-126 L eguminosce Robinia. 



different in aspect. In R. Ps. inermis the characteristic thorns 

 are wanting, and the leaflets are narrow, oblong, and glaucous 



Fig. 71. Robinia liispida. (J nat. size.) 



beneath ; Decaisneana has bright rosy flowers ; monophylla 

 has the leaf reduced to one large leaflet ; pendula is of droop- 

 ing habit ; and crispa, monstrosa, and dissecta differ in the 

 foliage. Besides the above there is a yellow-flowered variety, 

 and others- in which the leaflets are much smaller or larger 

 than in the so-called typical form. Then there is the variety 

 tortuosa with zigzag branches, and varieties variegated with 

 white or yellow. 



3. R. viscosa, syn. R. glutinosa. A small tree. Young 

 shoots clammy. Flowers rose-pink, nearly scentless, crowded 

 in short racemes ; pod clothed with glandular hairs. Possibly 

 one of the many variations of the Thorn Acacia. North 

 America. 



17. CLIANTHUS. 



Trailing or climbing herbs. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 small, numerous, oblong. Flowers very large, brilliantly 

 coloured, in short pendulous axillary racemes. Petals acuminate ; 

 standard reflexed. Stamens diadelphous. Only two species 

 are described, but these have produced several varieties. The 

 name is a compound of tc\sios, glory, and avQos, a flower, from 

 whence we have Grlory Pea. 



1. C. puniceus. Parrot Flower. A branching shrubby 



