o4 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. LEGUMINOS. 
According to Aiton’ it was cultivated in England as early as 1690 in the Royal Gardens at 
Hampton Court. 
Ichthyomethia Piscipula was first detected in Florida by Dr. J. L. Blodgett.’ 
Robinia pedunculis ramosis, siliquis membranaceis, Pl. Am. ed. Ichthyomethia, foliis pinnatis ovatis, racemis terminalibus, siliquis 
Burmann, 229, t. 233, f. 2. quadrialatis, Browne, Nat. Hist. Jam. 296. 
Robinia foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis ovatis acuminatis, ramis no- 1 Hort. Kew. iii. 9. 
dosis glabris, pedunculis racemosis, Miller, Dict. ed. 7. 2 See i. 33. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Puate CXVII. IcuTrHyomMeTHIA PISCIPULA. 
. A flowering branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a flower. 
. The petals of a flower displayed, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 
. A calyx, enlarged. 
. A flower, the corolla and part of the calyx removed, enlarged. 
. A pistil and part of the calyx, enlarged. 
OND TF WD 
. An ovule, much magnified. 
Puate CXVIII. Icursyvomersra PIscreuna. 
A fruiting branch, natural size. 
. A fruit, a portion of one wall removed, natural size. 
A seed, enlarged. 
Vertical section of a seed, enlarged. 
. An embryo, much magnified. 
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. A leaf, natural size. 
