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ROBINIA HlSPIDA. ROUGH-STALK'D 



Robinia, or Rose Acacia. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Generic Characler. 

 Cal. 4-fidus. Legumen gibbum elongatum. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 

 ROBINIA hifpida racemis axillaribus, foliis impari pinnatis, 

 caule inermi hifpido. Linn. Mant, p. 668. Ait, 

 Kezv. v. 3. p. 53. 

 ROBINIA racemis axillaribus, pediccllis unifloris, foliis im- 

 pari pinnatis, caule inermi. Jacq. Amer. 211. 

 /. 179./. 101. 

 PSEUDO ACACIA hifpida fioribus rofeis. Catcjb. Carol. 3. 

 p. 20. t. 20. 



There are few trees or fhrubs which have contributed more 

 to adorn our plantations, and ihrubberies, than thofe of this 

 genus, nine fpecies of which are enumerated in the Hort. Kew. 

 of Mr. Aiton, mod of thefe are natives either of North- 

 America, or Siberia : the prefent fpecies, an inhabitant of 

 Carolina, is perhaps the mod ornamental of the whole : its 

 large pendant bunches of rofe-coloured flowers load the 

 branches in May and June, and fometimes a fecond crop will 

 be produced, late in the feafon, thefe with us ufually fall off 

 without producing any feed-veffels. 



This fhrub is not difpofed to grow very tall even in America, 

 it is mod prudent indeed to keep it humble, to the height of 

 four or five feet, and to plant it in a fheltered part of the gar- 

 den, as its branches are liable to be broken by high winds: 

 Marshall (Arb. Amer.) defcribes it as fpreading much from 

 its running roots ; we have not obferved it to do fo in any great 

 degree here ; it is propagated by layers, by cuttings of the roots, 

 and by grafting ; it is of ready growth, difpofed to blow even 

 when young, and not nice as to foil, or fituation ; the flowers 

 afford a good example of the clafs Diadelphia, they arc 

 large and beautiful, but without fcent. 



Was cultivated by Mr. Miller in 1758. Ait. Kcw, 



