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CAR AG AN A frutescens.
Shrubby Caragana.
Natural Order. L eg um in o sa ;. DC. prod. 2. p. 269.
Subordo I . PAPILIONACEM.— Tribus I I . L o te a :. Supra foUòQ.
Snbtribus IV . Oa LEGEM- Lc^umeii 1-loculare. Niamintidiadel-
pba, rariùs monadelpha. CaaZes herbacei fruticosi ant arborei. Folia
primordialia aut alterna aut opposita disparia, imo simplici, altero
pinnato. DC. I. c. p. 243.
C A R AG A N A . Calyx breviter tubulosus 5-dentatus. Corolla obtusa
recta alis vexilloque longitudine sub®qualis. Stamina diadelpha
( 9 e t l ) . SZj/Zas glaber. Szi^rtna terminale truncatum. Legumen sessile,
junius compressum, demùm subcylindricum, polyspermum
stylo mucronatum. Semina subglobosa.—Arbores fruticesve Sibiri-
ca ant Orientales. Folia abruptè pinnata, foliolis mucronatis petiolo
apice setoso aut spinescente. Pediouli axillares unißori sapiùs fasci-
culati. Tloresßavi aut in sola C. jubatà albisubrubentes. Stipul® s c e -
piils spinescentes. DC. prodr. 2. p. 268.
0 . frutescens, foliolis bijugis ad apicem petioli approximatis obovato-
cuneatis glabris, stipulis membranaceis, petiolo apice brevi spinescente,
pedunculis solitariis calyce duplo longioribus, legumini-
bus glabris.
Caragana frutescens. DC. prodr. 2. p. 269. Pers. s y n .2 .p .9 \2 . Swt.
hort. brit. p. 125.
Robinia frutescens. Linn. spec. \644. Pali. f l. ross. t. 49, Willden.
spec. 4. p. 325. Schmidt arb. 1. p. 34. t. 34. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4.
p. 325. Spreng. syst. 3. p. 245. Lam. diet. 1. p. 616.
A handsome bushy shrub ; branches spreading, angular,
smooth. Leaves smooth, pinnate, with 2 pair of leaflets,
which are very close to each other, at the point of the
petiole : leaflets obovate or cuneate, tapering to the base,
mucronate, pinnately nerved, and reticulately veined, of a
pale green colour. Petioles channelled on the upper side,
and convex on the lower, terminated in a short slender spine.
Stipules lanceolate, acute, slightly fringed. Flowers solitary,
or sometimes in pairs, produced in the abortive shoots
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