LEGUMINOSAE. DRY 
Cercis. Redbud. Judas Tree. 
(Family Leguminosae). 
Shrubs or small trees: decidu- 
ous. Twigs moderate, zig-zag, 
subterete: pith roundish, contin- 
uous, pale or pinkish. Buds gla- 
brous, superposed, the upper 
slightly stalked, the lower sessile 
and covered by the top of the 
leaf-scar, ovoid or obovoid, with 
2 or, in case of flower-buds, sev- 
eral often keeled scales, the end- 
bud lacking. Leaf-scars alternate, 
2-ranked, somewhat raised, ob- 
tusely triangular, with decurrent 
ridges, fringed at top: bundle- 
traces 3: stipule-scars lacking. 
Winter-character references:— 
C. canadensis. Blakeslee & Jar- 
vis, 332, 518, pl.; Brendel, 27, 30, 
pisias Hitehecock “(1), 4. cay, “iZ. 
(4), 185, f. 41; Otis, 166; Schnei- 
deriv. 91. “C.. chinensis: ~ Siiita- 
sawa, 245, pl. 4. C. Siliquastrum. Schneider, f. 91. 
Though the Old World species of Cercis are not success- 
fully grown in the interior of the country, the native redbud 
(C. canadensis) is much planted, and, with Cornus florida, it 
makes a most effective combination in the native forest. 
1. Buds short (2-3 mm.). 2. 
Buds elongated (5 mm.), closely appressed, acute. 
(Judas tree). C. Siliquastrum. 
2. Buds ovoid or obovoid, blunt: twigs reddish. 
(Redbud). (1). C. canadensis. 
Buds acute: twigs greenish. C. chinensis. 
