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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



418. Gymndcladus canaditasis. 



this genus is nearly allied), are said to be wholesome, and slightly aperient. 

 In Britain, the only use of the tree is for ornamental purposes ; and, con- 

 sidered as an object of curiosity and beauty, no collection ought to be without 

 it. A rich, deep, free soil is essential to the thriving of this tree ; and such a 

 soil is never met with naturally in exposed situations. The tree is generally 

 propagated by imported seeds ; but it will grow freely from cuttings of the 

 roots, care being taken in planting to keep that end upwards which is na- 

 turally so. 



GENUS XXII. 



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CTE'RCIS L. THE JUDAS TREE. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 510. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 518. ; Doll's Mill., 2. p. 463. 



Synonymes. Siliquistrum Town. Inst. t. 414., Moench Meth. ; Gainier, Fr. ; Judasbaum, Ger. ; 



Albero de Giuda, Ital. 

 Derivation. From kerkis, a shuttlecock, the name given by Theophrastus to this tree. 



Gen. Char. Calyx urceolate at the base and gibbous, bluntly 5-toothed at the 

 apex. Petals 5, unguiculate, all distinct, disposed in a papilionaceous manner ; 

 the wings or side petals the largest. Stamens 10, free, unequal. Ovary on 

 a short stipe. Legume oblong, slender, compressed, 1-celled, many-seeded, 

 somewhat winged on the seminiferous suture. Seeds obovate. (Don's 

 Mill.) 



