Chapter X 



THE LOCUSTS, THE YELLOWWOOD, AND 

 THE KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE 



Family Leguminosae 



THE Leguminosce are a large order of 

 plants including many different genera, 

 from the little clover by the wayside 

 to the honey locust trees, 140 feet high. The 

 trees of the different genera are all distin- 

 guished by their pod-like fruit, the name 

 Leguminosce being given to this family on 

 account of the leguminous or bean-like pods 

 which enclose the seeds. 



They are interesting to study on account of 

 the buds, which differ in structure from the 

 hidden buds of the locusts enclosed in the 

 stem, to the subpetiolar buds of the yellow- 

 wood, concealed under the leafstalks through 

 the summer, but conspicuous in winter after 

 they have fallen. 



c An irregular growing, slender 



Locust tree, 70 to 80 feet high, with 



Robinia pseud-acacia vey y roU g^ deeply furrowed, 



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