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germ: style bristled, ascending: stigma small, obtuse: the peri- 

 carpium is a legume, very long, columnar, straight, contracted with 

 an isthmus between each seed ; two-valved, one-celled, parting by 

 joints: the seeds many. 



The species are: 1. C.juncea, Linear-leaved Coronilla; C. Valen- 

 tino, Small Shrubby Coronilla; 3. C. argente.a, Silvery-leaved Coro- 

 nilla; 4. C.glauca, Great Shrubby Coronilla; 5. C. Emerits, Scorpion 

 Senna. 



The first rises from two to four feet high, with many slender 

 woody branches, as in broom: the leaves are linear, spear-shaped, 

 small, and somewhat fleshy: the flowers stand upon pretty long 

 axillary peduncles, in small bunches, are of a bright yellow co- 

 lour, and appear for six or seven months together, but have not 

 produced seeds in this climate. It is a native of the South of 

 France. 



The second species rises three or four feet high: the leaflets nine 

 or eleven, oblong-cordate or wedge- form retuse, with a small point 

 or none, glaucous, somewhat fleshy, having the colour of rue in the 

 early spring: the flowers are on long axillary peduncles .in close 

 bunches, small and deep yellow. It has a strong odour, and is a 

 native of Spain. 



The third is a very humble shrub, rarely growing more than two 

 feet high, when planted in a good soil; but in a dry barren place, 

 not much above one foot: the stem is hard and woody, from which 

 the branches are produced on every side near the ground, so as to 

 form a low bushy shrub. At the joints where the leaves are produced 

 are two ear-shaped stipules. The floAvers are on long slender axil- 

 lary peduncles, yellow, and have a strong sweet scent: it pro- 

 duces plenty of flowers in May, making a fine appearance; the 

 seeds ripening in August. Its silvery colour is said to be occa- 

 sioned by its growing on a poor dry soil. It is a native of the island 

 of Crete. 



The fourth species seldom grows more than three or four feet 

 high, with a woody brandling stem: the leaflets five or seven, 



