LEGUMINOSiE. CIX. Lonchocarpus. CX. Roeinia. 



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than the leaves, and are, as well as the pedicels and calyxes, pu- 



. S. Native of Porto-Rico. 



bescent ; corolla 



glabrous. 



^ 



Amenmnum latifoliiini, Willd. spec. 4. p. 611. exclusive of the W 



sutures. ^ . ^. S. Native of French Guiana, in bushy places. 

 Robinia Nicou, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 771. t. 308. R. scandens, 



Flowers purple, diadelphous. There 



synonyme, and therefore the s 



as Pterocarpus latifolius of is a plant native of Cayenne which differs from the plant of Aublet 



Poir. diet. 4. p. 611. Calyx 5-toothed. Flowers of a purplish- in the leaflets being silky-pubescent beneath, and in the spikes 

 violet colour. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary pubescent, linear, being longer than the leaves. The twigs are cut and thrown 

 tapering to both ends. 



Broad-leaved Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1808. Tree 12 to 20 ft. 

 13 L. pube'scens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 11-13, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous, pubescent beneath ; 



into ponds and rivers for the purpose of intoxicating fish, in 

 order to take them, as those of Tephrbsia toxkaria^ see p. 229. 

 Nicou is the Caribbee name of the tree. 



Nicou 



Shrub cl. 



racemes axillary, filiform, length of leaves. Tj . S. Native of 20 L. oxyca'rpus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 261.) leaflets 7, oval, 



Caraccas. Amerimnum pubescens, Willd. spec. 3. p 



Pterocarpus pubescens, Poir. diet. 5. p. 740. The legume is beneath; racemes shorter than the leaves; pedicels 2-3-flow- 



909. abruptly, acutely, and mucronately acuminated, glabrous, palisl 



said to be 2-valved and many-seeded, and the stamens monadel- ered; calyx usually 5-toothed ; legume oblong, acuminated at 



phous. Flowers small, violet. 



Pubescent Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1824. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



14 L. RosEus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 13-15, lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, glabrous, shining above, but rather pale be- 

 neath ; racemes erect; pedicels 1-flowered; calyx truncate; ovate, acuminated on long petioles, glabrous ; racemes simple. 



both ends, compressed, few-seeded, not tumid at the sutures. 

 ^ . S. Native of Guadaloupe. Flowers purple, monadelphous. 



Sharp-fruited Lonchocarpus. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



21 L.? Ameri'mnum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 261.) leaflets 7, 



young legumes clothed with rufous-velvety down. Tj . S. Native 

 of South America. 



loose, shorter than the leaves ; calyx 5-toothed. Tj 



19. about Carthagena, in woods. Amerimnum pinnatum, Jacq. amer. 



Pseudo-acacia latifolia. Plum, spec 

 Robinia rosea, Mill. diet. no. 4. but not of Ell. Robinia lati- 

 folia, Poir. diet. 6. p. 224. but not of Mill. Flowers large, 

 showy, rose-coloured, ex Plum. Legume oblong, acute, 1-4- 

 seeded, tapering to the base. 



ifo5<?-coloured-flowered Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1700. Tree 20 

 to 30 feet. . 



15 L. ? pteroca'rpus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 5, oval- 

 oblong, acuminated, quite smooth, shining above, but glaucescent 

 beneath ; racemes axillary, length of leaves ; legume oblong, 

 acummated at both ends, winged on the upper suture. 

 Native of French Guiana. Flowers unknown, 

 inches long, and 1-2-seeded from abortion. 



Wing-fruited Lonchocarpus. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



IG L. SE piuM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 11-15, ovate, late, 2 upper ones shorter and approximate, 

 bluntly acuminated, membranous, rather puberulous above, but ceous. Vexillum large. 



deciduous. Ovarv 16-20-ovulate. Style bearded in 



200. t. 177. f. 50. Flowers yellow, monadelphous. 

 Amerimnum-Wke Lonchocarpus. Tree 14 feet. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Eysenhdrdiia^ p. 234. 



CX. ROBPNIA (in honour of Jean Robin, a French bota- 

 nist, once herbalist to Henry IV. of France, author of Ilistoire 

 des Plantes, 12mo. Paris, 1620. printed also with the second 

 edition of Lonicier's History of Plants. His son Vespasian was 

 subdemonstrator at the Jardin du Roi, and was the first person 



Fj - S. who cultivated the Pseudacacia in Europe). 



