lanceolate, subacute or shortly apiculate, more or less 
rounded at the base, 3-1} in. long, 1-1 in. broad; lateral 
nerves 4-5, prominent below ; petiolules about +5 in. long; 
stipels subulate, y'5 in. long. Racemes 5-8-flowered, up to 
33 in. long, rhachis glandular-pilose; pedicels 1 in. long. 
Calyz-tube campanulate, } in. long, glandular-pilose on the 
outside, teeth 5 or 6, subequal, triangular-subulate, very 
acute, about 4 in. long. Corvila rose-coloured; standard 
erect, rounded, about an inch in diameter, claw } in. long; 
wing-petals oblong-elliptic, 14 in. long, } in. broad, claw 
about 4 in. long; keel-petals } in. long, claw 1 in. long. 
Staminal-tube glabrous. Ovary slightly flattened, with red 
glandular hairs; style recurved, stigma subcapitate. Pod 
oblong, acute, 13-2 in. long, densely clothed with glandular 
hairs. Seeds 3-4, funicle very short.—J. Hurcainson. 
Cuntivation.—Robinia Kelseyi was purchased for the 
Kew collection from Mr, H. P. Kelsey of Boston, Mass., 
U.S.A., in the spring of 1903. Although its affinity with 
f. hispida is apparent, it is quite distinct in habit and 
‘appearance. At present it seems likely to form a small 
tree, and has not the rank growth of BR. hispida, which 
renders that species so liable to injury by wind. It flowers 
regularly in early or mid-June, and is then a most attractive 
object, the shoots of the previous year being covered with 
numerous short racemes of rose-coloured flowers. Its fruits 
also are ornamental. In June last a specimen in the 
Fruticetum of Mr. Maurice de Vilmorin at Les Barres in 
France was quite striking from the number of seed-pods it 
carried, each densely covered with reddish bristles. Pro- 
pagation can be effected by grafting on the roots of R. 
Pseudacacia.—W, J. BEAN. 
Fig. 1, part of a mature leaf; 2, stipules: i i 
0 te ; 4, Stipules; 3, calyx laid open, with stamens 
and pistil; 4, pistil; 5, pods ; 6, glandular hairs of pod :—2-4 and 6 enlarged. 
