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LEGUMINOSiE. CCXLIII. Moringa. CCXLIV. Gleditschia. CCXLV. Gymnocladus. 



Ilorse-radish-tree or Winged- seeded Moringa. Clt. 1759. 

 Tree 20 to 30 feet, 



2 M. polyg6na (D, C. prod. 2. p. 478.) legumes many-an- 

 gled ; seeds trigonal, with the angles expanded into wings. Tj , 



S. 



Native of Bengal and other places in the East Indies. 



Three-thorned Acacia or Honey-locust. FL June, July. Clt, 

 1700. Tree 30 to 50 feet. - 



2 G. braciiyca'rpa (Pursh, fl. amer, sept. 1. p. 221.) spines 

 thick, short, and ternate; leaflets oblong, obtuse; legumes 

 oblong, short. ^ . H. Native of Virginia and the Alleghany 



Anoma Moringa, Lour. 879. Hyperanthera decandra, Willd. 2. mountains. G. triacanthos /3, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 257. 

 p. 5^5. Burm. zeyl. t. 75 1 Flowers pale yellow. Perhaps only Compare Michx. fil. arb. 3. p. 171. Spines sometimes solitary. 



Short-fruited Gleditschia. Fl. June, July. Tr. 30 to 50 feet. 



S G. monospe'rma (Walt. car. 254.) spines slender, few, 



a variety of the preceding species. 



Many-anglcd'iY\\\iQdi Moringa. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



3 M. a'ptera (Gsertn. fruct, 2. p- 315.) legumes triquetrous ; 

 seeds trigonal, wingless. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Balanus myrepsica, Black, herb. t. 386. Ben album officinale. 

 Seeds snow white. Oil of ben is the produce of the seeds of this 

 tree. It is a fixed, inodorous insipid oil, and is prepared in the 

 Levant, in Egypt, Syria, and in Italy by expression. It is used 

 very largely in perfumery, as a basis into which the art of the 

 perfumer is able to infuse the fine fragrant scent of various deli- 

 cate flowers, which do not of themselves retain a sufficient basis rameal 



Mill. fig. t, 5. 



in which to fix their scent. Thus the great proportion of the 

 oily essences of the shops is only perfumed oil of ben. 



IVingless-^eeAedi Moringaor Oil of ben-tree. Tree 15 to 20 ft. 



usually trifid ; leaflets ovate-oblong, acute; legumes* flat, com- 

 pressed, roundish, 1-seeded. Tj . H. Native of Carolina, Flo- 

 rida, and Illinois, in humid woods. Michx. fil. arb. 3. p. 169. 

 t. 10. G. Carolinensis, Lam. diet. 2. p. 461. G. triacantha, 

 Gaertn. fruct. 2. p. 149. 



One-5eerfed Gleditschia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1723. Tree 

 30 to 40 feet. 



4 G. Sine'nsis (Lam, diet. 2. p. 465.) spines robust, conical, 



ones simple or branched, cauline ones in fascicles, 

 branched ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, obtuse ; legumes compressed, 



Native of China. D. C. legum. mem. i. 



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T2.H. 



elongated. 



t. 1. G. horrida, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1098. Spines axillary. 



4 M. ? Ara'bica (Pers, ench. 1. p. 460.) legume cylindrical, tree beset with strong branched thorns. 



with 6 keels, articulately thickened ; common petiole bearing 

 glands between the pinnae. ^2 • ^- Native of Arabia, near 

 Beit-el-faklh. Hyperanthera semidecandra, Forsk. descript. 67. 

 Vahl. symb. 1. p. 30. Gymn6cladus Arabica, Lam. diet. 1. 

 p. 733. Hyperanthera peregrina, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 337. 

 Arabian Moringa. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



Cult. The species of Moringa thrive well in light loamy soil, 

 and cuttings strike root readily in sand, under a hand-glass, in 

 heat. 



CCXLIV. GLEOrTSCHIA (in honour of Gottlieb Gleditsch, 

 of Leipsic, once a professor at Berlin, and defender of Linnaeus 

 against Siegesbeck ; author of Methodus Fungorum, 1753; 

 Systema, Plantarum a Staminum situ, 1764, and many other 

 smaller works). Lin. gen. 1159. Lam. ill. 857. D.C. prod. 2. p. 479. 



LiN. SYST. Polygamiay Dice'cia. Flowers unisexual from 

 abortion, or hermaphrodite. Calyx of 3-4-5 equal sepals, which 



China Gleditschia. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1 774. Tr. 30 to 50 ft. 



5 G. macraca'ntha (Desf. arb. 2. p. 246.) spines strong; 

 branched, conical, numerous; leaflets lanceolate, rather rigid; 

 legumes elongated, thickened, pulpy inside. ^ . H. Native 

 country unknown. Trunk very spiny ; spines of the branches 

 axillary. Leaflets nearly 2 inches long, crenately toothed. The 

 pulp in the fruit is more austere than in any other species. 



