B3G 



FALSE-MESQUITE 



Callian'dra eriophyl'la 



Pod usually about 1} to 2 in. long, 

 slender, about K in. wide, flat, with 

 thickened margin, densely soft-hairy,' 

 the 2 parts (valves) separating and 

 bending back at maturity 



Flowers few, in axillary, stalked, 

 rounded clusters 



Stamens numerous, purplish, protrud- 

 ing, forming a plumehke cluster, united 

 at the base by their stalks (filaments) 



United petals (corolla) purplish, 5- 

 lobed, tubular at base, fine-hairy 



Leaves -twice-divided (bipinnately 

 compound); main divisions (pinnae) 

 in 2 or more pairs 



Leaflets numerous, very small, ob- 

 long, soft-hairy beneath 



Bracts (stipules) small, awl-shaped, 

 persistent but not developing into 

 pricklcss or spines 



Stems without spines, erect, or spread- 

 ing, usually about 1 ft. high, woody, 

 brancTicd, from a thick, woody root 

 crown 



