FOREST TREES. 153 



The Honey Locust is supposed not to be indigenous east of 

 the Alleghany Mountains, although very large old trees are 

 found in nearly all of our Eastern States, probably raised from 

 seed brought from Western localities. More or less common 

 from Pennsylvania southward to Florida, and westward to the 

 Valley of the Mississippi. 



G. monosperma, Nutt. Water Locust. Leaflets ovate or ob- 

 long, thorns mostly simple, not branched. Pods short, oval, 

 one-seeded, without pulp. A small tree in swamps and low 

 grounds, from Southern Illinois to Florida. It is occasionally 

 planted for ornament. 



FOREIGN SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 



G. Caspha. Caspian Honey Locust. A rapid growing tree 

 of irregular form, but with large foliage. Thornless. 



G. Sinensis. Chinese Honey Locust. Has stouter and conical 

 thorns, and broader and more oval leaflets. A small tree, quite 

 hardy in our Northern States. There is also a thornless varie- 

 ty of this species also hardy. 



GORDONIA, Ellis. Loblolly Bay. 



Elegant, small shrubs, or large trees, with showy flowers, 

 closely related to the common camellia. Flowers with five 

 thick petals, imbricated in the bud. Fruit woody, five-valved, 

 containing rather long, angular, or winged seeds. Mostly 

 native of the West Indies, one species in the Island of Java, 

 and two in our Southern States. Propagated from seed, or by 

 cuttings or layers. 



Gordonia Lasianthns, L. Loblolly Bay. Leaves obvate-oblong, 

 narrowed in a petiole, finely serrate ; evergreen. Flowers 

 silky, two inches broad, white with long stalks, appearing in 

 July and August. A large tree thirty to sixty feet high, with 

 a stem nearly two feet in diameter. Wood of a reddish color, 

 rather light and brittle, not considered valuable. In swamps 

 of Southern Virginia, Florida, and west to Louisiana. 



G. pnbescens, L. Herit. Leaves obovate-oblong, sharply serrate, 

 white beneath, deciduous. Flowers silky, on short stalks, 

 white, fragrant, and nearly three inches broad. A small tree 

 about thirty feet high in Georgia, and near the coast south- 

 ward. Hardy as far north as Philadelphia, and quite a large 

 specimen was formerly growing in the old Bartram Garden, 

 Michaux ; also Meehan, in Hand Book of Ornamental Trees. 



