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LEGUMINOS.E. CXXXIV. SCORPIURUS. CXXXV. CORONILLA. 



Sub-villous Caterpillar. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1731. PI. proc. 



5 S. ACUTIFOLIA (Viv. fl. lyb. p. 43. t. 19. f. 4.) legumes 

 clothed with short hairs, having the inner ribs naked, and 6 or 8 

 of the outer ones bearing crowded, stiff, very short prickles. 

 O- H. Native of Cyreniaca, in sandy places, and of Corsica, 

 about Bonifacio. Flowers yellow. 



Acute-leaved Caterpillar. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1825. PI. proc. 



6 S. VERMICULA'TA (Lin. spec. 1050.) legumes glabrous, with 

 the inner ribs almost obsolete, but the 10 outer ones bear 

 crowded stipitate tubercles, which are obtusely dilated at the 

 apex. O- H. Native of the region of the Mediterranean, in 

 corn-fields. Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 11. f. 3. Gsertn. fruct. 2. p. 

 155. Flowers yellow, but with the vexillum streaked with red, 

 solitary on the peduncles. Legumes thick. 



Vermicular-podded Caterpillar. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1621. 

 PI. prostrate. 



7 S. PURPU REA (Desf. atl. 2. p. 174.) stem and leaves hairy ; 

 peduncles 1 -flowered ; legumes covered all over with very short 

 tubercles. O- H. Native of Algiers. Flowers purple. Plant 

 with the habit of the preceding species. 



Purple- flowered Caterpillar. Fl. June, July. PI. trailing. 



Cult. These plants are preserved in gardens more for the 

 oddness of the shape of their pods than for their beauty, and 

 being all hardy annuals the seeds of them only require to be 

 sown in the open border in spring, where they are intended to 

 remain, and thinned afterwards if they rise too thick. 



CXXXV. CORONI'LLA (from corona, a crown ; in reference 

 to the disposition of the flowers in heads or umbels at the tops of 

 the peduncles). Neck. elem. no. 1319. Lam. ill. t. 630. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 309. Coronilla species of Lin. and others. 



LIN. SYST. Diade!phia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, short, 

 5-toothed (f. 41. a.), the 2 superior teeth approximate, and joined 

 together higher up than the rest. Claws of petals usually longer 

 than the calyx. Carina acute. Stamens diadelphous. Legume 

 nearly terete, slender, at length separating into oblong 1 -seeded 

 joints (f. 41. e.). Seeds ovate or cylindrical (f. 4:1. f.) Shrubs 

 or herbs, with impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary peduncles, 

 bearing at their tops umbels of pedicellate flowers. 



SECT. I. E'MERUS (from jj^tpoc, emeros, pure, agreeable ; the 

 shrub is very pretty). Tourn. inst. t. 418. Desv. journ. bot. 3. 

 p. 121. t. 4. f. 9. D. C. prod. 2. p. 309. Legume nearly terete, 

 separating into joints slowly and obscurely, but decidedly. 

 Claws of petals 3 times the length of the calyx. Flowers yellow. 



1 C. E'MERUS (Lin. spec. 1046.) shrubby, glabrous ; stipulas 

 small ; leaflets 5-7, obovate ; peduncles 3-5-flowered. Jj . H. 

 Native of middle and south Europe, and of Tauria, in hedges, 

 and among bushes. Sims, bot. mag. 445. E'merus major, Mill, 

 fig. t. 132. f. 1. and minor, f. 2. C. pauciflora, Lam. fl. fr. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Agreeable Coronilla or Scorpion-Senna. Fl. April, June. Clt. 

 1596. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



SECT. II. CORONI'LLA (see genus for derivation). Tourn. 

 inst. t. 419. Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 119. t. 4. f. 3. Legume 

 rather compressed, evidently separating into joints (f. 41. e.). 

 Claws of petals hardly longer than the calyx. 



* Flowers yellow. 



2 C. JU'NCEA (Lin. spec. 1047.) shrubby, glabrous; stipulas 

 small ; leaflets 3-7, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, rather fleshy, lower 

 ones remote from the stem ; umbels 5-7-flowered. J? . H. Na- 

 tive of the south of France. Ker. bot. reg. 820. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 235. Barrel, icon. t. 133. J. Bauh. hist. 1. p. 2. t. 383. f. 2. 

 Branches rush-like, terete, almost naked, slender. Flowers 

 bright yellow. 



