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52690 to 52700— Continued. 



52691. Caragana aeborescens Lam. Siberian pea tree. 

 "Variety sophoraefolia." (Vilmorin^Andrieux d Co.) 



A form of Caragana arborescens with extremely small leaflets. 

 (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Handhuch der Lauhholzkunde, vol. 

 2, p. 95.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 52451. 



52692. Caragana abbokescens cuneitolia (Dipp.) C. Schneid. 



Siberian pea tree. 



A small form of Caragana arhorescena with truly cuneate leaves. 

 (Adapted from Schneider, Illustriertes Handhuch der Lauhholdzkunde, 

 vol. 2, p. 95.) 



52693. Caragana fbutex (L.) Koch. 



A handsome bushy shrub, native to Siberia and quite hardy in Eng- 

 land, with smooth spreading branches and pinnate leaves with two pairs 

 of leaflets which are very close to each other at the point of the petiole ; 

 the pale-green leaflets are obovate. The bright-yellow flowers, solitary 

 or in pairs, are produced in the abortive shoots of the last year. The 

 peduncles are long and slender, jointed, and smooth. (Adapted from 

 Sweet, British Floioer Garden, vol. 3, p. 227.) 



52694. Caragana fbutex (L.) Koch. 



"Variety pygmaea." (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co.) 

 A dwarf form. 



52695. Caragana fbutex (L.) Koch. 



"Variety sylvatica'' {Vilmorin-Andrieux d Co.) 



52696. CaBAGANA GBANDIFIiOBA DC. 



A densely branching shrub with shining brown bark ornamented with 

 white longitudinal streaks. The spiny stipules are reflexed and spread- 

 ing; the paired spiny mucronate leaves, 4 to 7 centimeters long, are 

 clustered at the tips of the branchlets. The ovate-oblong shining leaflets 

 are cuneate at the base and 1 to 10 millimeters long. The yellow flow- 

 ers, 6 to 10 millimeters long, are often solitary on peduncles 10 to 12 

 millimeters iQug. (Adapted from Komarov, Acta Horti PetropoUtani, 

 vol. 29, p. 219.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 30546. 



52697. Cabagana micbophylla Lam. 



"Variety glomerata arenaria.'' (Vilmorin-Andrieux d Co.) 



A form of Caragana microphylla, variety glomerata, which has a rachis 

 about 6 to 7 centimeters long and ovate or elliptic leaves about 2 to 6 

 centimeters long. (Adapted from Komarov, Acta Horti Petropolitani, 

 vol. 29, p. 350.) 



52698. Cabagana pygmaea (L.) DC. 



A handsome shrub with small leaves and yellow flowers, which grows 

 spontaneously in hilly places in the southern provinces of Russia, espe- 

 cially about the River Tschargurban, also in great abundance in all the 

 provinces south of Lake Baikal. In cultivation it rarely exceeds 4 feet, 

 but in its wild state it is often 6 feet high with a stem 2 inches thick. 

 The shoots when old are long and flexible, of bright-yellow color, and are 

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