130 Leguminose—Coronilla. 
variegated, umbellate on long axillary peduncles, keel acute 
or beaked. Pod round, tetragonal or flattened, with oblong 
joints. About twenty species, chiefly from the Mediterranean 
region. The name is a diminutive of corona, a crown. 
C. glaiea is the common greenhouse species. 
1. C. Emerus. Scorpion Senna.—An erect deciduous shrub 
3 to 6 feet high. Leaflets 7 to 9, obovate. Peduncles usually 
2- to 3-flowered ; flowers red and yellow, appearing throughout 
the Summer. Claws of the petals three times as long as the 
calyx. Europe. 
2. C. montana (fig. 72), syn. C. coronata.—Herbaceous, 
about 18 inches high. Leaflets glaucous, rather fleshy, the 
lowest pair close to the base of the 
petiole. Flowers yellow, from 15 to 
20 in each umbel. Claws of the 
petals about equalling the calyx. A 
native of Switzerland. 
3. C. varia.—A very pretty her- 
baceous species, growing from 1 to 
3 feet high, and bearing a profusion 
of pink and white flowers; the keel 
being usually white. Leaflets about 
11, oblong, obtuse. Umbels about 
20-flowered. Plants are occasionally 
seen with the flowers wholly white or 
purple. Native of Europe, flower- 
ing in Summer. 
4. C. minima—A dwarf diffuse 
suffruticose plant with minute sti- 
pules. Leaflets 7 to 9, oblong or 
obovate, the lowest pair near the 
base of the petiole. Flowers yellow, 
5 to 8 in each umbel. One of the 
best of the hardy yellow-flowered 
Fig. 72, Coronilla montana. species. South of Europe, blooming 
ial in June and July. 
5. C. Therieu.—similar to the last. Leaves composed of 
7 to 9 obcordate hairy leaflets. Fluwers yellow, about 5 to 8 
in each umbel. A native of Spain, flowering in Summer. 
