XXV. LEGUMINA‘CEE: CARAGANA. 235 
Varicty. 
= C. (A.) RB. 2 pre‘cox Fisch. only differs from C. Redéwski in coming 
into flower earlier. The specimen in the Hort. Soc. Garden was in 
full leaf, and in flower, on April 30. 1836, when C. frutéscens and 
C. arboréscens had not a single leaf expanded. 
In general appearance and habit of growth, it resembles C. Allagana, ot 
which it is probably only a variety. H. S. 
= 5. C. (a.) aRENA‘RIA Donn and Sims. The 
Sand Caragana. 
Identification. Donn Hort. Cant.; Sims Bot. Mag.,t. 1886, 
Engravings. Sims Bot. Mag.,t. 1886. ; and our jig. 388. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with, usually, 4 or 
more pairs of obcordate leaflets. Pedicels 
usually twin, and shorter than the flowers. 
Stipules subulate. Flowers yellow. (Don’s 
Mil.) Alowshrub. Siberia. Height 1 ft. to 
2ft. Introd. 1802. Flowers yellow; April 
and May. Legume dark brown; ripe in August. 388 C. (a.) arendria. 
Probably only another variety of C. arboréscens. It ripens seeds in Eng- 
land, but is generally propagated by grafting. 
% 6. C. FRUTE’sceNs Dec. The shrubby Caragana. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 268.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 843. 
Synonymes. Robinia frutéscens Lin. Spec. \044., Pall. Fl. Ross. t.43.; C. digitata Lam. Dict. 
Batam Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 227.; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 43.,as Robinéa frutéscens ; and our fig. 389. 
Spec. Char., Gc. Leaves having 2 pairs of leaflets, which 
approximate near the top of the petiole: they are obo- 
vate-cuneated. Stipules membranous. Petiole furnished 
with a short spine at the apex. Pedicels solitary, twice 
the length of the calyx. Flowers yellow, resupinate. 
Leaves with a yellow hue. (Don’s Mill.) A low shrub. 
Native of Russia, on the banks of the Wolga and other 
rivers. Height in open situations 5 ft.; in woods and 
gardens 9ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1752. Flowers 
yellow ; May. Legume brown ; ripe in August. 
Varieties. DeCandolle mentions two forms : — < 
= C. f. 1 latifolia, which has gla- 
brous broadly obovate leaflets, 
and is frequent in gardens; 
there being a subvariety, with 
2-flowered peduncles; and S80, «Gy Feutacenty 
x C. f. 2 angustifolia, which has glabrous oblong cuneated 
leaflets, and is found near Odessa. 
A handsome shrub, sometimes grafted standard high on 
C. arboréscens. 
7. C. (F.) Mo‘Luis Bess. The soft Caragana. 
Identification. Bess. Enum. Pl. Volh., p. 29.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 243. 
Synonymes. Robinia m6llis Bieb, Fl. Taur. Suppl. 477.; Robinia tomen- 
tosa Fisch. Hort. Gorenk. 1818; Caragdna trutéscens var. mollis Dec. 
Prod. 2. p. 268. F ; 
Engraving. Our fig. 390. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley’s herbarium. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves with 2 pairs of oblong, cuneated, 
approximate leaflets, near the tip of the petiole, clothed 
with soft hair. Petiole ending in a short spine. Pe- 
dicels solitary. Flowers yellow. (Dec. Prod.) A low 
shrub. Native of Tauria and Podolia. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 
1818, Flowers yellow ; Apriland May. Legume brown; ripe in August. 
390. C. (f.) mollis. 
