XXV, legumina'ce^: CARAGA'NA. 



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3S3 C. (a.) arenaria. 



It ripens seeds in Eng- 



Variety. 



j C- (A.) R. 2 prcB'co.i- Fisch. only differs from C. Redowski in coming 



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



full leaf, and in flower, on April 30. 18.36, when C. frutescens and 



C. arborescens had not a single leaf expanded. 



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



whichit is probably only a variety. H. S. 



J* 5. C. (a.) arena^ria Do7in and Sims. The 

 Sand Caragana. 



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

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



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

 more pairs of obcordate leaflets. Pedicels 

 usually twin, and shorter than the flowers. 

 Stipules subulate. Flowers yellow. (^Doii's 

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

 2ft. Introtl. 1802. Flowers yellow; April 

 and May. Legume dark brown; ripe in August. 



Probably only another variety of C. arborescens 

 land, bat is generally propagated by grafting. 



I 



i s 6. C. frute'scens Dec. The shrubby Caragana. 



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



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



I l.p. 616. . 



i Engravings. Swt, Fl.-Gard., t 227. ; Pall. FI. Ross., t. 43., as Robinj'a frutescens ; and ourySg. 389. 



Spec. Char., S{c. 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 10 ft. Introduced in 1752. Flowers 

 yellow ; May. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 



DeCandolle mentions two forms: 



^ C. f. I latifolia, which has gla- 

 brous broadly obovate leaflets, 

 and is frequent in gardens ; 

 there being a subvariety, with 

 2-flowered peduncles ; and 



* C. /. 2 angustifolia, which has glabrous oblong cuneated 

 leaflets, and is found near Odessa. 



A handsome shrub, sometimes grafted standard high on 

 C. arborescens. 



389. C. frutescens. 



jt 7. C. (f.) mo'llis Bess. 



The soft Caragana. 



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

 Synovymes. Robin!am611is .B/fft. FL Taur- Svppl. 477.; RobinjVj tomen. 



tbs3i Fisch. Hort. Gorenk. 1818; Caragana Irut^scens var. mdllis XlfC. 



Prod. 2. p. 268. 

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



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

 approximate leaflets, near the tip of the petiole, clothed 



390; c (f)m(iiiis ^'^^ ^^^ ^^^''* P^tiolo ending in a short spine. Pe- 



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

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

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



