488 



viscosa. 



hispida. 



rosea. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, Robinia. 



corruptible, and particularly calculated for posts of 

 gates and fences. It is universally known by the name 

 of Fahe Acacia, in AnTerica Locust-tree. 



2. R. foliis impari-pinnatis, racemis axillaribus erectis con- 



fertifloris, calycibus acuminatis, ramis petiolis pedun- 



culis leguminibusque glanduloso-viscosis. — Willd.sp. 



pL 3. p. 1131. 

 R. glutinosa. Bot. mag. 560. 



Icon. Vent. desc. pi. nov. t. 4. Duham. art. ed. nov. 17« 

 On the banks of rivers in South Carolina, particularly 



on the Savannah, Pj • Jur^e, July. v. v. Flowers 



pale red, with white. This tree is highly ornamentaL; 



but its creeping roots are a great nuisance in small 



plantations. 



3, R. folsis impari-pinnatis : foliolis rotundato-ovalibus mu- 



cronatis, racemis axillaribus suberectis, calycibus acu- 

 minatis, caule subinermi, ramis pedunculis calycibus 

 leguminibusque hispidis. — IVilld. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1132. 



R. montana. Bartr. catal. 



R. rosea. Duham. arh. ed. nov. 18. 



Icon. Bot. mag. 311. Schviidt arb. 31. Catesh. car.3. 

 t. 20. Mill. ic. 244. 

 /3. R. foliolis plerumque alternis, ramulis glabriusculis. 



On the liigh mountains of Virginia and Carolina. Tp , 

 May — Sept. v. v. Flowers large, a beautiful rose- 

 colour, inodorous. This elegant little shrub is one of 

 the highest ornaments of our gardens and plantations. 

 The var. /3. is less hispid, and grows to a considerable 

 large upright shrub, whereas the original hispida is a 

 low straggling plant. 



589. INDIGOFERA. Gen. pi. l205, 



caroliniana. l. I, herbacea, erecta ; foliis pinnatis : foliolis obovalibus, 

 spicis folio longioribus pedunculatis, floribus distan- 

 tibus, leguminibus pendulis subdispermis reticulato- 

 venosis. — iralt. Jl. car. 187. Mich. fl. amer. 2. 

 p. 68. 

 In sandy fields : Carolina to Florida. 7/ . v. s. Flowers 

 bine. 



