XXV. LEGUMINA‘CE: COLU‘TEA. 245 
shrub. Archipelago, Georgia, and the 
Levant. Height 4 ft. to 8 ft. Introd. 
1731. Flowers reddish copper-coloured ; 
June and July. Legume reddish; ripe 
in August. 
Resembles C. arboréscens, but of smaller 
dimensions, and with leaflets more glaucous, 
and more retuse. 
& 3. C.(a.) me‘DIA Willd. The interme- 
diate Colutea, or Bladder Senna. 
Identification. Willd.Enum., 
77\.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.270.; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 245, 
Engravings. Wats. Dena. 
Brits t. 140.; and our jig. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaf- 
lets obcordate, glau- 
cescent. Peduncles 
usually 6-flowered. 
Legumes closed at 
the apex. Flowers 
- orange-coloured. — 
401. Colttea (a.) cruénta. (Don’s Mill.) 
A shrub rather larger than C. (a.) cruénta, and differing 
from it chiefly in having orange-coloured flowers. Per- = 
haps, a hybrid between the two preceding sorts. dina Sel a snsales 
% 4 C.(a.) waLe’ppica Lam. The Aleppo Colutea, or Bladder Senna. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 1. p. 353.3 Ill, t. 624. f. 2.3 Dec. 
Astr., No. 2.3; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 245, 
Synonymes. C. Pocécki Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 55, Schmidt 
Arb. t. 129.3 C. istria Mill. Dict. No. 2. t. 100.; C. proctim- 
bens L’Hérit. Strrp. Nov. 2. t. 42. 
Engravings. Schmidt Arb., t.120.; and our jig. 403. 
Spee. Char, §c. Leaflets roundishly elliptical, 
very obtuse, mucronate. Peduncles bearing 
3 yellow flowers. Callosities of the standard 
lengthened, ascending. Legumes closed. Smaller 
than C. arboréscens. (Dec. Prod.) A low 
shrub. Fields about Aleppo. Height 3 ft. to 
6 ft. Introduced in 1752. Flowers yellow; 
May to October. Legume reddish ; ripe Oct. 
Closely resembling C. arboréscens, of which it 
.> (jf appears to be a variety, but rather more tender 
in British gardens. 
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403. C.(a-) haléppica. 404, C. nepalénsis. 
% 5. C. NepaLE’NsIs Hook. The Nepal Colutea, or Bladder Senna. 
Identification, Wook. Bot. Mag., 2622.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 245. 
Lugravings. Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 2622.; and our fig, 404, 
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