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86. Gleditschia triacanthos, Linnaeus, 



Spec. 1 ed. 1056 (excl. var.). Medicus, Bot. Beobaclit. 1782, 230. Lamarck, Diet, ii, 465 ; 111. iii, 446, t. 857, f. 1. Alton, Hort. Kew. iii, 

 444 (excl. vara.); 2 ed. v, 474. Moench, Meth. 69. Abbot, Insects Georgia, ii, t. 285. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 257. Schknhr, 

 Handb. iii, 554, t. 356. Robin, Voyages, iii, 497. Persoon, Syu. ii, 123. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 246. Willdenow, Spec, iv, 1097 ; 

 Enum. 1058 ; Berl. Baumz. 163. Nouveau Duliamel, iv, 100, t. 25. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 164, 1. 10 ; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. 

 108, t. 79. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 221. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 239. .1 ames in Long's Exped. i, 138. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 218. Elliott, 8k. 

 ii, 709. Guimpel, Otto & Hayne, Abb. Holz. 157, t. 132. De CandoUe, Prodr. ii, 479. Sprengel, Syst. iii, 918. - Torrey, Compend. Fl. 

 N. States, 375; Fl.N. York, i, 192. Audubon, Birds, t. 42, 146, 150. Ecemer & Schnltes, Syst. vii, 78. Don, Millei-'s Diet, ii, 428. 

 Beck, Bot. 9!V Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 158. Spach, Hist. Veg. i, 92. Torrey & 6ray,'Fl. N. America, i, 398. Loudon, Arboretum, 

 ii, 650, t. 90, 91. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 254. Browne, Trees of America, 212. Dietrich, Syn. iv, 539. Darby, Bot. S. States, 295. 

 Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 251. Gray in Pacific R. R. Eep. xii, 42 ; Manual N. States, 5 ed. 145. Chai>man, Fl. S. States, 115. 

 Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1680, iii, 49. Lesquereux in Oweu's 2d Eep. Arkansas, 358. Wood, CI. Book, 300 ; Bot. 

 & Fi. 83. Engelmann in Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. new ser. xii, 190. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 195.- Koch, Dendrologie, i, 8. Hunt 

 in Am. Nat. i, 433. Young, Bot. Texas, 246. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 12. Eidgway in Proc. XJ. S. Nat. Mns. 1882, 64. Burgess in 

 Coulter's Bot. Gazette, vii, 95. 



0. spinoga, Marshall, Arbustum, 54. 



O. Meliloba, Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 254. 



0^. IHacran^Aff, Willdenow, Berl. Baumz. 164. 



6. elegans, Salisbury, Prodr. 32,3. 



Melilobus heterophylla, Eafinesqne, Sylva Tellnriana, 121. 



HONEY LOCUST. BLACK LOCUST. THREE-THORNED ACACIA. SWEET LOCUST. HONEY SHUCKS. 



Pennsylvania, western slopes of the Alleghany mountains, west through southern Michigan to eastern Nebraska, 

 astern Kansas, and the Indian territory to about longitude 96 west; south to Tampa bay, Florida (not detected 

 iu eastern Florida), northern Alabama, northern Mississippi, and the valley of the Brazos river, Texas. 



A tree, 25 or 30 meters, or exceptionally 40 meters, in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 1.20 meter in diameter; low, 

 rich bottom lands, or more rarely on dry, sterile hills; the characteristic tree of the " barrens" of middle Kentucky 

 and Tennessee, reaching its greatest development iu the bottoms of the lower Ohio River basin; widely cultivated 

 for shade and as a hedge plant, and now somewhat naturalized in the Atlantic states east of the Alleghany 

 Mountains. 



A not uncommon form, nearly destitute of thorns, is 



var. inermis, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 221. Do Candolle, Mem. Leg. t. 22, f. 109; Prodr. ii, 479. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 158. 

 Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. America, i, 398. Loudon Arboretum, ii, 650, t. 92, 93. Browne, Trees of America, 213. 



O. inermis, Linnaeus, Spec. 1509, in part. Nouveau Duhamel, iv, 100. Bentham in Trans. Linn^an Soc. xxx', 557. 



A form with spines and fruit shorter than those of the type is 



var. brachycarpos, Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 257. Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. America, i, 398. Browne, Trees of America, 213. 

 G. hrachycarpa, PursU, Fl. Am. Sept. 221. De Candolle, Prodr, ii, 479. Sprengel, Syst. iii, 919. Don, Miller's Diet, ii, 428. - 

 Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 158.^Eaton & Wright, Bot. 254. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 653. Dietrich, Syn. iv, 539. 



Wood heavy, hard, strong, coarse-grained, moderately compact, very durable in contact with the soil, 

 usceptible of a high polish; layers of annual growth strongly marked by many rows of open ducts; medullary 

 rays numerous, conspicuous; color, bright brown or red, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.6740; ash, 0.80; 

 nsed lor fence posts and rails, wagon hubs, construction, etc.; its value hardly appreciated. 



Beer is sometimes made domestically by fermenting the sweet, unripe fruit {Porcher I. c). 



87. Gleditschia monosperma, Walter, 



Fl. Caroliniana, 254. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 257. Schknhr, Handb. iii, 555. Persoon, Syn. ii, 623. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. ii, 

 24. Willdenow, Spec, iv, 1097 ; Enum. 1058; Berl. Baumz. 165. Nouveau Duhamel, iv, 101. Alton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. v, 474. 

 Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 169, t. 11; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. ii. 111, t. 80. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 221. Poiret, Suppl. ii, 

 641. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 239. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 218. Elliott, Sk. ii,709. De Candolle, Prodr. ii, 479. Sprengel, Syst. iii, 919. 

 Don, Miller's Diet. 428. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 1.58. Spach, Hist. Veg. i, 98. Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. America, i, 398. Eaton &, Wright, 

 Bot.254. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 653, f. :564. Browne, Trees of America, 215. Dietrich, Syn. iv, 539. Darby, Bot. S. States, 295. 

 Chapman, Fl. S. States, 11.5. Wood, CI. Book, 300; Bot. & Fl. 83. Gray. Manual N. States, 5 ed. 145. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 

 12 Kidgway in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 64. 



O. triacanthos, var. monosperma, Linnasus, Spec, l ed. 1057. Alton, Hort. Kew. iii, 444. 



Q. aquatica, Marshall, Arbustum, 54. 



G. Carolinensis, Lamarck, Diet, ii, 465 ; 111. iii, 447, t. 857, f. 2. Ecemer & Schultes, Syst. vii, 74. 



G. triacantha, Gsertner, Fruct. ii,311,t. 146, f. 3 [not Linnieus]. 



G. inermis, Koch, Dendrologie, i, 9 [not Linnseus]. 



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