xxv. LEGUMINA V CE;E: COLU'TEA. 



245 



shrub. Archipelago, Georgia, and the 



Levant. Height 4 ft. to 8ft. Introd. 



1731. Flowers reddish copper-coloured ; 



June and July. Legume reddish ; ripe 



in August. 



^ Resembles C. arbore'scens, but of smaller 

 dimensions, and with leaflets more glaucous, 

 and more retuse. 



* 3. C. (A.) ME^DIA Willd. The interme- 

 diate Colutea, or Bladder Senna. 



Identification. Willd. Enum., 



77].; Dec. Prod., 2. p.270.; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 245. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. 



Brit, t. 140.; and our Jig. 



402. 



Spec. Char., %c. Leaf- 

 lets obcordate,glau- 

 cescent. Peduncles 

 usually 6-flowered. 

 Legumes closed at 

 the apex. Flowers 

 orange-coloured. 

 (Don's Mill.) 



A shrub rather larger than C. (A.) cruenta, and differing 

 from it chiefly in having orange-coloured flowers. Per- 

 liaps, a hybrid between the two preceding sorts. 



& 4- C. (A.) HALE'PPICA Lam. The Aleppo Colutea, or Plodder Senna. 



Identification. Lam. Diet., 1. p. 353. ; 111., t. 624. f. 2. : Dec. 



Astr., No. 2. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 245 

 Synonymes . C. Pocdcktf Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 55 , Schmidt 



Arb. t. 129 .; C. Istria Mill. Diet. No. 2. t 100. j C. proctim- 



bens L'Hdnt. Stirp. Nov. 2. t. 42. 

 Engrai'ings. Schmidt Arb., t. 120. ; and our fig. 403. 



Spec. C/iar^, $c. Leaflets roundishly elliptical, 

 very obtuse, mucronate. Peduncles bearing 

 3 yellow flowers. Callosities of the standard 

 lengthened, ascending. Legumes closed. Smaller 

 than C. arborescens. (Dec. Prod.} A low 

 shrub. Fields about Aleppo. Height 3 ft. to 

 6ft. Introduced in 1752. Flowers yellow; 

 May to October. Legume reddish ; ripe Oct. 

 Closely resembling C. arborescens, of which it 



appears to be a variety, but rather more tender 



in British gardens. 



401. Colfttea (a.) cru&ita. 



402. C. (a.)mfedia 



403. C.(n.) 



404. C. nepalensls. 



5. C. NEPALE'NSJS Hook. The Nepal Colutea, or Bladder Senna, 



Identification. Fook. Bot. Mag., 2622. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 245. 

 Engravings. F.ook. Bot. M;,g., t, 2622. ; and our Jig. 404. 



R 3 



