XXV. LEGUMINA V CE^ : CARAGA^NA. 



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394 - c.jm*ta. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves with 2 4 pairs of oblong-lanceolate silky leaflets, 

 ending in a little spine. Stipules spinescent. Adult petioles permanent, 

 strong, and spinose, twice the length of the leaflets. Pedicels solitary, short. 

 Legume hoary-villous. (Don's Mill.) A low spiny shrub. Native of Si- 

 beria, among granite rocks. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1816. 

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

 When grafted standard high, it forms a very singular object. 



-* 11. C. JUBA N TA Poir. The crested Caragana. 



Identification. Poir. Suppl., 2. p. 89. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 269. ; Don's Mill, 2. p. 244. 



Sijnonyme. Robinza jubata Pall, in Act. Pet. 10. t. 6., Astr. p. 113. t. 85., Load. Bot. Cab. t. 522. 



Engravings. Pal. Act. Pet, 10. t. 6. ; Lod. Bot. Cab., t. 522., as Robima jubata ; and our Jig. 394. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves with 4 or 5 pairs of oblong-lanceolate lanuginously 

 ciliated leaflets. Stipules setaceous. Petioles somewhat spinose; adult 

 ones deflexed, filiform, permanent. Pedicels solitary, very short. Legume 

 glabrous. Flowers few and white, suffused with red. (Don's Mill.) A low 

 shrub ; native of Siberia near Lake Baikal. 

 Height 1 ft. to 1 ft. 6 in. Introduced in 1796. 

 Flowers white, tinged with red; April and 

 May. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 



This species has a curious shaggy appearance, 

 occasioned by the footstalks of the leaves being 

 bristly or thorny, and remaining on long after 

 the leaflets have dropped off. Increased by 

 grafting on Caragana arborescens, and as a standard forming a very singular- 

 looking object. 



j* 12. C. GRANDiFLo r RA Dec. The great-flowered Caragana. 



Identification. Dec. Prod.,2. p. 268. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 243. 

 Synonyme. RobfnzVi grandiflora Bieb. Fl. Taur. 1. p. 168. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 395. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves with 2 pairs of oblong-cuneated ap- 

 proximate leaflets, near the tip of the petiole, which is 

 very short. Stipules and petioles spinose. Pedicels soli- 

 tary, almost the length of the calyx, which is gibbous at the 

 base. Legume terete, acute, brown, glabrous. Flowers 

 1 in. long, yellow. (Don's Mill.) A low shrub ; native 

 of Georgia, near Teflis. Height 2ft. to 4ft. Introduced 

 in 1823. Flowers yellow, 1 in. long ; June and July. 

 Legume brown ; ripe in September. H. S. 



j* 13. C. CHAMLAGU Lam. The Chamlagu, or Chinese Caragana. 



Identification. Lam. Diet, 1. p. 616.; Dec. Prod , 2. 



p. 268. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 243. 

 Synonyme. Robfnza Chamlagu L'Herit. Stirp., N. 



Du Ham. 

 Engravings. L'Herit. Stirp., t. 77. ; N. Du Ham. 



Arb., 2. t. 21. j and our fig. 396. 



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

 distant, oval, or obovate, glabrous 

 leaflets. Stipules spreading, and, as 

 well as the petioles, spinose. Pedicels 

 solitary. Flowers pendulous, large, 

 and yellow, at length becoming reddish. 

 Root smelling like liquorice. (Don's 

 Mill.) A diffuse smooth shrub. Native 

 of China. Height 2ft. to 4ft. In- 

 troduced in 1773. Flowers yellow, at 

 length becoming reddish, large ; May 

 and June. Legume brown ; ripe August. 



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396. C. Chamlagti. 



