AKBORKTUM AND 1 It I 1 1CETL .M. 



I'AKT 111. 



L'Hi rit. Stirp., t. 7t> 



i:row inn branches. The tiower.> are axillary, one on a pedicel; the pods are ob- 

 lon_'-taper, and each contains 3 or 1 seeds. The wood is hanl, compact, and very 

 tou^li ; yellow on the outride; and within, waved and striped with red, and with 

 reddish brown. Tile bark is also very tough, and it is used as a substitute for 

 ii>pe-> or cords, as the t\\iu> are for withs. The seeds are stated by Pallas to 

 be irood food for poultry, and the leaves excellent fodder for cattle; they are 

 also said to contain a blue colouring matter, like indigo. The species was 

 introduced into Britain in 175^, and is not uncommon in British collections. 

 The largest plant in the neighbourhood of London is at Syon, where it is 

 Is ft. high. In Ireland, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, is one, ^0 years 

 planted, which is -24ft. high; the diameter of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the 

 ground, is 7 in., and of the head, which is roundish and compact, l"2ft. In 

 British nurseries, it is generally propagated by seeds, which are produced 

 freely. The price of plants, in the London nurseries, is oOx. a hundred, or 

 h. each; at Bollwyller, 50 cents each. 



^ '2. C. (A.) .lLTA(;.i\\.i Polv. The Altagana Caragana, or Siberian Pea Tree. 



Iiti-iitijiaitiu/t. Pi'ir. Suppl., 2. p. 8<i. ; Dec Prod., 2. p. 2<iS. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 24.;. 



Synn//m,:<. Robin/'rv Atta'^ma Pall Fl. Ross., t. 42, L'Herit. Stirp., t. 7<>. ; L'arafrna microph^Ha 



Lam. Diet., 1. p. til.l 



l)crirnti'-n. Altngtimt is the name of the shrub in Siberia. 

 Ungi'iii'in^s. Pall. VI. Ross., t. 42., under the name of Rob'm/ti Altagun. 



and OUT Jig. Jus. 



S/)'.'<\ Char., AT. Leaves having (j or 8 pairs of 

 glabrous, obovate-roundish, retuse leaflets. 

 Petiole unarmed. Stipules spinescent. Pe- 

 dicels solitary. Legumes rather compressed. 

 (Don's J //'//., ii. p. ^43.) A shrub, growing 

 to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft. in arid plains in 

 Siberia, and probably only a variety of C. arbo- 

 rescens. It was so considered by Pallas ; and 

 by others, it has been confounded with C. mi- 

 crophylla, also, as we think, only a variety. It 

 was introduced into England in 1789, and is 

 not uncommon in British collections. It is 

 usually propagated by grafting on C. arbo- 

 n'secns. Price of plants, in the London nur- 

 series, :^. (id. each ; and at Bollwyllcr, 1 franc. 



i 3. t'. (A.) MICROPHY'LLA Dee. The small-leaved Caragana, or Siberian 



Pea Tree. 



l,t,'iitijiciition. Dei:. Prod., 2. p. 2tW. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 24,3. 



St/nonynit's. RobnuVi microphylla Pull. Fl. lions., t. 42., f. 1 2. ; (.'arag-'itiu Altagiaia var., l',>i>-. 



Enxravin". Pall. Fl. l{o=s., t. 32., f. 1, 2., under the name of Robin/V; mii-rophylla. 



S/>ee. Char., $c. Leaves with 7 pairs of hoary retuse leaflets. Petioles 

 and stipules rather spinescent at the apex. Root creeping. (JJon's Mill., 

 ii. p. -^43.) A native of Siberia, and found in the desert of Baraba, and 

 in other arid places. It was introduced into England in IHlf), and differs 

 very little from C. Altagana ; it, like that plant, being doubtless only a 

 variety of C. arborescens. 



^ 4. (.'. (A) RKDO'WSK/ Dec. Redowski's Caragana, or Siberian Pea Tree. 



Jdcntifu-.itnm. Dor. I/gum., t. 11. ; Don's Mill , 2. p. 2U 

 Kni>nivini>. Dec. Li'guin., t. 1!., f. 4.",. 



Sjiee. Char., ^e. Leaves with two pairs of ovate, arute, smooth leaflets. 

 Stipules spinose. Flowers yellow. (.Don't; Mill., ii. p. '243.) A shrub, 

 of which there are several specimens in the Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, of the height of 4 ft. or 5 it. It is a native of Siberia; and the 

 plants referred to were raised from seeds received from Dr. Fischer of 

 Petersburg, about 18:^0. In general appearance and habit of growth, it 

 rrsembles C. A/tagann, of which it is probabh onl\ a variety. 



