duous shrub,
|Leguminosae |June |reaching a height of 8 to
| | |12 feet, clothed with
| | |pretty divided leaves, and
| | |with a profusion of
| | |pea-shaped flowers,
| | |succeeded by large inflated
| | |seed-pods, which form a
| | |very noticeable feature.
| | |These pods are green,
| | |tinged with red. The
| | |Coluteas are very useful,
| | |as they will thrive in dry
| | |sandy soils where many
| | |shrubs would perish.
| | |
*C. cruenta, Syn. |Orient |Reddish |After the manner of the
C. orientalis, and | | |last, from which it differs
C. sanguinea. | | |in its glaucous leaves,
| | |reddish flowers, and
| | |deeper-tinted seed-pods. It
| | |is also somewhat dwarfer.
| | |
Coronilla Emerus |Southern Europe;|Yellow- |A free-growing bush 6 feet
(the Scorpion Senna|Leguminosae |tinged |high, with a profusion of
Coronilla) | |red; May |pea-shaped blossoms. It
| |and June |needs a well-drained, warm
| | |soil.
| | |
C. juncea (the |South of France |Bright |An erect shrub less than a
Rush-like | |yellow |yard high, with rush-like
Coronilla) | | |shoots, suggesting those
| | |of the Spanish Broom, and
| | |also almost devoid of
| | |leaves. When in full bloom
| | |it is decidedly pretty.