XXV. LEGIfMINA CEJE: CARAGANA. 



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C. (a.) arenjiria. 



It ripens seeds in Eng- 



Variety. 



j C (A.) R. 2 pro" cox Fisch. only differs from C. Redowskz in coming 

 into flower earlier. The specimen in the Hort. Soc. Garden was in 

 full leaf, and in flower, on April 30. 1836, when C. frutescens and 

 C. arborescens had not a single leaf expanded. 



In general appearance and habit of growth, it resembles C. Allagdna, ot 

 which it is probably only a variety. H. S. 



-i* 5. C. (A.) ARENA^RIA Donn and Sims. The 

 Sand Caragana. 



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

 Engravings. Sims Bot. Mag.,t. 1886. ; and our fig. 388. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves with, usually, 4 or 



more pairs of obccrdate leaflets. Pedicels 



usually twin, and shorter than the flowers. 



Stipules subulate. Flowers yellow. (Don's 



Mill.) A low shrub. Siberia. Height 1 ft. to 



2ft. Introci. 1802. Flov\ers yellow; April 



and May. Legume dark brown ; ripe in August. 



Probably only another variety of C. arborescens. 

 land, but is generally propagated by grafting. 



& C. C. FRUTE'SCENS Dec. The shrubby Caragana. 



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



Synonymes. RobfntYz frutescens Lin. Spec. 1044., Pall. Fl. Ross. t. 43. ; C. digitata Lam. Diet. 



1. p. 616. . 

 Engravings. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 227. ; PalL Fl. Ross., t. 43., as Robinta frutescens ; and our fig. 38& 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves having 2 pairs of leaflets, which 

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

 vate-cuneated. Stipules membranous. Petiole furnished 

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

 the length of the calyx. Flowers yellow, resupinate. 

 Leaves with a yellow hue. {Don's Mill.} A low shrub. 

 Native of Russia, on the banks of the Wolga and other 

 rivers. Height in open situations 5 ft. ; in woods and 

 gardens 9 ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1752. Flowers 

 yellow ; May. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 



Varieties. DeCandolle mentions two forms : 



* C. /. 1 latifolia, which has gla- 



brous broadly obovate leaflets, 

 and is frequent in gardens ; 

 there being a subvariety, with 

 2-flowered peduncles; and 



* C. f. 2 angustifdlia, which has glabrous oblong cuneated 



leaflets, and is found near Odessa. 



A handsome shrub, sometimes grafted standard high on 

 C. arborescens. 



j* 7. C. (F.) MO'LLIS Bess. The soft Caragana. 



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

 Syntniymes. Roblnz'am611is Bieb. Fl. Taur Suppl. 477. ; Robfm'a tomen. 



tbsa Fisch. Hort. Gorenk. 1818 : Caragana lrute"scens var. in611is Dec. 



Pi-od. 2. p. 268. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 390. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves with 2 pairs of oblong, cuneated, 

 approximate leaflets, near the tip of the petiole, clothed 

 with soft hair. Petiole ending in a short spine. Pe- 

 dicels solitary. Flowers yellow. {Dec. Prod.) A low 

 shrub. Native of Tauria and Poclolia. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 

 1818. Flowers yellow ; April and May. Legume brown; ripe in August. 



389. C. frutescens. 



390. C. (f.) mdllis. 



