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ins. long, bracteate and bracteolate ; Calyx persistent, teeth 5, short, obtuse; 

 Stamens 10, all distinct, filaments slender; anthers versatile; Ovary sub- 

 sessile ; style incurved. Fruit a legume, ripening only in hot summers, 2 ins. 

 long, flat. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 12-18 ins. long in young specimens, in 

 older trees about half that size, leaflets 5-11, oval or ovate, entire, acuminate, 

 shortly petiolate, nearly glabrous, bright green. Autumn tints bright golden- 

 yellow, orange, crimson. 



A deciduous shrub, 8 ft. ; Branches slender, spreading, pendulous ; Bark 

 silvery-grey or light brown, smooth ; Buds concealed in petioles ; Wood clear 

 yellow colour, splitting with difficulty ; valuable as fuel, yielding yellow dye. 



Introduced from N. America, 1812; there makes a round-headed tree, 



20-30 ft. Synonymous with Virgilia lutea. £ > 



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JAPANESE PAGODA TREE, Sophora japonica. 



Parks, gardens. August, September. This forms a beautiful dense, round- 

 headed tree, somewhat resembling a Robinia, showing to best advantage on an 

 open sheltered lawn. It likes a deep, rich, loamy soil. It is the latest flowering 

 of our large trees, noticeable in spring through its graceful bluish-green foliage, 

 and made conspicuous in winter by the deep green of its young shoots. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttings in sandy soil in March ; seeds in light soil in April. Used 

 as a stock for grafting the weeping variety in March. 



Flowers creamy-white, papilionaceous, in a loose terminal panicle, bracts 

 small ; much sought after by bees when fallen to ground ; Calyx oblique, 

 teeth short ; Ovary shortly stipitate, stigma terminal, minute ; Fruit a pod, 

 moniliform, indehiscent ; seeds rare in Britain. 



Leaves imparipinnate, petiolate, exstipulate, leaflets 9-15, oblong-ovate, 

 entire, acute, dark bluish -green. 



A deciduous tree, 30-80 ft. ; Branches spreading, massive, naked young 



wood dark green ; Roots deep ; Bark rough ; growth rapid. 



Native of China ; seeds first sent by Father d'lncarville to Bernard de 



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