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CARAGANA pygmea. 
Dwarf Caragana. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lucuminos%, Tribus Loteze Decandolle. 
CARAGANA Lam.— Calyx breviter tubulosus 5-dentatus. 
obtusa recta alis vexilloque longitudine subequalis. Stamina diadelpha 
(9-1). Stylus glaber. Stigma terminale truncatum. Legumen sessile, 
junids compressum, demim subcylindricum, polyspermum, stylo mucronatum. 
Semina subglobosa. Arbores fruticesve Sibiricee aut Orientales. Folia 
abrupte pinnata, foliolis ‘mucronatis petiolo apice setoso aut spinescente. 
Pediculi azillares uniflori sepius fasciculatz. Flores flavi aut in sold 
C. jubata albi subrubentes. Stipulee sepius spinescentes. Decand. prodr. 
2. 268. 
Corolla 
C. pygmea ; foliolis bijugis ad apicem petioli brevissimi approximatis lineari- 
bus glabris, stipulis petiolisque spinescentibus, pedicellis solitariis calycis 
feré longitudine, calyce basi subeequali. Decand. 1. c. 
Aspalathus frutescens minor angustifolius cortice aureo. Amm. stirp. ruth. 
p- 204. t. 35. 
Robinia pygmea. Linn. sp. pl. 1044. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 45. aliorumque. 
Trunci cortice lutescente nitido vestiti; lignum saturatissime spadiceum, 
durissimum, fere corneum, alburno tenut flavo. Virgee seniores teretes epider- 
mide pulchré aurata nitidissima vestite in spontaneis ; quod vix in hortensi 
apparet. Ramuli grisez gemms creberrimis bispinosis. Spinule exiles, 
aciculares, patentes a stipulis orte, in semoribus ramis decidue. Foliola 
quaterna vel sena in spontaneo frutice fasciculatim conferta, omnind sessilia, 
lineari-acuminata, hispidula. Pedunculi ¢ ramulorum plerisque gemmis 
inter folia enati solitarii, foliolorum longitudine articulo infracti. Calyx 
subpilosus campanulatus, margrne quinquedentatus dentibus 2 superioribus 
approximatis. Corolla dupla calycis, flavissima: vexillo ovato compresso 
dorso fulvescente; alis lato-lanceolatis vexillum equantibus; carina tan- 
tillum breviore. Legumina terett-compressiuscula, regida, mucronata. Semina 
partim ovata, partim oblonga, lutescentia, punctis nigris magis minusve 
crebris pulverata. Pallas. 
This handsome shrub grows spontaneously, in hilly 
places, in the southern provinces of the Russian dominions, 
especially about the river Tschargurban, and on the moun- 
