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OTHER SPECIES OF ASTRAGALUS. 
A. SUCCULENTUS, Spreng. ; Bot. Reg. 1. 1324. 
A very beautiful species, with pinkish lilac flowers; found by Dr. Richardson in Arctic America, and 
introduced in 1827. It is a decumbent plant, quite hardy, but requiring peat earth. 
A. LINEARIFOLIUS, Pers..- A. ONOBRYCHIS, iiar. ANGUSTIFOLIUS, Bee. ,• A. TENUIFOLIUS, fTiV/d. , Swt. BrU. 
Flow. Card. t. 73. 
A handsome species, with dark reddish purple flowers, and leaves with twelve or thirteen pairs of leaflets ; 
the stem is erect, and the plant grows about two feet high, the stem and branches being covered with a dark 
brown or black down. The species is a native of Siberia, and it was introduced in 1780. It will grow in any 
common garden soil. 
A. CARYOCARPUS, Dec. ; A. CRASSICARPUS, Fras.; A. CARNOSUS, Null.; Bot. Beg. t. 176. 
This species is remarkable for its pods, which resemble small walnuts ; but it is more curious than beautiful, 
as the flowers have a pale, faded appearance. It is a native of Louisiana, whence it was introduced in 1811. 
A. STIPULATUS, Don ; Bol. Mag. t. 2380. 
A native of Nepaul ; introduced in 1821. A tall weedy plant, with small, dingy flowers. 
A. MONSPESSULANUS Lin.; Bot. Mag.t. 375. 
A pretty little dwarf plant, with rather large pinkish flowers. A native of the south of France, where it 
grows in great abundance on the rocks near Montpelier. It was introduced by Dr. Pitcairn in 1776. It is very 
suitable for rockwork, or growing in a pot, as its flowering stems will hang down to a considerable length ; but 
it is not at all fit for growing in a border, as the flowers lie on the ground, and get dirty and disfigured by the 
first shower of rain. It is propagated by seeds, or cuttings of the stem, which strike freely ; but it is generally 
killed by any attempt to divide the root. 
A. BRACHYCARPUS, Bieb. ,- Bot. Mag. t. 2335. 
The flowers are reddish, and resemble those of A. monspessulanus, but the flower-stem is more erect, and the 
leaflets are rounder. A native of Mount Caucasus, introduced in 1820. It is propagated by seeds, and forms a 
very pretty little border-plant. The specific name signifies short-podded, and alludes to the pod being shorter 
than the calyx. 
GENUS XII. 
CORONILLA, Dec. THE CORONILLA, OR HATCHET VETCH 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
diadelphous. Legiime nearly temate, slender, at length separating into 
oblong l-seeded joints. Seeds ovato or cylindrical. (G.Don.) 
Geitiehic Chaiucter, — Calyx cainpanulatc, short, 5-toothed, the two 
■uperior teeth approximate, and joined together higher up than the rest. 
Claws of petals usually longer tlian the calyx. Carina acute. Stamens 
Description, &c. — Most of the species are shrubs, but there are several hardy perennials belonging to the 
genus, and one or two annuals. The name of Coronilla, signifies crown-flower, and alludes to the flowers being 
produced in tufts or crowns on the upper part of the stem. 
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