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the open ai^ placing them in a flieltered iltuadon, 



■where they may remain for near three months in the 

 ■warmefl: part ot iummer: during the winter feafon, 

 thefc plants fliould be iparingly watered, for as they 

 grow naturally on a dr/ foil, much wet will dedroy 

 them, elpecially in cold weather. 

 They retain their leaves all tlie year, fo make a varie- 

 ty in the (love in winter, and when they flower, make 

 a fine appearance, though their flowers are but fmall ; 

 for as they are produced in long bunches, from al~ 

 V moft every joint toward the end of the branches, fo 

 . the whole plant is well adorned during their conti- 

 nuance ; and if they do produce fruit, as that will re- 

 main long before it is ripe, fo their beauty will be of 

 lon'T^er duration. ■ 



ROB INI A. Lin. Gen. Plane. 775. Pfeudoacacia. 

 Tourn. Inil. R. PL 649. tab. 417. Falfe Acacia. > 



The Characters are, ^ - .. .-. -. 



^he empakment of the flower is fmall^ of one leaf^ and 

 divided into four parts^ the three under fegments being 

 ■ narrow^ but the upper one is broad: The flower is of 

 '- the Pea hkom kind: the ftandard is large^ roundijlj-^ oh- 

 tvfe^ and fpreads open. The two wings are oval^ and 

 have fhort appendixes which are ohtufe. The keel is 

 roundifljy compreffedy obttife, and is extended the length of 



In the center isjituated ten ftamina^ nine of 

 them bnng joined together ^ and the other fianding ftngky 



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 lindrical germ en^ ftipporting aflender ft le^ crowned ^v a 

 hairy fiignia \ thefe are inclofed by the keel.: The gennen 

 afterward becomes an oblong conipreffed pod^ inclofmg kid- 

 ney-fhciped feeds. .' ' * ■.."'■ 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feflion of 

 Linnsus's feventeenth clafs, which includes thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have ten itamina joined in two 

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The Species are, - •. ^ 



I. RoBiNiA {Pfeudoacacia) racemis pedicellis unifloris, 

 foHis impari-pinnatis, Itipulis Ipinofis. Hort. Upfal. 

 2 12. Roolni a with branching foot-ftalks each fiippoUing 



'■ cne flower y unequal winged leaves ^ and prickly flipuLe. 

 Pfeudoacacia vulgaris. Tourn. Inft. R. PI. 649. Co7n- 

 '- tnon Bajlard Acacia^ or Anierican Acacia^ called in Ame- 

 rica Locujl'trce. 



z. 'R.ohiNiA (Echh:ata) pedunculis racemofis, foliis im- 

 pari-pinnatis, leguminibus echinatis. Robinia with 

 foot-ftalks fupporting long bunches of flowers^ unequal 



. winged leaves^ and prickly ^g^Jj.- -Pfeudoacacia Ameri- 

 cana, filiquis echinatis. Boerh. Ind. alt. it. ^g.Ame- 

 rican Acacia Kjoith prickly pods. ---..;. -- .-. .. . \ - . ; •, :";' " * 

 RoEiNiA {llifpida) foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis ova- 

 tis, ramis pedunculifque hifpidis,^ Robinia with unequal 

 winged leaves having oval lobes^ and the branches and 



foot-ftalks of the flowers drmed with flinging fpines. 



■ Pfeudoacacia hifpida, floribus rofeis. Cateib. Car. 2. 

 p. 20. Stinging falfe Acacia^ with a Rofe-colotired flower, 



4. Robinia '(i?^y^^) foliis inipari-plnnatis, foliolis ova- 

 tis acuminatis, ramis nodofis glabris, pedunculis ra- 

 cemofis. Robinia with unequal winged leaves^ whofe 



~ lobes are oval^ acute-pointed^ knobbed fmooth branches^ 

 and flowers growing in long bunches. Pfeudoacacia flore 



■ . rofeo. Plum. Car. Baflard Acacia with a Rofe-coloured 



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5. Robinia (Glabra) foliis impari-'pinhatis, 



':- longo-ovatis, pedunculis ,racemolis confertis. Robinia 



-1 with unequal winged leaves having oblong oval lobes ^ and 



: foot-ftalks with long bunches of flowers growing in clujiers. 



Pfeudoacacia arborca floribus racemofis, filiquis 



compreffis glabris. Houft. MSS. Tree-like Baflard 



' Acacia^ with flowers growing in long bunches^ and flat 



. fmoo'th pods. 



6. .Robinia (Alata) foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis ob- 

 verse-ovatis, racemis a22:rec;atis axillaribus, legumi- 

 ribus membranaceo-tetragonis. Robinia with unequrl 

 winged leaves y whofe lobes are obverfely oval, long bunches 

 of flowers growing in cltiftersfrom the fides of the branchesy 

 and pods having four-winged membraius. Pieudoacacia 

 . filiquis alatis. Plum. Cat. 19. Falfe AcaciU with wing- 

 ed pcds, Linnc^us titles it Erychrina foliis pinnatis, 

 leguminibus membranaceo-tetragonis. Sp. Plant. 707. 



