Vor. II.) PEA FAMILY. 295 
2. Robinia viscdsa Vent. Clammy Locust. (Fig. 2122.) 
Robinia viscosa Vent. Hort. Cels, fl. 4. 1800. 
A small tree, with rough bark, maximum 
height about 4o° and trunk diameter 10’. 
Twigs and petioles glandular-pubescent; 
stipules short, sometimes spiny; leaflets 11- 
25, stalked, obtuse and mucronate at the 
apex, mostly rounded at the base, ovate or 
oval, nearly glabrous, 1/-2’ long, thicker 
than those of the preceding species; stipels 
small, subulate; racemes rather dense, often 
erect; pedicels 2//-4’” long; flowers pinkish, 
9//-12/’ long, not fragrant; pod 2/-4/ long, 
about 6/’ wide, glandular-hispid. 
Mountains of southwestern Virginia to Geor- 
gia. Occasionally escaped from cultivation in 
the Middle and Eastern States and in Canada. 
Wood brown, the sap-wood yellow; weight per 
cubic foot 50lbs. June. 
3. Robinia hispida L. Rose Acacia. 
Bristly or Moss Locust. 
(Fig. 2123.) 
Robinia hispida I. Mant. tor. 1767. 
A much-branched shrub, 3°-9° high. 
‘Twigs, petioles, pedicels and rachises of the 
leaves bristly; stipules very small, or none; 
leaflets 9-13, stalked, broadly ovate or ob- 
long, entire, mainly obtuse or rounded at 
each end, mucronate, 1/—2’ long; stipels none 
or subulate; racemes loose; pedicels 3//-6/’ 
long; flowers pink or purple, 8/’-15’’ long, 
not fragrant; pods linear, bristly-hispid. 
_ Mountains of Virginiato Georgia. Often cul- 
tivated for ornament. May-June. 
22. SESBAN Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: S275, 763. 
[SESBANIA Scop. Introd. 308. 1777.] 
Herbs or shrubs, with evenly pinnate leaves, the leaflets numerous, entire, not stipel- 
late, or the stipels minute. Flowers yellow, reddish, purplish or white, in axillary racemes, 
the slender pedicels with 2 deciduous bractlets under the calyx. Calyx campanulate, nearly 
equally 5-toothed. Standard broad, ovate or orbicular; wings oblong, falcate; keel blunt. 
Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1). Ovary tfhostly stipitate, many-ovuled; style glabrous; 
stigma small. Pod elongated-linear, wingless, compressed, partitioned between the oblong 
seeds. [Name Arabic.] 
About 15 species, natives of warm and tropical regions, only the following one known in North 
America. 
