CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUMINA^CE^. /TEDYSA'REiE. 



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C. stipalHris Lam., the C. valentina of Lin., anABot. Mag., 1. 185., the C. hispanica of Milh, and our 

 fig.3i9., is a native of the south of Italy, and has deep yellow flowers, very fragrant at night, which 

 are produced from March to November. It has been in cultivation since 151)6, and grows to the 

 height of 3 ft. in British gardens. 



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C pf«<apA^//a Desf. is a native of Algiers, where it grows to the height of 4 ft. It was introduced 

 in 1700, and flowers in June and July. 



C. glauca L. (Bot. Mag., 1. 13., and our fig. 3.50.) is a native of France, about Narbonne. It was in- 

 troduced in 1722, and grows to the height of + ft., producing its beautiful yellow flowers, which are 

 fragrant in the day-time, but scentless at night, from May to September. 



C. argintea L. is a native of Candia, said to have been introduced in 1664; " a very doubtful plant." 

 {Don's Mill., 2. p. 274.) 



C. multifldra Dec. Prod., 2. p. 310., is a native of Spain, with pale yellow flowers, and is, perhaps, 

 only a variety of some of the other species. 



App. I. Hardy siiffndicose Species of Hedysdrece. 



Hedi/sarumfruticdsum L. {Gm^l. Sib., 4. t. 22.) is an erect plant, with somewhat shrubby branches, 

 very handsome when in flower, and extremely useful in the deserts of Siberia, in fixing the sand. 

 It has been in cultivation since 1792, and grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. 



351 



Half-hardy ligneous Species of Hedysdj-ece. 



The half-hardy species of .352 



this tribe are numerous; but, 

 as most of them will live in a 

 Cold-pit, or even in the open 

 garden, in the warmest parts 

 of the south of England, we 

 consider it advisable to notice 

 at least one species of each 

 genus. 



Hippocrepis baleiirica Jacq. 

 {Bnt. Mag., t. 427., and our 

 figs. 351, 352.) is a native of 

 Minorca, with the general ap- 

 pearance of ('ornnllla. Itjias 

 been in the country since ln6, 

 flowering in green-houses, and 

 cold-pits, from May to July. 

 Adismia Dec is a genus of South American plants, some of which are shrubby: the appearance 

 of several of them resembles that of Genista; and they are all of remarkably ea.sy culture. 

 A. microphylla Hook. [Bot. Cab., t. 1691., and our " 

 yfgi. 353, 354.) is a dichotomous plant, resembling ( 

 furze, a native of Valparaiso, introduced in 1776, -^:^ 

 quite hardy, and flowering throughout the sum- jj • 

 mer. ^<, 



A. Loudhnia. Hook. {Bot. Reg., 1720., and our 

 ifgs.355, 356.) is a native of Valparaiso, where it 

 grows to the heightof 2 ft., with upright branches, 

 which are copiously clad with hoary, pinnate, very 

 silky leaves. It was introduced in 1832, and is 

 nearly hardy. 



A. viscdsa Gill, et Hook. {Swt. Fl. Gard., 2d ser. 3, 

 t. 230., and our fig. 3.')7.) is a native of Chili, with 

 clammy leaves and shoots ; introduced in 1832, 

 and producing its yellow flowers in August. It 

 forms a very handsome shrub, of upright growth, 

 with elegant leaves, having sometimes as many as 

 14 pairs of crenated leaflets. It appears to be as 

 hardy as Edw&rds/a microphSUa, or more so ; for a plant in the Exotic Nursery, King's Road, has 

 stood out against a wall with a western exposure, and attained the height of 10 tt. 



A. uspallatiinsis Gill.(Siu. Brit. Fl. Gard., 2d ser. t. 222., is a slender, thorny, diminutive shrub, a 

 native of Chili, introduced by Mr. Cuming in 1832. Its blossoms are of a rich yellow, streaked with 

 red ; and its legumes, when full grown, are adorned with long feathery hairs. 



Uraria Desv. is a tropical ge.ius, one species of which, U. arbhrea G. Don, /7ed5sarum arbbrcum 

 Hamilt., is a native of Nepal, where it grows to a tree 12 ft. in height. 



Desmddium Dec. is a tropical genus, of which several species are natives of Nepal, and may pro- 

 bably be found half-hardy. The only ligneous sjiecies which is already introduced is D. re'tustim 



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