/fs%-branched Coronilla. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1656. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



3 C. STIPULA'RIS (Lam. diet. 2. p. 120.) shrubby, glabrous ; 

 stipulas roundish, large, deciduous ; leaflets 7-9, obovate, mu- 

 cronulate, glaucous, lower ones remote from the stem ; umbels 

 6-8-flowered. Tj . F. Native of the south of Italy, in Goat's 

 Island, in Sicily near Palermo, and probably of Spain. C. or- 

 bicularis, Mcench. C. Valentina, Lin. spec. 1047. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Clusius, and therefore the name. Curt, bot, 

 mag. 185. C. Hispanica, Mill. diet. no. 4. ? Flowers deep yellow, 

 very fragrant at night. 



Large- stipulcd Coronilla. Fl. Mar. Nov. Clt. 1596. Sh. 3 ft. 



4 C. PENTAPHY'LLA (Desf. atl. 2. p. 171.) shrubby, glabrous ; 

 stipulas ovate, mucronate, deciduous ; leaflets 5-7, cuneiform, 

 mucronate, usually emarginate ; umbels 10-20-flowered. fj . F. 

 Native of Algiers on hills. Mill. fig. t. 289. f. 2. ? 



Five-hajktted Coronilla. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1700. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



5 C. ARGE'NTEA (Lin. spec. 1048.) shrubby ; leaflets 1 1, silky, 

 terminal one largest. Tj . F. Native of Candia. Mill. fig. t. 

 289. f. 1. ? ex Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 332. This is a very doubt- 

 ful plant. Flowers beautiful yellow, sweet-scented. 



Silvery Coronilla. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1664. Sh. 2 feet. 



6 C. GLAU'CA (Lin. spec. 1047.) shrubby, glabrous; stipulas 

 small, lanceolate ; leaflets 5-7, obovate, very obtuse, glaucous, 

 lower ones remote from the stem ; umbels 7-8-flowered. ^ . F. 

 Native of France about Narbonne, and of Sicily, and probably 

 of Spain. Curt. bot. mag. t. 13. Mill. fig. 289. f. 1. Flowers 

 beautiful yellow, fragrant in the day time, but scentless at night. 



Glaucous Coronilla. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1722. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



7 C. MI'NIMA (Lin. spec. 1048.) sufFruticose, procumbent, 

 glabrous ; stipulas concrete, small, opposite the leaves, bidentate 

 at the apex, the upper ones largest, membranous, and deciduous ; 

 leaflets 7-13, ovate-roundish, obtuse or retuse, lower ones re- 

 mote from the stem ; umbels 7-8-flowered ; legume 4-winged, 

 toothed. I/ . H. Native of the southern parts of Europe, on 

 the lower mountains in sandy places. Jacq. fl. austr. t. 271. 

 D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 608. Sims, bot. mag. 2178. J. Bauh. hist. 2. 

 p. 351. f. 2. Flowers yellow, sweet-scented. Plant erect or 

 prostrate, evergreen, (f. 41.) 



Least Coronilla. Fl. June, July. 

 Clt. 1658. PI. prostrate or | 

 foot. 



8 C. VAGINA'LIS (Lam. diet. 2. 

 p. 121.) plant suffruticose, pros- 

 trate ; stipulas concrete, large ; 

 leaflets roundish ; legumes 4-wing- 

 ed, toothed. I/ . H. Native of 

 the southern parts of Europe, on 

 the lower mountains. Flower yel- 

 low. This species is usually con- 

 fused with C. minima. 



Sheath'mg-sti])VL\ed Coronilla. PI. 

 prostrate. 



9 C. CORONA'TA (Lin. spec. 

 1048.) plant sufFruticose, erect, 

 or ascending, glabrous ; stipulas 

 concrete, small, opposite the leaves, 



bidentate at the apex; leaflets 5-11, obovate, rather mu- 

 cronate, glaucous, lower ones approximating the stem ; um- 

 bels many-flowered; legumes compressed, tetragonal, erect. I/. 

 H. Native of the southern parts of Europe, in arid places. 

 Jacq. austr. 1. t. 95. D. C. fl. franc. 4. p. 608. but not of Bieb. 

 nor Sims. C. Clusii, Dufour, ann. sc. phys. 7. p. 307. C. Va- 

 lentina, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 663. but not of Lam. Clus. hist. 1. p. 

 98. f. 2. (fig. 41.) 



FIG. 41. 



