um major, flore vario, siliquis articulatis.
_Bauh. Pin. p. 349._

SECURIDACA II. altera species. _Clus. Hist. 2. ccxxxvij._ The
greater joynted Hatchet Vetch. _Park. Theat. p. 1088._

CLUSIUS, in his work above referred to, informs us that he found this
plant growing wild in various parts of Germany, in meadows, fields, and
by road sides; that it flowered in June, sometimes the whole summer
through, and ripened its seeds in July and August; the blossoms he found
subject to much variation of colour, being either deep purple, whitish,
or even wholly white: CASP. BAUHINE notices another variety, in which
the alae are white and the rostrum purple; this variety, which we have
had the honour to receive from the Earl of EGREMONT is the most
desirable one to cultivate in gardens, as it is more ornamental than the
one wholly purple, most commonly met with in the nurseries, and
corresponds also better with its name of _varia_; it is to be noted
however that this variety of colour exists only in the young blossoms.

The Coronilla varia is a hardy, perennial, herbaceous plant, climbing,
if supported, to the height of four or five feet, otherwise spreading
widely on the ground, and frequently injuring less robust plants growing
near it; on this account, as well as from its having powerfully creeping
roots whereby it greatly increases, though a pretty plant, and flowering
during most of the summer, it is not to be introduced without caution,
and is rather to be placed in the shrubbery, or outskirts of the garden,
than in the flower border.

It will grow in any soil or situation, but blossoms and seeds most
freely in a soil moderately dry.

PARKINSON in his _Theater of Plants_, mentions its being cultivated, as
an ornamental plant. _Ait. Kew._

Its bitterness, will be an objection to its being cultivated for the use
of cattle, for which purpose it has been recommended.

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LILIUM CATESBAEI. CATESBY'S LILY.

_Class and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cor._ 6-petala campanulata: linea longitudinali nectarifera.
_Caps._ valvulis pilo cancellato connexis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

LILIUM _Catesbaei_ caule unifloro, petalis erectis unguiculatis.
_Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 13._ _Gmel. p. 545._

LILIUM _Catesbaei_ foliis sparsis, bipedali, flore unico erecto,
corolla campanulata, petalis unguibus angustis longis. _Walt. Fl.
Carol. p.