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CASSIACEAE 665 
Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Pers.) Greene, with radially B branches and 
leaves with cordate stipules, glandless petioles and one pair of obovate leaflets, 
has been found along the railroad south of Orlando, Fla. Nat f W. 1 
7. GLEDITSIA L. Trees with simple or e thorns. Leaves rela- 
tively small, 2-pinnate: stipules present. Racemes narrow, closely- idis 
Flowers green or greenish-white. Calyx- -lobes aes about as long as 
petals. Pod flat—About 6 species, natives of eastern North America be 
Asia.—Spr. 
Ovary glabrous: pod oval or elliptic, 1- seeded, or rarely 2- Seeded. 1. G. aquatica. 
Ovary pubescent: pod linear or elliptic- -linear, many-seeded. 2. G. triacanthos. 
. G. aquatica Marsh. Tree becoming 20 m. tall: leaflets 2—4. 5 em. lon 
blades oblong to ovate or sie e aer: sepals laneeolate to olliptic. 
0 ique 
thin. — (WATER-LOCUST.) — River 
swamps and low hammocks, Coastal o 
and rarely adjoining provinces, Fla. to 
Mo., and 8. C. 
2. G. triacanthos L. Tree becoming 40 m 
lustrous, pulpy  within.—(HONEY-LOCUST. 
rmed 
in G. anthos inermis). The wood, hard and ridens is used where 
mda is “required. The tree is widely cultivated. 
8. GYMNOCLADUS Lam. Unarmed trees. Leaves very large, 2-pin- 
nate: stipules wanting. Panicle loosely HONOR Calyx- lobes. acuminate, 
nea aa than the petals. P 
urgid.—One speci 
1. G. dioica (L.) Koch. Tree becoming 
30 m. tall, the bark has bir with 
ong 
5-9 pinnae; leaflets 2-7 em blades 
ovate or oval, acuminate ds 3 
long: flowers greenish-white: sepals linear- 
ppc 5—6.5 mm. long, glandular-mar- 
in nore Do r pe , 1-2 dm. 
Iu seed n em. broa d,— (Kentucky 
n cM EU EAN.)—Rich woods, 
various provinces N of Coastal Plain, Tenn. 
to Okla., Nebr., Minn., o and Pa Spr 
—The tree is widely ¢ cult. eae ental. 
The wood is sometimes dee in cabinet- E The seeds were pen used 
as a coffee-substitute. 
9. PARKINSONIA [Plum.] L. Shrubs or trees, with simple or branch- 
ing thorns. Leaflets numerous, borne on the phyllode-like rachis. Blades of 
