XXV. LEGUMINA‘CEZ: CARAGA‘NA. 241 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 2—4 pairs of oblong-lanceolate silky leaflets, 
ending in a little spine. Stipules spinescent. Adult petioles permanent, 
strong, and spinose, twice the length of the leaflets. Pedicels solitary, short. 
Legume hoary-villous. (Don’s Afill.) A low spiny shrub. Native of Si- 
beria, among granite rocks. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1816. 
Flowers yellow, drooping; April and May. Legume brown; ripe in August. 
When grafted standard high, it forms a very singular object. 
« 11. C.susa‘ta Poir. The crested Caragana. 
Identification. Poir. Suppl., 2. p. 89.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 269.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 244. 
Synonyme. Robinia jubata Pall. in Act. Pet. 10. t. 6., Astr. p. 113. t. 85., Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 522, 
Engravings. Pal. Act. Pet., 10. t. 6.4 Lod. Bot. Cab., t. 522., as Robinza jubata; and our jig. 394. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 4 or 5 pairs of oblong-lanceolate lanuginously 
ciliated leaflets. Stipules setaceous. Petioles somewhat spinose; adult 
ones deflexed, filiform, permanent. Pedicels solitary, very short. Legume 
glabrous. Flowers few and white, suffused with red. (Don’s Ail.) A low 
shrub ; native of Siberia near Lake Baikal. Jy 
Height 1 ft. to 1ft.6in, Introduced in 1796. SY 
Flowers white, tinged with red; April and 
May. Legume brown; ripe in August. 
This species has a curious shaggy appearance, 
occasioned by the footstalks of the leaves being 
bristly or thorny, and remaining on long after ee 
the leaflets have dropped off. Increased by 594. ¢. jubata. 
grafting on Caragana arboréscens, and as a standard forming a very singular- 
looking object. 
© 12. C. GRANDIFLO‘RA Dec. The great-flowered Caragana. 
Identification. Dec. Prod.,2. p. 268. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 243. 
Synonyme. Robinia grandiflora Bied. Fl. Taur. 1. p. 168. 
Engraving. Our fig. 395. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 2 pairs of oblong-cuneated ap- 
proxiniate leaflets, near the tip of the petiole, which is 
very short. Stipules and petioles spinose. Pediceis soli- 
tary, almost the length of the calyx, which is gibbous at the 
base. Legume terete, acute, brown, glabrous. Flowers 
lin. long, yellow. (Don’s Mill.) A low shrub ; native 
of Georgia, near Teflis. Height 2ft. to 4ft. Introduced 
jn 1823. Flowers yellow, lin. long; June and July. 
Legume brown; ripe in September. H. S, 
395. C. grandiflora 
13. C. CHamtacu Lam. The Chamlagu, or Chinese Caragana. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 1. p.616.; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p- 268.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 243. 
S: Rob{nia Chamidgu L’Hérit. Stirp., N. 
Du Ham. 
Engravings. L’Herit. Stirp., t. 77.; N. DuHam. gf ¥ 
Arb., 2. t. 21.; and our jig. 396. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with 2 pairs of 
distant, oval, or obovate, glabrous 
leaflets. Stipules spreading, and, as 
well as the petioles, spinose. Pedicels 
solitary. Flowers pendulous, large, 
and yellow, at length becoming reddish. 
Root smelling like liquorice. (Don’s 
Mill.) A diffuse smooth shrub. Native 
of China. Height 2 ft. to 4ft. In- 
troduced in 1773. Flowers yellow, at 
length becoming reddish, large ; May 
and June. Legume brown ; ripe August. 396» Cx Chamlagu. 
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