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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



418. Gjnintjcladus canadensis. 



this genus is nearly allied), are said to be wholesome, and slight!}' 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 tliis 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 upvyards which is na- 

 turally so. 



Genus XXII. 



CE'RCIS L. The Judas Tree. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



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



Synoni/mrs. Siliciuastrum Tourn. Inst. t. 414., Mcenc/t Meth. ; Gainier, Fr. ; Judasbaum, Gar. ; 



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. Ovan/ on 

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

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

 Mill.) 