D. C. mem. leg. vi. 



Legume 2 or 3 



prod. 2. p. 261.— Pseudacac;a, Tourn. inst. t. 417. Moench. 



P 

 meth. 145. 



Robinia species of Lin. and others. 



Lin. syst. Diadclphia, Decdndria. Teeth of calyx 5, lanceo- 



Corolla papiliona- 



Keel obtuse. 



glabrous and pale beneath ; racemes shorter than the leaves ; 

 pedicels 1-flowered: calyx truncate; legumes glabrous, oblong- 

 S Tu' ^^"^P^^^s^d, callous at the sutures. Tj . S. Native of 

 C5t. Martha, and at Carthagena, where it is used for hedges to 

 gardens. Robinia sepium, Jacq. amer. 211. t. 129. f. 101. 

 flowers rose-coloured. Stamens diadelphous. Legume about 

 4 inches long, 4-seeded. 



//e.'/p Lonchocarpus. Clt. 1821. Tree 30 feet. 



1/ L. MAcuLA^Tus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 260.) leaflets 17, oblong, 



Obtuse, beset with adpressed pili above, but glaucescent and 



spotted with black beneath ; calyx campanulately urceolate, nearly 



*re, puberulous ; legume linear, compressed, with thickened 



argins. ^2 . S. Native about Campeachy. Robinia macu- 

 do a • ^' Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 394. This plant, 



ong with the preceding species, may form a distinct genus, 

 ^•bich may be called GlycJdia. 



^pof/erf-leaved Lonchocarpus. Tree 30 feet. 



bl t1 ^^^K^'^^^^ (^' C. prod. 2. p. 261.) leaflets 5-7, oval, 

 ^^untly acummated, glabrous, pale beneath; racemes shorter 



clab 1^^^-' P^*^^^^^s 2-flowered ; calyx truncate ; legumes 



?*^.i^*^^^' elliptic-oblong, compressed, few-seeded, rather callous 



^ ^. S. Native of St- Domingo. Robinia se- 



dift^' f ^^^' P'"?^" ^^^' Flowers rose-coloured. This species 

 ers trom L. septum in the flowers beins smaller and monadel- 

 phous, not diadelphous. 



1 q "t '""xT ^^»c^i«carpus. Tree 20 feet. 



minat 1 l k'^ ^^' ^' P^^^* ^- P' ^^^'^ leaflets 7, ovate, acu- 

 r^T^^ glabrous ; branches sarmentose, rather climbing ; ra- 



Stamens diadelphous, 



front. 



Legume compressed, almost sessile, many- seeded, with the valves 



" '" North 



Leaves 



thin and flat, margined at the seminiferous suture. 

 American trees, usually furnished with stipular spines, 

 impari-pinnate ; leaflets petiolulate, and furnished with stipels at 

 the base. Flowers white or rose-coloured, disposed in axillary, 



usually nodding racemes. 



1 R. pseudaca'cia (Lin. spec. lOiS.) spines stipular ; branches 



twiggy; racemes loose, pendulous, and are, as well as the 

 legumes smooth ; leaflets ovate. 1^ . H. Native of Nortli 

 America, from Canada to Carolina. Lam. ill. t. Q6Q. f. 1. 

 Duham. arbr. ed. nov. 2. t. 16. iEschynomene pseudacacia, 



Roxb. Pseudacacia odorata, Moench 

 sweet-scented. 



Flowers white, 



bearing 



tubercles. 



at the 



sutures. 



Roots creeping, the fibres someti 

 The Common, False, or Bastard Acacia, called Lo- 

 cust-tree in America, grows very fast whilst young, so that in a 

 few years from seed the plants rise to 8 or 10 feet high, and it 

 is not uncommon to see shoots of this tree 6 or 8 feet long in 

 one summer. The branches are armed with stipular hooked 

 prickles. The leaves have 8 or 10 pairs of bright green leaflets. 

 The flowers come out from the sides of the branches in pretty 

 long bunches, hanging down like those of Laburnum, white, and 

 smelling very sweet; they appear in June, and when the trees 

 are fulfof flowers they make a very fine appearance, and per- 

 fume the air round them, but they seldom continue more than 

 one week. The wood is valued in North America for its dura- 

 bility. Most of the houses which were built at Boston in New 



ttlm^T of the English, were constructed 



England on the first 



cernes spjke-formedV^edTceiri^^^^ of tliis timber. The tree being very liable to be broken by high 



*^ume elongated, glabrous, 4-seeded, rather callous at the winds, and the leaves not appearing till late m the summer, and 



