LEGUMINOS^E. CXXXV. CORONILIA. CXXXVI. ASTROIOBIUM. 



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Crown-flowered Coronilla. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1776. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



10 C. MONTA'NA (Scop. earn. ed. 2. p. 912. t. 44.) plant her- 

 baceous, erect, glabrous ; stipulas concrete, opposite the leaves, 

 oblong, emarginate, deciduous; leaflets 7, ovate, mucronate, 

 rather glaucous, lower ones approximating the stem ; umbels 15- 

 20-flowered. I/. , H. Native of Germany, Carniola, and Swit- 

 zerland, on the mountains. C. coronata, Bieb. fl. taur. 1434. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 907. Riv. tetr. t. 207. (f. 41.) 



Mountain Coronilla. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1776. PI. 1 to 1^ ft. 



11C. IBE'RICA (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 173.) plant herbaceous, 

 prostrate, glabrous ; stipulas distinct, membranous, orbicular, 

 denticulated ; leaflets 9-11, obcordate, ciliated; umbels 7-8- 

 flowered ; legumes tetragonal, incurved. 1. H. Native of 

 Iberia and Cappadocia. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1152. Sweet, fl. 

 gard. 25. Lodd. bot. cab. 789. C. orientalis, Mill. Flowers 

 large, yellow. Root creeping. 



Iberian Coronilla. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. ascending. 



12 C. SQUAMA'TA (Cav. icon. t. 155.) plant herbaceous, erect ; 

 stipulas lanceolate-ovate, membranous, somewhat ciliated ; leaf- 

 lets 9-11, obovate, pubescent, lower ones remote from the stem ; 

 umbels 7-8-flowered ; legumes scurfy from scales. l/.H. Na- 

 tive of Spain, near the town of Lamota del Cuervo. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Scaly-podded Coronilla. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 foot. 



13 C. PARVIFLORA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1155.) plant herba- 

 ceous, much branched, rather scabrous from reflexed stiff" hairs; 

 leaflets 9, cuneate, emarginate, glabrous ; stipulas ovate, very 

 minute ; umbels 5-flowered ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

 legumes terete, arched. Tf. . H. Native of Candia and Tauria, 

 on exposed hills. C. Cretica herbacea, &c. Tourn. cor. 44. C. 

 Valentma, Pall. ined. Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 173. Very like C. 

 Cretica, but differs in the flowers being yellow. 



Small-flowered Coronilla. PI. | foot. 



* * Florvers purple, pink, or white, 



14 C. VIMINA'LIS (Salisb. par. t. 13. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. 

 vol. 4. p. 331.) suffruticose; stipulas ovate, membranous, soon 

 falling off"; leaflets 13-21, obovate, retuse, mucronate, glaucous, 

 lower ones approximating the stem; umbels 6-10-flowered. 

 1. H. Native of Mogodor. Branches hardly angular. Flowers 

 large, pale, having the vexillum lined with red lengthwise, 

 changing from pale to deeper purple. 



Twiggy Coronilla. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1798. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



15 C. CRE'TICA (Lin. spec. 1048.) plant herbaceous, ascend- 

 ing, glabrous; stipulas small, acute; leaflets 11-13, cuneated, 

 retuse, the lower ones remote from the stem ; umbels 3-6-flow- 

 ered. O- H. Native of Candia, Tauria, and Italy, on hills. 

 Flowers white, having the vexillum streaked with red, and the 

 keel dark purple. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 25. C. parviflora, Mcench. 

 Astrolobium Creticum, Desv. 



Cretan Coronilla. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731. PI. ascending. 



16 C. VA'RIA (Lin. spec. 1048.) plant herbaceous, diffuse, 

 flexuous, glabrous; stipulas distinct, lanceolate; leaflets 9-13, 

 oblong, elliptic, mucronate, lower ones approximating the stem ; 

 umbels 1 6-20-flowered ; legumes angular, very long, straight. 

 If. . H. Native of Europe and Tauria, in fields and meadows. 

 Curt. bot. mag. 258. Mill. fig. t. 106. Clus. hist. 2. p. 237. f. 

