XXV. LEGUMINA CEE: CORONI/LLA. 247 
sel + 
406. Astrdgalus aristatus. 407. AstrAgalus brevifdlius. 
ones, are in British collections; but, though technically ligneous, are usually 
treated as rock herbaceous plants. 
Sect. III]. Hepysa‘rea, 
Genus XVIII. 
CORONYLLA Neck, Tur Coronitia. Lin. Syst. Diadélphia Decandria. 
Identification. Neck. Elem., No. 1319.; Lam. Ill, t. 630.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 309. 
Synonyme. Coronilla sp. of Lin. and others. 
Derivation. From corona,a crown; in reference to the disposition of the flowers in crowns, or 
umbels, at the tops of the peduncles. 
Gen. Char. Calyx campanulate, short, 5-toothed, the two superior teeth ap- 
proximate, and joined together higher up than the rest. Claws of petals 
usually longer than the calyx. Carina acute. Stamens diadelphous. « Legume 
nearly terete, slender, at length separating into oblong 1I-seeded joints. Seeds 
ovate or cylindrical. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves compound, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; impari-pinnate. Flowers 
in axillary peduncles, bearing at their tops umbels of pedicellate flowers, 
usually yellow.— Shrubs, deciduous or sub-evergreen ; natives of the South 
of Europe or Asia. 
They are all highly ornamental, and most of them produce seeds in England, 
by which, or by cuttings, they are easily propagated in common soil. 
& 1. C. E’werus L. The Scorpion-Senna Coronilla. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1046.; Dec 
Prod., 2. p. 309.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 274. 
Synonymes. E’merus major Mill. Icon. 
t. 132. f.1., and E. minor, f.2.; C. 
paucifldra Lam. Fl. Fr. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 445.; N. Du 
am., 4, t.131.; and our jig. 408. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby, gla- 
brous. Its leaves are attend- 
ed by minute stipules, and 
have 5—7 obovate leaflets. 
Its flowers are yellow, dis- 
posed 3 upon a peduncle. The 
claws of the petals are thrice 
as long-as the calyx. The 
legume is rather cylindrical \ 
than compressed, and_ its 408 Coronilla E’merus. 
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