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Coral-tree with winged leaves and pods, having four mem- 

 branaceous wings. 



7. Robinia [Pyramidata) foliis duplicato-p'nnatis, foli- 

 olis ovatis ftflllibus, floribus fpicatis terminalibus. Ro- 

 binia with doubly-winged leaves^ whofe lobes are oval and 



fit clcfe to the rnidriby and fpikes of flowers terminating 

 the branches. • Pfeudoacacia flore pyramidatococcineo. 

 Plum. Cat. 19. Falfe Acacia with a fcarlet-colourcd 



flower growing pyra'midally. . . 



8. Robinia {Violacea) foliis pinnatis, foliolis lanceolatis 

 oppoutis, racemis axillaribus pedunculis longioribus. 

 Robinia with winged leaves having fpcar-fljaped lobes 

 placed cppofitey and long bunches of fl.owers on the fides 



Pfeudoacacia 



of the brancheSy with longer foot-ftalksl 

 fraxini folio, floribus violaceis. Plum. Cat. 



9. Falfe 



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proceeding from the fides of the branches. Pfeudoa 

 latifolia, filiquis latis. Houft. MSS. Falfe Acacia 



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Acacia with an Aflj leaf and Violet-colotired flowers. 

 Robinia (Latifolia) foYns impari-pinnatis, foliolis ob- 

 longis acuminatis, racemis axillaribus, leguminibus 

 oblongo-ovatis. Robinia with unequal wi?tged leaves, 

 having oblong acute-pointed lobesy and bunches of flowers 



Pfeudoacacia 



ith 

 broad leaves and pods. 



10. Robinia {Frutefccns) pedunculis fimpliclbus, foliis 

 quaternatis fubpetiolatis. Plort. Upfal. 212. Robinia- 

 with fingle foot'ftalksy and leaves growing by fours upon . 

 fhort foot-flalks. Afpalathus frutcfcens major lacifolius 



cortice aureo. Am. Ruth. .283. Cr eater ybroad-leavedy 

 fhrubby Afpalathus, with a golden bark. 



11. Robinia (C^r^^^/7/?) pedunculis fimplicibus, foliis 



abrupte pinnatis. Hortc Upfal. 212. Robinia with 



fimple foot-ftalks, and abrupt fringed leaves.^ Afpala- 

 thus arborefcens, pinnis foliorum crebrioribus oblon- 



■ gis. Amman. Ruth, 285. Tree-like Afpalathus with 



oblong lobes. . ._ \"' / . . ' ' ■ ' ' ' ■ -.- 



12. Robinia (Pygmad) pedunculis fimpliciflimis, foliis -. 

 quaternatis fefliiibus. Hort. Upfal. 212. Robinia with - 

 the moft fimple foot-ftalks, with four leaves fitting clofe ' 

 totheftalks, Afpalathus frutefccns minor angufl:ifo- 

 lius, cortice aureo. Amman. Ruth. 282. tab. 35. 

 Smaller ft.rubby Afpalathus, with narrow leaves and a yel- 

 low bark. 



The firfl: fort is the common Pfeudoacacia, which is 

 a native of North America ; the feeds of this were 

 firft brought to Paris from Canada by Monf Robine, 

 and foon after the feeds w^ere brought from Virginia 

 to England, and many of the trees were raifed in fe- 

 .„-,,^eral gardcjis^ which for forne years, while young, 

 -^^ were in great efteem 5 but as they grew larger, their 

 , brandies were frequently broken by ftrong winds in' 

 ' the fummer, which rendered them urjfightly, fo that- 

 . for feveral years they were feldom planted in gardens ; 

 Hut of late years it is become falhionable again, and ' 

 great numbers of the trees have been raifed in mofl: 



■ parts of England, within a few years paft, fo that 

 there are few gardens in which there are not fome of 



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This fort grows to a very large fize in' Ajnerica, ■ 

 where the wood is much valued for its duration \ mofl: " 

 of the houfes which were built at Bofl:on in Net^ 

 England, upon the firfi: fettling of the Englifli, was ;. •■ v 

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It grows very faft while young, fo that in a few years-^i/- ■ 

 .from feed, the plants rife to eight or ten ?ttt high ; . ' 

 ■ and it is not uncommon to fee llioots of this tree fix 

 '. or eight feet lorlg in one fummcr, ;' The branches are .\ '•; 

 armed with ftrong crooked thorns, and garnifhed 

 with winged leaves compofed of eight or ten pair of 

 oval lobes, terminated by an odd one ; they are of a 

 bright green, entire, and fit clofe to the midrib. The 

 flowers come out from the fide of the branches in 

 pretty long bunches, hanging downward like thofe of ' - / 

 Laburnum, each flower ftanding on a flender foot- . i v 

 ftalk. They are of the butterfly or Pea bloflbm kind, 

 are white, and fmell very fweet. They appear in^ 

 June, andwhen the trees are well charged with flow- • 

 ers, they make a fine appearance, and their odour ,- 

 perfumes the circumambient air ; but they are of 



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