CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUMIN.VCEJE. //EOYS.VRE/E. 



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C. stipularis Lam., the C. valentlna of Lin., and tt.tt. Ma., t. IS.',., the C. hispAnica of Mill., and our 

 fg.349., is a native of the south of Italy, and has drop yellow flowers, very fragrant at night, which 

 are produced from March to November. It has been in cultivation since 1596, and grows to the 

 height of 3 ft. in British gardens. 



C. pentaph$lla Desf. is a native of Algiers, where it grows to the height of 4 ft. It was introduced 

 in 1700, and flowers in June and July. 



C. glaiica L. (Bot. Mag., 1. 13., and our fig. 350.) is a native of France, about Narbonne. It was in- 

 troduced in 1722, and grows to the height of 4 ft, producing its beautiful yellow flowers, which are 

 fragrant in the day-time, but scentless at night, from May to September. 



C. argtntea L. is a native of Candia, said to have been introduced in 1664; " a very doubtful plant." 



ily a variety of some of the other species. 



(Don's Mill., 2. p. 274.) 

 C. multifldra Dec. Prod., 2. p. 310., is a native of Spain, with pale yellow flowers, and is, perhaps, 



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App. I. Hardy suffruticose Species of l:\edysdrecc. 





Hcdysarum fruticdsum L. (Gmel. Sib., 4. t. 22.) is an erect plant, with somewhat shrubby branches, 

 very handsome when in flower, and extremely useful in the deserts of Siberia, in fixing the sand. 

 It has been in cultivation since 1792, and grows to the height of 3ft. or 4ft. 



App. II. Half-hardy ligneous Species of Hedysdrea. 



352 



354 



The half-hardy species of 

 this tribe are numerous ; but, 

 as most of them will live in a 

 cold-pit, or even in the open 

 garden, in the warmest parts 

 of the south of England, we 

 consider it advisable to notice 

 at least one species of each 

 genus. 



Hippocrepis balenrica Jacq. 

 (Rot. Mag., t. 427., and our 

 figs. 351, 352.) is a native of 

 Minorca, with the general ap- 

 pearance of Corontlla. Itjias 

 been in the country smce 1//6, 

 flowering in green-houses, and 

 cold-pits, from May to July. 



Adi-smia Dec. is a genus of South American plants, some of which are shrubby: the appearance 

 of several of them resembles that of Genista; and they are all of remarkably easy culture. 



A. microphylla Hook. (Bot. Cab., 1. 1691., and our *l 

 figs. 353, 354.) is a dichotomous plant, resembling 

 furze, a native of Valparaiso, introduced in 1776, 

 quite hardy, and flowering throughout the sum- 

 mer. 



A. Loudoma. Hook. (Bot. Reg., 1720., and our 

 '/.<. ,XK), 356.) is a native of Valparaiso, where it 

 grows to the height of 2 ft., with upright branches, 

 which are copiously clad with hoary, pinnate, very 

 silky leaves. It was introduced in 1832, and is 

 nearly hardy. 



A. viscosn Gill, et Hook. (Suit. Fl. Card., 2d ser. 

 t. 230., and our fig. 357.) is a native of Chili, with 

 clammy leaves and shoots; introduced in 1832, 

 and producing its yellow flowers in August. It 

 forms a very handsome shrub, of upright growth, 

 with elegant leaves, having sometimes as many as 

 14 pairs of crenated leaflets. It appears to be as 

 hardy as EdwardsiYi microphylla, or more so; for a plant in the Exotic Nursery, King's Road, has 

 stood out against a wall with a western exposure, and attained the height of 10 ft. 



A. usp(illnit : nsis Gi!l.(.Su>. Brit. Fl. Card., 2d ser. t. 222., is a slender, thorny, diminutive shrub, a 

 native of Chili, introduced by Mr. Cuming in 1832. Its blossoms are of a rich yellow, streaked with 

 red ; and its legumes, when full grown, are adorned with long feathery hairs. 



Uraria Desv. is a tropical ge.ms, one species of which, U. arbbrca G. Don, //edy"sarum arbdreum 

 JIin>iilt., is a native of Nepal, where it grows to a tree 12 ft. vn height 



Desmddntm Dec. is a tropical genus, of which several species are natives of Nepal, and may pro- 

 bably be found half-hardy. The only ligneous species which is already introduced is D. retitsnm 



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