LF-Gl'MINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) Ho 



mens 10, distinct, short, inserted witli the petals. Pod ol)lon^, flattened, hard, 

 pul|)y inside, several-seeded. iSeeds tiatti>li. — A tall lar^^e tree, with rou;^h 

 bark, stout branehlets, not thorny, and h\r<j;(i uneiiuaily twiec-jtinnatc luavea; 

 tlic leaflets standing;- veriiealiy. — Flowers whitish, in terminal raeenies. (Name 

 from yvfi.i'ui, uuLil, and KXiidus, a brunch, aliiuling to the stout branehes desti- 

 tute of spray.) 



1. G. Canadensis, Lam. Rieh woods, along rivers, W. New York and 

 Penn. to Illinois and soutlnvcstward. June. — Cultivated as ati ornameuial 

 tree : timber valuable. Leaves 2° - 3° long, witli several larj>e partial leafstalks 

 bearing 7 -13 ovate stalked leaflets, the lowest pair with single leaflets. Tod 

 6'- 10' long, 2' broad ; the seeds over V aeross. Stipules wanting. 



36. GLEDITSCHIA, L. IIoney-Locu.st. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx short, 3-5eleft, the lobes sjtreading. Petals 

 as many as the sepals and equalling them, the 2 lower sometimes united. Sta- 

 mens 3 - 10, distinet, inserted with the petals on the base of the ealv.x. Pod flat, 

 1 -many-seeded. Seeds flat. — Thorny trees, with abruptly onee or twiee pin- 

 nate leaves, and inconspieuous greenish flowers in small spikes. Thorns above 

 the axils. (Named in honor of J. G. Ukditsch, a botanist contemporary with 

 Linna'us.) 



1. G. triac^nthos, L. (Three-tiiokned Acaci.\, or IIoxey-Locust.) 

 Thorns stout, often triple or compound ; haflds Innreolate-ohlon;/, somewhat ser- 

 rate ; pods linear, eloixfjatcd (1°- U° long), often twisted, fllled with sweet pulp 

 between the seeds. — Rieh woods, Penn. to Virginia, Illinois, and southwest- 

 ward. June. — Common in cultivation as an ornamental tree, and for hedges. 



2. G. monosp6rma, Walt. (Watek-Locust.) Thorns slender, mostly 

 simple; hojlils oaite or nljlum/ ; pods oval, l-sccdal, puii>lcss. — Swamps, Illinois 

 and southwestward. July. — A small tree. 



37. DESMANTHUS, Willd. DESMANTiins. 



Flowers perfect or polygamous, regular. Calyx campanulate, 5-tootlied. 

 Petals 5, distinct. Stamens 5 or 10. Pod flat, membranaceous or somewhat 

 coriaceous, several-seeded, 2-valved, smooth. — Herbs, with twice-pinnate leaves 

 of numerous small leaflets, and with one or more glands on the petiole, setaceous 

 stipules, and axillary peduncles bearing a head of small greenish-white flowers. 

 (Name composed nf dtana, a bond, and livBo^, flmrer.) 



1. D. brach;^lobuS, Benth. Nearly glabrous perennial, erect (l°-40 

 high); partial petioles 0-15 pairs; leaflets 20 -,30 pairs ; stamens'); pods ob- 

 long or lanceolate, curved, scarcely 1' louir, 2 - f.-seeded. (Darlina-tonia hraehy- 

 loba & glandulosa, Z>C.) — Prairies and alluvial banks, Illinois and .southwest- 

 ward. 



38. SCHRANKIA, Willd. Sensitive Bhiar. 



Flowers polygamous, regidar. Calyx minute. .'J-toothed. Petals united into 

 a funnel-form 5-cleft corolla. Stamens 10-12. ilistinet, or the filaments united 

 at the base. Pods long and narrow, rough-pricklv, several-seeded 4-valvcd i. c 



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