 2. Astragalus glaucoides, Gmel. itin. 1. t. 21. ex Bieb. Flowers 

 pink, rarely white, at length drooping. Root creeping. This 

 plant was formerly proposed to be cultivated as a proper food for 

 cattle ; and it was found that it grew very readily, and might be 

 very beneficial to the farmer. In a good soil the stems will grow 

 even 5 feet long, and be tender their whole length, so that a 

 small spot of ground will supply a considerable quantity of fod- 



der, especially in dry seasons. Horses and cows seem to eat it 

 greedily. However, Mr. Curtis remarks that its bitterness will 

 be an objection to its being cultivated for cattle. 



Various-fiovtered Coronilla. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1640. PI. 

 diffuse. 



17 C. GLOBOSA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 122.) herbaceous, glabrous ; 

 stipulas small, acute; leaflets oblong-elliptic, 11-13, obtuse, 

 lower ones distant from the stem ; umbels globose, 20-30-flow- 

 ered ; legumes pendulous. I/. H. Native of Candia in fields. 

 C. Cretica herbacea flore magno candido, Tourn. cor. 44. 

 Flowers pink or white. Perhaps only a variety of C. varia. 



Globose- fiowered Coronilla. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 diffuse. 



t Doubtful species. 



18 C. ? SCA'NDENS (Lin. spec. 1048.) stem scandent, flaccid ; 

 leaflets 5, ovate; peduncles axillary, twin, 1-flowered, prickly; 

 legumes terete, articulated, glabrous Native of South America. 

 Plum. ed. Burm. t. 107. f. 3. Perhaps a species of Poiretia. 

 Flowers large, pale yellow. 



Climbing Coronilla. PI. cl. 



19 C. MULTIFLORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 310.) plant suffruticose, 

 glabrous ; stipulas small, lanceolate ; leaflets 7-9, oblong-cu- 

 neate, obtuse, lower ones approximating the stem ; umbels 15- 

 20-flowered. Tj . F. Native of Spain. Branches terete, spread- 

 ing, flexuous. Flowers pale, perhaps yellow, perhaps white. 



Many-lowered Coronilla. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



20 C. HIRSU'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 310.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, clothed with white hairs, as well as the peduncles and 

 leaves ; leaves with 6-8 pairs of oval obcordate leaflets ; stipulas 

 leafy, roundish-cordate ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; um- 

 bels globose, 8-12-flowered ; calyx beset with black hairs. I/ . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Coronilla argentea, Burm. 

 cap. 22. Thunb. fl. cap. 592.? Legume unknown. 



Hairy Coronilla. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. All the species of Coronilla, both shrubby and herba- 

 ceous, are worthy of cultivation in every collection, for the beauty 

 of their flowers, as well as for the neatness of their herbage. 

 The hardy shrubby kind, C. E'merus, is very proper for the 

 front of shrubberies. It thrives in any kind of soil, and flowers 

 the greater part of the year. Ripened cuttings of it root freely 

 if planted in autumn in the open ground. The frame and green- 

 house shrubby kinds are beautiful plants of easy culture ; they 

 grow best in a mixture of loam and peat, and cuttings of them 

 strike readily in sand under a hand-glass ; they may be ttirned 

 out into the open border in spring, where they will make shewy 

 bushes and flower all the summer, and if the winters are not 

 very severe they will live with very little protection. The 

 hardy perennial herbaceous kinds are most handsome when cul- 

 tivated in pots, and placed among other alpine plants. C. rfiria 

 globosa and Iberica are very hardy, but become troublesome if 

 planted in the open ground, as their roots run so much as to 

 injure every other plant near them, and they are afterwards diffi- 

 cult to eradicate. C. coronata minima and montana are well 

 adapted for rock-work, but do not long exist in such a situation, 

 as they are apt to be killed in severe winters. The annual species, 

 C. Cretica, requires the treatment of other hardy annuals. 



CXXXVI. ASTROLO'BIUM (from aarpov, astron, a star, 

 and Xo/3oc, lobos, a pod ; in reference to the disposition of the 

 pods like the rays of a star). Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 121. t. 4. f. 

 10. D. C. prod. 2. p. 311. Ornithopus species of Lin. and 

 others. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx bractless, tubular, 

 nearly equally 5-toothed. Keel of corolla small, compressed. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Legume nearly terete, constantly com- 