Long-sptned Gleditschia. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. ? Tr. 40 to 50 It. 



6 G. FE^Rox (Desf. arb. 2. p. 247.) spines robust, much com- 

 pressed, trifid ; leaflets lanceolate, acute. \ • H. Native 

 country unknown. G. orientalis, Bosc. Spines of the branches 

 supra-axillary, large, compressed almost their whole length, 

 furnished with short, lateral, opposite branchlets. The trunk ot 

 the tree is thickly beset with strong, branching thorns. 



Fierce Gleditschia. FL Ju. Jul. Clt. ? Tree 30 to 50 tee . 



7 G. Ca'spica (Desf. arb. 2, p. 247.) spines f^^"^^^^'^^'^^^^^ 



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compressed; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse. ^ * 

 ,v.. .,..w..^w.v.vx.c.. ^«.j^wx ^-^-^ ^vi»c*x o.p...., ,,w..xx of Persia, at the Caspian sea, and at Lenkeran. . ^^^^^'^? ^^"j., 



are connected totrether at the base into a cupula. Petals equal fruit unknown. Spines of the branches supra-axillary> 



^ ^ ^ - - Leaves usually bi- 



in number to the sepals, rising from the tube of the calyx, 

 sometimes fewer or abortive, or 2 of them are connected toge- 

 ther into a carina. Stamens equal in number to the sepals, or 

 fewer from abortion. Style short. Stigma pubescent above. 

 Legume continuous, divided internally in many cells by disse- 

 piments, furnished with more or less pulp, which surrounds the 

 seeds, rarely 1-celled, 1-seeded, or dry. Seeds compressed. 

 Trees with the supra-axillary branches usually converted into 

 branched spines. Leaves abruptly pinnate and bipinnate on the 

 same tree. Flowers greenish, disposed in spikes. 



1 G. triaca'ntuos (Lin. spec. 1509.) spines robust, corn- 



rent along the bark at the base on all sides, 

 pinnate. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Caspian Gleditschia. Clt. 1822. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



8 G. Fndica (Pers. ench. 2. p. 623.) spines slender, conicauy 

 subulate, simple, or branched ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, acutis . 



P2.G. 



Native of Bengal. 

 Indian Gleditschia. 



Spines axillary. 

 Clt. 1812. Tree. 



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f The following names occur in the gardens^ hut they are 

 all probability synonymes of some of those above. 



1 G. micracdntha, Lodd. cat. 2 G. latmliqua, Lodd. cat. 

 Cult. The trees are remarkable in producing large str 



pressed at the base, but cylindrically conical at the apex, simple, . *-.^ ^^^^^ «i^ *^**.c*xx,.c*.^^^ -. r - . ^^y 



or trifid ; leaflets linear-oblong, lucid ; legumes compressed, branching thorns on the main stems. They will grow ^^^ 



flat, a little twisted, many-seeded, 1 times or more longer than kind of soil, and are generally raised from seeds, ^^ ^^ ^^ 

 broad. ^2 . H. Native of Virginia and Carolina, and other 



Duham. arb- 1. t. 105. ed. nov, 4. 



Hort. ang. 



t. 21. 

 Spines 

 by the 



parts of North America. 



t. 25. Michx. fil. arb. 2. p. 164. t. 10. 



Wats. dend. brit. t. 138.— Pluk. mant. t. 352. f. 2. 



supra-axillary. Tliis tree is known in North America 



name of Honc-j-locust^ and it is called by gardeners the 



thorned Acacia. ' ;. 



Var. /9, inermis (D. C. prod. J?, p. 479.) stem unarmed; 

 branches furnished with a few spines. Tj . S. D. C. legum. 

 mem. ii. t. 22. f. 109. G. lae'vis, Hortul. Catesb. carol. 1. t. 43. 



Pluk. aim. 1. 123. f. 3. 



usually procured from the native countries of the ^^^^'for the 

 seeds may be sown one inch deep in a bed prepare ^^^.^ 

 purpose, and if the spring prove dry they will not vegeU ^ 

 the second year. The first year from seed the plants show 

 sheltered from frost. 



CCXLV. GYMNOCLADUS (from yv/xvoc, ^y™""*' "^3'^; 



and k-Xa^oc, klados, a branch ; appearance of branches;, 

 diet. 1. p. 733. ill. t. 823. D. C. prod. 2. p. "^"^d-, . A-om 

 Lin. syst. Dice'cia, Decdndria. Flowers d'fec'O"' ^^ 

 libortion. Calyx tubular, 5 -deft. Petals 5, equal, obiong, 



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