126 SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



Stony pastures and steep mountain sides and ravines on limestone 

 or schist ; often somewhat sohtary ; 4000-8000 feet. July. 



Distribution. — Carpathians, Eastern, Central, and Western Alps ; 

 Pyrenees ; Arctic Europe ; Nova Zembla ; Caucasus. 



CORONILLA L. 



Small shrubs with yellow flowers in axillary umbels. Calyx 

 shortly campanulate. Petals with long claws. Keel acuminate. 

 Legume nearly straight, cylindrical, or 4-angled. Leaflets often with 

 white margins. 



A small genus of about 20 species, inhabiting Europe, W. Asia, 

 and N. Africa. 



Coronilla vaginalis Lamk. 



A low shrub, with leaflets in 3-7 pairs. Flowers snjall, in umbels 

 of 4-10 on a peduncle once or twice the length of the leaf. Stipules 

 in the form of a bifid sheath. Pods pendant, 20-30 mm., straight, 

 divided horizontally into 3-6 oval chambers, with 6 angles. 



Rocky places in limestone mountains, from the plains up to 6500 

 feet, June to August. 



Distribution. — Mountains of Central and Southern Europe, ex- 

 tending North to Bohemia and the Harz mountains. 



Coronilla Emerus L. 



A shrub 1-2 yards high. Leaflets oboval, truncate, in 2-4 pairs. 

 Flowers large, 2-4 on a peduncle. Legume long, straight, and 

 divided into 7-10 chambers. 



Woods and hills, especially on limestone, up to 6000 feet. April 

 to June. On the Riviera it flowers much earlier. 



Distribution. — Central and Southern Europe ; Norway. 

 Coronilla minima L. 



Stem woody and spreading. Leaflets in 3-5 pairs, oblong, the 

 lowest pair close to the stem, and occupying the base of the petiole. 

 Flowers yellow, in elegant heads of 5-8 florets. A small dwarf 

 species. 



Sunny limestone hills and rocky places. June, July. 



Distribution. — France, Spain, Valais, Italy, N. Africa. 

 Coronilla varia L. 



Readily known by its pretty pinkish white flowers, or, to be exact, 

 the standard is pink, the wings white, and the keel white with dark 

 purple at the tip. Stems recumbent or ascending, and often forming 

 large masses extending several feet. Leaves with 6-1 1 pairs of 

 leaflets, which are oblong to linear, glabrous. 



Pastures, borders of woods, and waste places. Common in many 

 parts of Europe and sometimes seen in the Alps up to 5000 or 6000 

 feet. May to August. 



