CORONILLA IBLR'ICA. 
IBERIAN CORONILLA. 
Class. Order. 
niADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
LEGUM1NOS/E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Iberia. 
6 inches. 
July, Sept. 
’Perennial. 
in 1822. 
No. 446. 
The word, Coronilla, is derived from the Latin 
corona, a crown; and the diminutive of the word is 
implied by its termination. Hence the idea — a little 
crown; which is, aptly enough, applied to the pre- 
sent golden flowered species of the genus. Iberica, 
in the present instance, is not intended to apply to 
any part of Spain; but to a district bordering on 
Mount Caucasus, to which the plant is referred by 
Marschall, in his Russian Botany. 
The Coronilla Iberica is a delightful plant for 
the foreground of the parterre, a situation which it 
claims, as well on account of its attractions, as from 
its stature. It spreads freely, completely covering 
the surface of the soil with its neat foliage; from 
amongst which, rise its brilliant little coronets, in 
pleasing contrast to the ground-work wrought by 
its own procumbent branches. 
Luxuriant foliage and flowers will be yielded by 
a rich fresh loamy soil; but in a light and impo- 
verished one, although it may live and increase, 
they will be comparatively few and diminutive. It 
should be planted in an open situation, uninfluenced 
by the shade of trees. 
Ency. of PI. 628. 
