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COLUTEA, Bladder fena. 



The Characters are ; 

 // hath a papilionaceous, or But- 

 terfly Flanuer, which is fucceeded by 

 Pods,fomeivhat refembling the inflated 

 Bladders of Fifties ; in which are con- 

 tained fti'era/ kidney-jhaped Seeds. 



The Species are; 

 . I. Co I. utea <vcficaria. C. B. 

 Bladder-fena. 



2. Co lute a <veficaria, *veflculis 

 mhentibus. J. B. Bladder-fena with 

 redifh colour'd Pods. 



3. Co lute a Orien talis, flore fan- 

 gtunei coloris, /utea macula notato. 

 Tcurn. Cor. Eailern Bladder-fena, 

 with blood-colour'd Flowers fpotted 

 with Yellow. 



4. Colutea JEthicpica, flore phx- 

 m ceo, folio Barbte-Jovis. Breyn. Cent. 

 Ethiopian Bladder-fena, with fcarlet 

 Flowers,, and Leaves like the Silver- 

 bum. 



5. Colutea Africana annua, 

 faliis pari'is mucronatis, <vcjicidis com- 

 prejjis. Hort. Amft. African annual 

 Eladder-fena, with fmall pointed 

 Leaves, and compreffed Pods. 



6. Colutea foliclis o<vatis, caule 

 arborco. Bladder - fena with oval 

 Leaves, and a woody Stem. 



The two hrft Sorts are promif- 

 cuoufly fold by the Gardeners near 

 London, amongft other flowering 

 Shrubs, and are feldom diftinguilhed 

 but by Bctanifts. 



Thefe are propagated by fowing 

 their Seeds any time in the Spring, 

 in a Bed of common Earth; and 

 when the Plants are come up, they 

 xnuft be kept clear from Weeds ; 

 and the Michaelmas following, they 

 mould be tranfpLinted either into 

 Nurfery-rows, or in the Places where 

 they are defigned to remain : for if 

 they are let grow in the Seed-bed 

 too long,* they are very fubject. to 

 have downright Tap-roots, which 

 tender* them unfit for Tranfplau- 



ation: nor mould thefe Trees be 

 fuffered to remain too long in the 

 Nurfery before they are tranlplanted, 

 for the fame Reafon. 



Thefe Shrubs grow to the Height 

 of ten or fifteen Feet, and are very 

 proper to intermix with Trees of a 

 middling Growth in Wildernefs- 

 quarter*, or in Clumps of flowering 

 Trees, where the Oddnefs of their 

 Flowers and Pods will make a pretty 

 Variety, efpecially as thefe Trees 

 continue a long time in Flower; 

 for they ufually begin flowering by 

 the End of May ; and from that 

 time, to September, they are feldom 

 deilitute of Flowers. 



ThefeTrees make great Shoots an- 

 nually, which are frequently broken 

 down by ftrong Winds in Summer; 

 fo that if they are not fheltered by 

 other Trees, their Branches fhould 

 be fupported ; othei wife they will 

 be broken, and fplit off, whereby 

 the Trees will be rendered un- 

 fightly." 



The third Sort was difcovered by 

 Dr. Tcurnpfort in the Levant ; from 

 whence he fent the Seeds to the 

 Royal Gardens at Paris ; and the 

 Seeds have fmce been communicated 

 to the Gardens in fevcral Parts of 

 Europe ; and in England are now be- 

 come common in feveral Nurferies 

 near London. 



This Sort does not grow quite 

 fo tail as the common ; but makes 

 a more regular Shrub than that. 

 The Flowers of this Sort are of a 

 duiky-red Colour, fpotted with Yel- 

 low ; fo it makes a very pretty Va- 

 riety, and is as hardy as the com- 

 mon Sort ; therefore may be pro- 

 pagated by Seeds in the fame man- 

 ner. 



The fourth Sort is tender ; fo 

 will not live thro' the Winters, when 

 they are fevere, in the open Air in 

 iL--rJand- t but in mild Winters, if 



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