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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



j* 8. C. PYGM^A Dec. The pygmy Caragana. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 2G8. ; Don's Mill., 2 p. 243 



Synonyme. Robinm pyginaj^a Lin. Sp. 1044., Pall. Fl. lloss. 1. 1. 45. , Amm. Ruth. t. 35. 



Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 45. ; Aram. Ruth., t. 35., as RobimYi pygms v a ; and our Jig. 391, 



Spec. Char. y Sfc. Leaves with 2 pairs of linear, glabrous, approximate leaflets 

 near the tip of the petiole, which is very short. Stipules and petioles spi- 

 nescent. Pedicels solitary, and nearly the length of the calyx. Calyx nearly 

 equal at the base. Leaflets acute, crowded, usually in the axils of trifid 

 spines. Flowers yellow. (Dec. Prod.} A low shrub. Native of the Altaic 

 Mountains. Height 2 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 

 175.1. Flowers yellow ; April and May. Le- 

 gume brown ; ripe in August. 



Variety. 



j* C.p. 2arendria Fisch.has linear-cuneate leaf- 

 lets, and pedicels of the flowers generally 

 longer than the calyx. 



This species has large trifid spines, slender leaves, 

 and small flowers. The leaflets are remarkable for 

 being in fours, disposed in the form of a star, in the 

 axils of the spines. The young shoots are of a fine 

 yellow, very tough, and fit for being used as withs. 



When grafted as a standard on C. arborescens, it forms a small tree of very 

 singular appearance. Increased by suckers or by grafting. 



j* 9. C. SPINO V SA Dec. The spiny Caragana. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 269. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1021. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 243. 



Synonymes. Robima spinbsa Lin. Mant. 269. ; Robin? ferox Pall. FL Ross. 1. t. 44., Itin. t. E. e. 



f. 2. and 3. ; Robima spinoslssima Laxm. Nov. Act. Pet. 15. t. 30. f. 4. ; Caragana ferox Lain. 



Diet. 1. p. 31 5. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 44. ; Bot. Reg., 1. 1021. ; and o\\rfig. 392. 



Spec. Char.,Sfc. Leaves with 2 4 pairs of cu- 



neate-linear glabrous leaflets. Stipules small, 



spinose. Adult petioles permanent, strong, 



and spinose, twice the length of the leaflets. 



Flowers solitary, almost sessile, and of a 



bright yellow. Legume rather compressed. 

 (Don's Mill.) A 

 spiny shrub. Si- 

 beria, in gravelly 

 arid situations ; 

 and also said to be 

 plentiful in Chi- 

 na, about Pekin, 

 where branches 

 of it are stuck in 



clay upon the tops of the walls, in order that its 

 spines may prevent persons from getting over 

 them. (Pall. Fl. Ross.) Height 3ft. to 4 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1755. Flowers yellow; April and 

 May. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 



Seeds, cuttings, or grafting, 

 makes a very singular plant. 



Standard high it 



10. C. TRAGACANTHoVDES Poir. 



thorn -like Caragann. 



The Goat's 



393. C. fragacanthSldes. 



Identification. Poir. Suppl., 2. p. 90. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 269. ; 

 Don's Mill., 2. p. 241, 



. Act. Pet. 13. t. 7., Astr. 115. t. 86. : Robfma ma- 



Synonymes. Robima fragacanthoides Pall.tfov 



cracantha Lodd. Cat. 

 Engravings. Pall. Nov. Act. Pet., 10. t. 7. ; Astr., 115. t. 86. j and our Jig. 393. 



