HONEY MESQUITE 



Proso'pis glandulo'sa, syn. P. juliflo'ra glandulo'sa 



B112 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers in dense, axijlary, cylindrical 

 clusters (spikes) 2 to 5 in. long 



Flower and seed-pod stalks (peduncles) 

 conspicuously gland-dotted 



Spines }{ to \'/ t in. long, rigid, nearly 

 straight, usually arising in pairs from 

 swellings in leaf axils 



Leaves twice-divided (bipimmtely 

 compound); main leaf divisions (pin- 

 nae) 1 or 2 pairs, spreading, short- 

 stalked 



Leaflets numerous, short-stalked or 

 stalkless, hairless, dark green, mostly 

 with abruptly pointed tips 



Seed pods 4 to 8 in. long, in drooping 

 clusters, linear, straight or curved, (lnt- 

 tened, narrowed between the seeds, not 

 splitting 



Stamens 10, distinct, about twice as 

 long as petals; pollen sacs (anthers) 

 gland-tipped 



Petals 5, yellowish green, distinct or 

 nearly so 



"Growth habit rather spreading 



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