 



Descrijitioii, (^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 6'ytisus purpureus. In British gar- 

 dens, it is generally raised from layers, or by grafting, and is frequently found 

 as high as 6 ft. or 8 ft. 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 franc 50 cents. 



-«* 7. C. (f.) mo'llis Bess. The soft Caragana. 



Identification. Bess. Enum. PI. Volh., p. 29. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 243. 



Synonymes. Robinm mollis Bieb. Fl. Taur. Suppl., 477. ; Robin/a tomentbsa Fisch. Hort. Oorenk., 



1818 ; CaragHna frutescens var. mollis Dec Prod., 2 p. 268. 

 Spec Char , ^c. Leaves with 2 pairs of oblong, cuneated, approximate leaflets, near the tii) of the 



petiole.clothedwith soft hair. Petiole ending in a short spine. Pedicels solitary. Flowers yellow. 



{Dec. Prod., ii. p. 168.) A shrub, a native of Tauria and Podolia, where it grows to the height o( 



2ft. or 3 ft., and produces its yellow flowers in April and May. It was introduced in 1818, but 



is not common in collections. 



j« 8. C. PYGM^^A Dec. Tlie pygmy Caragana. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 268. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 243. 



Synonymc. Rcblnifi pygmffi'a Lin. Sp., 1044., Pall. Fl. Ross., I. t. 45., Anun. Ruth., f. l).^>. 



Engravings Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 4.5. ; Amm. Ruth., t. 35., as RobSnm pygms^a ; and our fig. 311. 



