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Piptanthus (From pipto to fall and anthos)

(from pipto, to fall, and anthos, a flower; the teeth of the calyx, as well as the petals and stamens, very soon fall off). ORD. Leguminosae. A monotypic genus, the species being a very handsome, hardy or nearly hardy, evergreen shrub. It thrives best in a rich sandy loam, and in exposed parts should have the protection of a wall. Propagated by seeds; by cuttings of the ripened shoots, inserted under a hand light; and by layers. P. nepalensis (Nepaulese).* Evergreen Laburnum. fl. yellow, large, in terminal, bracteate racemes; standard orbicular, slightly exceeding the wings, the sides reflexed; wings oblong-obovate; keel as long as, or longer than, the wings, scarcely incurved; petals connate at the base. Spring. l. alternate, petiolate, digitately trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate, acute, slightly hairy; stipules united in one, opposite the leaves. h. 10ft. Temperate Himalaya, 1821. (S. B. F. G. 264; H. E. F 131, under name of Baptisia nepalensis.)