CHAP. XLI, 



LEGUMlNA^CEiE. //EDYSA V RE7E. 



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^?£nfct C ' n?} en ?u ?* L ^'K and f 0t ' *#■' fc " 185 ' the C - hi «P^^a of Aftf/., and our 



ng-o-w. is a native ot the south of Italy, and has deep yellow flow err 



are produced from March to November. ' 

 height of 3 ft. in British gardens. 



... very fragrant at night, which 

 U has been in cultivation since 159(5, and grows to the 



innm^f 3 Desf - *t a native of A1 S iers » wh ere it grows to the height of 4 ft. It was introduced 

 in inx), and flowers in June and July. 



*™2,£S?^ hcb Botm l Iag " L ia ' L and ou , r ^- 350) is a native of Fra "ce, about Narbonne. It was in. 

 ™ " "J, 7 * h and Srovvs to the height of 4 ft., producing its beautiful yellow flowers, which are 

 fragrant in the day-time, but scentless at night, from May to September * 



{Do£ r s 8 Mili a t 'ItT) 31 ^ 6 ° f Candia ' said t0 have been introduc ed in 1664; " a very doubtful plant." 



n«£S' a ? ea ^il 2 ' p -, 310 -' is a native of S P ain » with P ale yellow flowers, and is, perhaps, 

 only a variety of some of the other species. v * 



App. I. Hardy suffruticose Species ofHedysdrece. 



v 3Sii S ^' UmfrU u Cd ™ m J J - {GmeL Sib -> 4 - *■ 22 -) is an erect P lant > with somewhat shrubby branches, 

 very handsome when in flower, and extremely useful in the deserts of Siberia, in fixing the sand. 

 It has been in cultivation since 1792, and grows to the height of 3 ft or 4 ft 



Half-hard?/ ligneous Species of Hedysdrea?. 



352 



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The half-hardy species of 

 this tribe are numerous; but, 

 as most of them will live in a 

 cold-pit, or even in the open 

 garden, in the warmest parts 

 of the south of England, we 

 consider it advisable to notice 

 at least one species of each 

 genus. 



Hippocrepis baledrica Jacq. 

 (Bat. Mag., t. 427., and our 

 Jigs. 351, 35%.) is a native of 

 Minorca, with the general ap- 

 pearance of Coronilla. It has 

 been in the country since 1776, 

 flowering in green-houses, and 

 cold-pits, from May to July. 

 Adesmia Dec. is a genus of South American plants, some of which are shrubby: the appearance 

 of several of them resembles that of Genista; and they are all of remarkably easy culture. 

 A. microphylla Hook. {Bot. Cab., t. 1691., and our 

 figs. 353, 354.) is a dichotomous plant, resembling 

 furze, a native of Valparaiso, introduced in 1776, 

 quite hardy, and flowering throughout the sum- 

 mer. 



A. Loudbnia. Hook. (Bot. Reg., 1720., and our 

 figs. 355, 356.) is a native of Valparaiso, where it 

 grows to the height of 2 ft., with upright branches, 

 which are copiously clad with hoary, pinnate, very 

 silky leaves. It was introduced in 1832, and is 

 nearly hardy. 



A. viscdsa Gill, et Hook. (Suit. Fl. Gard., 2d ser. 

 t. 230., and our fig. 357.) is a native of Chili, with 

 clammy leaves and shoots; introduced in 1832, 

 and producing its yellow flowers in August. It 

 forms a very handsome shrub, of upright growth, 

 with elegant leaves, having sometimes as many as 

 14 pairs of crenated leaflets. It appears to be as 

 hardy as Edwardsm microphylla, or more so; for a plant in the Exotic Nursery, King's Road, ha_ 

 stood out against a wall with a western exposure, and attained the height of 10 ft. 



A. uspallatensis Gill.(Sw>. Brit. Fl. Gard., 2d ser. t. 222., is a slender, thorny, diminutive shrub, a 

 native of Chili, introduced by Mr. Cuming in 1832. Its blossoms are of a rich yellow, streaked with 

 red ; and its legumes, when full grown, are adorned with long feathery hairs. 



Uraria Desv. is a tropical genus, one species of which, U. arbbrea G. Don, /fedfcarum arbdreum 

 Hamilt., is a native of Nepal, where it grows to a tree 12 ft. in height. 



Desmddfum Dec. is a tropical genus, of which several species are natives of Nepal, and may pro- 

 bably be found half-hardy. The only ligneous species which is already introduced is D. relilsum 



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