Tah, O2he. 
ROBINTIA KELSEYI. 
North America. 
LecuminosaE. Tribe GALEGEAE. a 
Rosrnta, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 499. 
Robinia Kelseyi, Hort., ex Cowell in Bail. Cycl. Am. Hort. vol. iv. 1902, 
p. 1588; affinis 7. hispidae, Linn., a qua foliolis angustioribus et floribus 
minoribus differt. . 
Frutex 1-3 m. altus, ramis divaricatis flexuosis glabris. Folia pinnata, petiolo 
communi usque ad 15 cm. longo subglabro supra leviter canaliculato, 
stipulis subulatis pilosis ; foliola 4- vel 5-juga, oblongo-lanceolata, subacuta 
vel breviter apiculata, basi magis minusve rotundata, 2-4 cm. longa, 
1-1°5 em. lata, venis utrinque 4-5 supra indistinctis subtus prominulis ; 
petioli 2-3 mm. longi, stipellis subulatis 2 mm. longis. Racemi 5-?-flori, 
usque ad 8 cm. longi, rhachi glanduloso-pilosa ; pedicelli 4-5 mm. longi. 
Calycis tubus campanulatus, 5 mm. longus, extra glanduloso-pilosus, 
dentibus subaequalibus triangulari-subulatis acutissimis usque ad 8 mm. 
longis. Corolla rosea. Vewillum erectum, rotundatum, apice leviter 
bifidum, fere 2°5 cm. diametro, ungue 4 mm. longo. Alae oblongo- 
ellipticae, 2 cm. longae, 1 cm. latae, unguibus circiter 7 mm. longis. Carina 
circiter 1 cm, longa, ungue 7 mm. longo. Tubus staminalis 1°5 cm. longus, 
glaber. Ovarium leviter complanatum, glandulis rubris ; stylus recurvatus, 
apicem versus villosus, stigmate subcapitato. Legwmen oblongum, acutum, 
- cm. longum, dense glanduloso-pilosum. Semina 3-4, funiculo 1 mm. 
ongo. 
Robinia Kelseyi, like most other species of the genus, 
is highly ornamental; it is very similar in habit to R. 
viscosa, Vent., var. macrophylla, the flowers being of the 
same colour, but smaller. The only reference we have 
found to this hitherto imperfectly described species is in 
the publication cited above, where it is stated that R. 
Kelseyi is a new species discovered and introduced in 1901 
by Mr. Harlan P. Kelsey ; that the bark much resembles 
that of R. Pseudacacia; that the plant is sparingly pubes- 
cent ; and that it is a compact shrub of distinctive habit. 
Description.— Shrub, 3-10 ft. high, spreading. Branches 
glabrous. Leaves pinnate; common petiole usually 4—6 in. 
long, nearly glabrous, with a small groove on the upper 
side; stipules subulate, pilose ; leaflets in 4-5 pairs, oblong- 
SEPTEMBER, 1908, 
