CHAP. XLI. 



LEGUMlNA^CEiE. CORONl'LLA. 



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Swainsoma. Salisb. is a genus of elegant New Holland shrubs, all beautiful, and well deserving a 

 place against a low conservative wall in a mild locality. S. galegifdlia R. Br. (Bot. Mag., t.792., and 



344 



345 



our Jig. 344.) grows to the height of 3 ft. ; and produces red flowers from June to August. There is 



a variety of this with white flowers, figured in Bot. Reg.,t. 994. S. coronillcefblia Salisb. (Bot. Mag. t 



1. 1725.) and S. lesser ti&fblia Dec. are rather herbaceous than ligneous ; 



but their flowers are large and handsome, and, when kept in a frame 



during winter, and turned out in the borders in spring, they make a fine 



appearance. 



Lesse'rt'm Dec. contains some undershrubs, one or two of which have 

 been introduced. L.fruticbsa Lindl. {Bot. Reg., t. 970., and our fig. 345.) 

 is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, which grows to the height of 3 ft., 

 and produces its purple flowers in July ahd August. 



Sittkerldndia frutescens R. Br., Colutea frutescens L. 



(Bot. Mag. y t. 181. ; and our Jig. 346.) is a hoary shrub, 



with large, elegant, scarlet, showy flowers, a native of th, 

 Cape of Good Hope. It grows to the height of 3 fte 

 or 4 ft., flowering from June to August ; and, in very, 

 mild winters, it will stand in the borders without protec- 

 tion. S. microphylla Burch. is another Cape species, 

 which has not yet been introduced. 



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Sect. III. ifEDYSA'RE,E. 



Genus XVIII. 



CORONFLLA Neck. The Coronilla. Lin. Syst. Diadelphia Decandria. 



111., t. 630. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 309. 



Identification. Neck. Elem., No. 1319.; Lam. 

 Synonyme. Coronfllasp. of Lin. and others. 



x x 3 



