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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITTANICUM. 



583. Robinzti vlscosa. 



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; 

 Jime 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 otlier respect, both in natural characters and artificial culture, this 

 tree strongly resembles the common R. Pseud-vicacia. 



^ 3. R. DU^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't 



Mill., 2. p. 238. 

 Synnm/mes. R. hybrida Attdih. ; R. ambigua Poir. Suppl. 4. p. 690. ; and, perhaps, R. echinita 



Mill. Diet.. No. 2. ; R. intermtdia Soulmige- Bodin in Ann. d'Hort. de Paris, 2. p. 13. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. . in p. 



Sjyec. Char., d^-r. 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 uncier the middle size. Hybrid? 

 between R. Pseud- Jcacia and R. viscosa. Originated in ? 1730. Flowers 

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

 beset with short prickles ; ripe in October. 



!? ^ 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. 

 Sytioriymes. R. rtisea N. Du Ham. 1. t. 18. ; R. montana Bartr. 



Voy. 2. p. 12S. ; .(Eschynomene hfspida Uoxb. 

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



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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. 



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