XXV. LEGUMINA*CE^ : CORONI'lLA. 



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406. ^str&galus arist^tus. 



407. ^str&galus brevifblius. 



ones, are in British collections ; but, though technically ligneous, are usually 

 treated as rock herbaceous plants. 



Sect. III. Hedysa^re^e. 

 Genus XVIII. 



CORONI'LLA Neck. 



The Coronilla. Lin. Syst. Diadelphia Decandria. 



t. 630. ; Dec. Vi jd., 2. p. 399. 



Identification. Neck. Elem., No. 1319. ; Lam. Ill 

 Synonyme. Coronilla sp. of Lin. and others. 

 Derivation. From corona, a crown ; in reference to the disposition of the flowers in crowns, or 

 umbels, at the tops of the peduncles. 



Gen. Char. Calyx campanulate, short, 5-toothed, the two superior teeth ap- 

 proximate, and joined together higher up than the rest. Claws of petals 

 usually longer than the calyx. Carina acute. Stamens diadelphous. Legume 

 nearly terete, slender, at length separating into oblong 1-seeded joints. Seeds 

 ovate or cylindrical. {Don's Mill.) 



Leaves compound, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; impari-pinnate. Flowers 

 in axillary peduncles, bearing at their tops umbels of pedicellate flowers, 

 usually yellow. Shrubs, deciduous or sub-evergreen; natives of the South 

 of Europe or Asia. 

 They are all highly ornamental, and most of them produce seeds in England, 



by which, or by cuttings, they are easily propagated in common soil. 



ai^ 1. C. E'merus L. The Scorpion- Senna Coronilla. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1046. ; Dec 



Prod., 2. p. 309.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 274. 

 Synonymes. E'merus major Mill. Icon. 



t. 132. f. 1., and E. minor, f. 2. ; C. 



pauciflftra Lajn. Fl. Fr. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 445. ; N. Du 

 am., 4. t. 131. ; and omy fig. 408. 



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Spec. Char., ^-c. Shrubby, gla- 

 brous. Its leaves are attend- 

 ed by minute stipules, and 

 have 5 7 obovate leaflets. 

 Its flowers are yellow, dis- 

 posed 3 upon a peduncle. The 

 claws of the petals are thrice 

 as long as the calyx. The 

 legume is rather cylindrical 

 than compressed, and its 



408 Coronilla E'meras. 



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