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THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
A. ANNULARIS, Forsk. 
A spreading procumbent plant, vrith whitish green leaves, and rose-coloured flowers. A native of Egypt. 
Introduced in 1800. 
A. CANALICULATUS, Willd. 
A native of the south of Europe, with white flowers. Introduced in 1816. 
A. RETICULATUS, Sieb. 
A very small plant, with curious hooked, netted legumes, and bright blue flowers. A native of Middle 
Iberia. Introduced in 1828. 
A. HAMOSUS, Lin. 
Flowers pale yellow, and plant prostrate. Seeds of this species are frequently sold under the name of 
caterpillars in the seed-shops, in allusion to the curious shape of the pods. This species is a native of the South 
of Europe, and was introduced about 1640. 
There are many other species with pale-yellow flowers, all of which have been introduced ; and the seeds of 
one of which are used in Hungary, after having been roasted and ground, as a substitute for cofi^e. 
GENUS V. 
CORONILLA, Lin. THE CORONILLA, OR SCORPION-SENNA. 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Chaiuctek. — Calyx 5-toothed, two upper teeth approximate. Petals unguiculate. Keel acute. 
Description, &c. — The shrubs belonging to this order are well known, but the annual plants are very seldom 
seen in cultivation. The name of coroniUa is from corona, a crown, in allusion to the disposition of the flowers in 
heads or umbels. 
1.— CORONILLA CRETICA, Un. THE CRETAN CORONILLA. 
Synonymes. — C. parviflora, ilf (Encft. ; Astrolobium creticum, Dej. I acute ; leaflets 1 1 — 13, cuneated, retuse, the lower ones remote from 
Specific Characteiu — Plant ascending, glabrous; stipules small, | the stem; umbels 3 — 6 flowered. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — A very pretty plant, with white flowers, the standard being streaked with red, and the 
keel dark purple. A native of Candia, Tauria, and Italy, on hills, introduced in 1731. This plant was formerly 
very common in flower-gardens, but it appears to have gradually gone out of cultivation, and we do not know 
where seeds are now to be procured. 
2 CORONILLA SECURIDACA, Lin. THE HATCHET-VETCH. 
Synonymes. — Securigera CoroniUa, Dec. ; Securidaca lutea. Mill. ; 
S. legitima, G<srtn. 
Specific Character. — Plant prostrate. Legume compressed, flat, 
with rather prominent sutures, the seeds separated by spongy substance, 
not articulated, linear, ending in a long beak at the apex. Seeds 
8 — 10, compressed. Flowers yellow, 3 or 4 in an umbel. 
Though the name of this plant is found in every seedsman's catalogue, it is scarcely worth growing, from its 
coarse and spreading habit of growth. It is a prostrate plant, with coarse strong stems from a foot to two feet 
long, and divided into many branches. The leaves are pinnate, and are composed of seven or eight pairs of 
