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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITTANICUM. 



583. Robinia viscdsa. 



The 3 lower teeth of the calyx acuminated. Roots creeping. (Dec. Prod.) 

 A clammy-barked tree. South Carolina and Georgia, near rivers. Height 

 30 ft. to *40 ft. Introduced in 1797. Flowers scentless, pale pink mixed 

 with white, varying to pale purple or violet colour according to the soil ; 

 June to August. Legume brown ; ripe in October. Naked young wood 

 purplish and clammy. 



The bark, particularly that of the young shoots, which is of a dull red, is 

 covered with a clammy substance, which, when touched, sticks to the fingers. 

 In every other respect, both in natural characters and artificial culture, this 

 tree strongly resembles the common R. Pseud-Jcacia. 



3. R. DU X BIA Fouc. The doubtful Robinia, or False Acacia. 



Identification. Fouc. in Desv. Journ. Bot, 4. p. 204., but not of Poir. : Dec. Prod., 2. p. 261. ; Don' 



Mill., 2. p. 238. 

 Synonyrnes. R. hybrida Audib. ; R. ambigua Poir. Suppl. 4. p. 690. ; and, perhaps, R. echinata 



Mill. Diet., No. 2. ; R. intermedia Soulange-Bodin in Ann. d Hort. de Paris, 2. p. 43. 

 Engraving. Our fig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., $c. Spines very short. Branches, petioles, peduncles, and calyxes 

 furnished with a few glands, rarely clammy. Leaflets ovate. Racemes loose 

 and pendulous. Bracteas concave, caducous, ending each in a long bristle. 

 (Don's Mill.} A deciduous tree, rather under the middle size. Hybrid? 

 between R. Pseud-acacia and R. viscosa. Originated in ? 1730. FJowera 

 sweet-scented, pale rose-coloured ; June to August. Pods brown, thickly 

 beset with short prickles ; ripe in October. 



It * 4. R. HI'SPIDA Lin. The hispid Robinia, or 

 Rose Acacia. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 101. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 262. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 238. 

 Synonymes. R. rbsea. N. Du Ham. 1. 1. 18. ; R. montSna Bartr. 



Voy. 2. p. 128. ; ^schynomene hfspida Roxb. 

 Engravings. Mill. Ic., t. 244. ; Bot. Mag., 311. ; and our fig. 384. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Spines wanting. Leaflets obovate. 

 Branches and legumes hispid. Racemes loose ; 

 the 3 lower teeth of the calyx acuminated. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A shrub, or low tree. Carolina, in pine 

 woods. Height 6 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 

 1758. Flowers large, dark rose-coloured ; June 

 to October. Legume brown ; ripe in October 

 and November. Naked young wood purplish 

 brown, thickly beset with prickles. 



384 Robfnta hispida. 



