B134 



NEW MEXICAN LOCUST 



Robi'nia neomexica'na 



Stamens 10, united by their stalks, in 

 two groups (9 and 1 ) 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 5-toothed, glandular-bristly 



Seed pods (legumes) narrow, flat, 

 glandular-bristly, with numerous seeds 

 in 2 rows 



Flowers pea-like, rose-colored, glan- 

 dular-hairy, in short, compact, droop- 

 ing clusters on rather long, hairy stalks 

 arising from leaf axils 



Leaves divided (odd-pinnately com- 

 pound); midrib not prolonged into 

 tendril 



Leaflets 9 to 21, paired except for end 

 one, oblong-elliptic to egg-shaped, finely 

 hairy, not gland-dotted, with bristle- 

 like appendage (stipel) at base of each 



Spines (modified stipules) up to 1 in. 

 long or occasionally more, stout, slightly 

 curved, brown " 



