CORONILLA 



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KEY TO THE MORE SHRUBBY LESPEDEZAS 



* Shrubby with slender branches, 5-10 feet ; blooming in July, with 



slightly hairy pod§ J- inch long ; blades of leaves rounded. Shrubby 

 Bdsh 'Clover' (152) — Lespedeza bicolor. 



* Herbaceous with angular brown branches and flowers J inch 



long, (A.) 



A. 



A. 



Blooming in September with rose-purple flowers ; blades of leaves 



elongated. Siebold's Bush ' Clover ' (153) — Lespedeza 



Sifeboldi. 



Blooming late in September with large white flowers ; blades of 



leaves broader and less pointed. Japanese Bush ' Clover ' 



— Lespedeza japdnica. 



Coronflla. The Coronillas are shrubs or herbs with odd-pinnate 

 leaves and purple or yellow pea-shaped flowers in rounded clusters, like 

 the clovers but larger and witli fewer blossoms. 



Scorpion ' Senna ' (164) — Coronilla femerus — is a dense shrub 4 to 



Fig. 154. — Scorpion ' Senna.' 



Fig. 155. 



- Glaucous Scorpion 

 ' Senna.' 



6 feet high, hardy only South. Leaves deep glossy-green (evergreen 

 South), of 5 to 7 blades broadest near their tips; flowers in clusters of 

 about three, large, yellow tipped with red. May to June. 



