CHAP. XL!. 



LLC U M 1 N AH'K/E. CABAGA'NA. 



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Variety. 



C. (A.) It. 2 }))'ce K cox Fisch. only differs from C. Redowski in coming into 

 flower earlier. The specimen in the Horticultural Society's Garden 

 was in full leaf, and in flower, on April 30. 1836, when C. frutescens 

 and C. arborescens had not a single leaf expanded. 



The Sand Caragana. 



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& 5. C. (a.) arena v ria Donn and Sims. 



Identification. Donn Hort. Cant. ; Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1886. 

 Engravings. Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1886. ; and our Jig. 309. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves with, usually, 4 or more 

 pairs of obcordate leaflets. Pedicels usually twin, 

 and shorter than the flowers. Stipules subulate. 

 Flowers yellow. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 243.) A 

 low shrub, a native of Siberia ; introduced 

 in 1802; flowering in April and May; and, as we 

 think, only another variety of C. arborescens. 

 It ripens seeds in England, but is generally 

 propagated by grafting; and the price, in the 

 London nurseries, is the same as for C. Altagdna. 



3fe 6. C. frutescens Dec. The shrubby Caragana. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 268. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 843. 



Synonymes. Robin/a frutescens Lin. Spec, 1044., Pall. Ft. Ross., t. 43. : C. digitata Lam Diet 



1. p. 616. 

 Engravings. Swt. Fl.-Gard., t. 227.; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 43., as Robim'a frutescens ; and our Jig. 310. 



Spec. Char., eye. 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., ii. p. 243.) 



Varieties. De Candolle mentions two forms of this species 

 viz. : 



& C.f. 1 latijolia, which has glabrous broadly obovate 3 

 leaflets, and is frequent in gardens ; there being 

 a subvariety, with 2-flowered peduncles; and 

 ^ C. /. 2 angustifdlia, which has glabrous oblong 

 cuneated leaflets, and is found near Odessa 

 (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 268.) 



Description, $e. The species is a shrub, a native of Russia, on the banks 

 of the Wolga and other rivers. In open situations, according to Pallas, it 

 does not exceed 5 ft. in height ; but in woods and gardens it grows as high 

 as 9 ft. or 10 ft., flowering in May, along with Cytisus purpureus. In British gar- 

 dens, it is generally raised from layers, or by grafting, and is frequently found 

 as high as 6 ft. or 8 ft. It was introduced in 1752, and is frequent in Euro- 

 pean gardens. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 2s. Qd. each ; at 

 Bollwyller, 1 franc 50 cents. 



-** 7. C. (f.) mollis Bess. The soft Caragana. 



Identification. Bess. Enum. PI. Volh., p. 29. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 243. 



Synonymes. Robinz'a mollis Bleb. Fl. Taur. Suppl., 477. ; Robim'a tomentbsa Fisch. Hort. Gorenk., 

 1818; Caragana frutescens var. m611is Dec Prod., 2. p. 268. 



Spec. Char., 8fC. 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. Pedicels solitary. Flowers yellow. 

 {Dec. Prod., ii. p. 268.) A shrub, a native of Tauria and Podolia, where it grows to the height of 

 2 ft. or 3 ft., and produces its yellow flowers in April and May. It was introduced in 1818, but 

 is not common in collections. 



m 8. C. PYG3iiE v A Dee. The pygmy Caragana. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 268. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 243. 



Synonyme. Robin/a pygmje\i Lin. Sp., 1044., Pall. Fl. Ross., I. t. 45., Amm. Ruth., t. 35. 



Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t, 45. ; Amm. Ruth., t. 35., as Robin/Vr pygma^a ; and our fig. 31 1 



