LEGUMINOS^ 



Petals 4-5, oblong, keeled, pilose on back, grooved, tomentose inner surface ; 

 Stamens 10, free, shorter than petals, on margin of disk, anthers orange ; 

 Ovary 1-celled, hairy; stigma 2-lobed ; Fruit a legume, 6-10 ins. long, 1^-2 

 ins. wide, dark red-brown, glaucous, 2-valved, pulpy; seeds f in. long; 

 formerly used as substitute for coffee. 



Leaves 5-9 pinnate, 1-3 ft. long, 18-24 ins. wide, pinnae with 6-14 

 leaflets, usually alternate, ovate, acute or mucronate, cuneate or rounded at 

 base, shining bronze-green, paler beneath, 2-2^ ins. long, 1 in. wide ; petioles 

 long ; stipules lanceolate or obovate, glandular-serrate. Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 50-60 ft. ; Branches few, thick ; Twigs pubescent ; 

 Ba?-k deeply fissured, dark grey tinged with red ; Wood heavy, strong, coarse- 

 grained, durable, light brown tinged with red. 



Introduced from U.S. America, 1748; there reaches 110 ft. Generic name 

 from Gr. gymnos, naked, and klados, a branch ; referring to naked appear- 

 ance of branches in winter. 



HONEY LOCUST, Gleditschia triacanthos. 



Parks, gardens. June. This is a handsome tree, whose trunk and branches 

 are armed with formidable spines, often 3 ins. long. It thrives well in the 

 neighbourhood of smoky towns, doing best in sheltered borders or shrubberies. 

 It may be propagated by seeds sown in light soil outdoors in March, the 

 young plants being transplanted when two years old. 



Flowers greenish, regular, polygamous, minute ; Male racemes many-flowered, 

 pubescent, 2-2^ ins. long, often fascicled ; Female racemes few-flowered, 2^-3^ 

 ins. long, usually solitary ; Calyx campanulate, 3-5-lobed, lobes acute, revolute, 

 ciliate, villose ; Petals 3-5, nearly equal, erect ; Stamens 6-10, inserted on margin 

 of disk, filaments pilose, anthers green ; Ovary sub-sessile, rarely of 2 carpels ; 

 style short, stigma terminal; Fruit a legume, linear-oblong, 12-18 ins. long, 

 many-seeded, indehiscent, dark brown, pilose, twisted, succulent pulp. 



Leaves paripinnate, leaflets 18-28, or sometimes bipinnate with 4-7 pairs 



of pinnae, leaves 7-8 ins. long ; leaflets obtuse or acute, crenate, linear-oblong, 



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