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Glaucous Scorpion 'Senna' (155) — Coronillaglauca— isa smooth 

 shrub 2 to 4 feet high ; leaves whitish with a bloom of 5 to 7 blunt blades ; 

 flowers 7 to 8 in an open cluster, yel- 

 low, fragrant in the daytime but not 

 at night, blooming through the year in 

 southern California. 



[Fresh seeds ; twig cuttings ; divi- 

 sions. ] 



Fig. 



IGO. — Purple-flowered 

 Bauhinia. 



Fig. 



IGl. — Green-aud-white 

 Bauhinia. 



Cercis. The Redbuds or Judas Trees 

 are beautiful flowering shrubs with large 

 heart-shaped simple alternate leaves ; 

 pea-shaped purple or red flowers in early 

 spring close clustered along the old 



branches and flat pea-like pods 2 to 5 inches long, in summer. 



American Redbud (15(3) — Cer- 

 cis canadensis — is a very ornamen- 

 tal shrub or small tree, to 40 feet, 



with rosy-pink flowers h inch long 



and rather broad pods 2^ to 3J 



inches long. 



Chinese Redbud (157) — Cercis 



chinensis — has purplish flowers, 



longer and narrower pods, and 



grows, under good conditions, even 



taller than the above. 



California Redbud — Cercis- 



occidenti\lis — is never more than a 



shrub, to 15 feet, has rose-colored 



flowers, blunt-tipped leaves about 



2 inches wide and pods only 2 to 



2^ inches long. Fig. 1G2. — Red-flowered Bauhinia. 



