B2 



CATCLAW 



Aca'cia greg'gii 



Flowers creamy-yellow, fragrant, in 

 long-stalked, cylindrical spikes, % to 2# 

 in. long, arising from the leaf axils 



Stamens numerous (more than 10)', 

 much longer than the petals, their 

 stalks (filaments) separate 



Petals 5, all alike, somewhat united 

 at base 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, minute, 

 united at base, % as long as petals ' 



Pods curved or contorted, flattened, 

 constricted between the seeds, 2 to 6 

 in. long; occasionally 1-seeded and 

 frying-pan-shaped in outline 



Leaves slender-stalked, twice-divided 

 (bipinnately compound) ; main leaf di- 

 visions (pinnae) usually in 2 or 3 pairs 



Leaflets pale green, small (about K- 

 in. long) usually in 4 to 6 pairs 



Prickles clawljke, stout, short (about 

 % in. long), brown, scattered along the 

 branches 



Bark gray, without secreting glands 



