CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA‘CEH. GLEDI’TSCHI4Z. 653 
¥ 2. G. (v.) monospe’rma Walt, The one-seeded Gleditschia, or Water 
Locust. 
Identification. Walt. Car., 254.; Dec. Prod., 2. p 479.5 Don’s Mill., 2. p. 428. 
cinco ig G. carolinénsis Lam. Dict., 2. p. 464. ; G. aquatica Marsh. ; G. triacantha Gert. Fruct., 
2. p. 14 
9. 
Engravings. Mill. Icon., 5. ; and our fig. 364. ; in which the male flower, the pod, and the seed, are 
of the natural size. 
Spec. Char., &c, Spines slender, not rarely trifid, few. Leaflets ovate-oblong, 
acute. Legumes flattish, roundish, 1-seeded. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 479.) A 
deciduous tree of the largest size, a native of moist woods of Carolina, 
Florida, and the Illinois. Introduced in 1723, and flowering in June 
July. 
Description, This tree, according 
to Michaux, is very distinct from 
G, triacanthos in the form of its 
fruits; which, instead of being long 
siliques, are flat round pods, con- 
taining only a single seed in each, 
In other respects, it closely resem- 
bles the honey locust, from which, 
in England, where neither of them 
ripens seeds, we consider it almost 
impossible to distinguish it. It grows 
to the height of 60 ft. or 80 ft.; and 
the bark, though smooth when the 
tree is young, yet cracks and scales 
off when the tree grows old, as in 
G. triacanthos. Theleaves, Michaux : 
says, differ from those of G. triacanthos, in being a little smaller in all their 
proportions. The branches are armed with thorns, which are also less 
numerous, and somewhat smaller than those of G, triac4nthos. 
- Geography, History, §c, G,. monospérma is found but sparingly in North 
America. Whole days may be passed in going through a country abounding 
with the common species, without seeing a single plant of G. monospérma. 
It is found in the south of Carolina, in Georgia, and in East Flerida; and 
always in rich moist soil; or in swamps which border rivers, and are occa- 
sionally overflowed by them. In such soils, it is found growing among 
Taxodium distichum, Nyssa grandidentata, A\cer riibrum, Quércus lyrata, 
Planera crenata, Juglans cinerea, and other species requiring deep, rich, 
moist soil. The tree was introduced into England in 1723, by Mark Catesby, 
and treated in all respects like G. triacinthos; of which it has, till lately, been 
considered only a variety. It is raised in the nurseries from imported seed ; 
but whether the plants really turn out perfectly distinct, with respect to the 
form of their fruit, is uncertain; from their not having yet, as far as we 
know, fruited in England. We think it probable that the peculiarity of the 
fruit will be reproduced from seed in most cases; and we should not be 
more surprised at its doing so, than at particular varieties of pears and 
apples coming true from seed. It does not appear to have produced seeds 
in France, where it is not much cultivated, as it is thought to be more liable 
to injury from frost than G. triacanthos. 
Statistics. The largest tree in the neighbourhood of London bearing this name is at Syon, where it 
is 80 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 40 ft. ; and at Gunnersbury Park there is 
a tree 60 ft. high. In France, near Paris, at Scéaux, 50 ft. high. In Austria, at Vienna, in the Bo- 
tanic Garden, 22 years planted, and 36 ft. high ; at Laxenburg, 16 years planted, and 20ft. high. In 
Hanover, in the Botanic Garden at Gottingen, 25 years planted, and 30 ft. high. Price of pods, 
in the London nurseries, 2s. a quart, and of plants from 2s. to 2s. 6d. each ; at New York, plants are 
50 cents each. 
* 3. G. (T.) Bracuyca’RPA Pursh. The short-fruited Gleditschia. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept,, 1. p. 221. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p.479.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 428. 
Synonymes. G, triacanthos 8 Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 257. 
Spec. Char., &c. Spines thick, short, not rarely three together. Leaflets oblong, obtuse. Legumes 
oblong, short. A native of the Alleghany Mountains, and of Virginia, (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 479.) 
This sort, we are inclined to agree with Michaux in thinking only a variety of G, triacanthos, 

