L egiiminoscz Sophora. 1 3 7 



The genus Edwdrdsia is usually incorporated with this. 

 E. grandiflora or, as it should be here termed, Sophora tetrd- 

 ptera, is a small tree or bush from New Zealand, very variable 

 in size, foliage and flowers, the extreme forms having been de- 

 scribed as distinct species. The leaflets are small, and usually 

 very numerous, and the flowers conspicuous, bright yellow, in 

 pendulous racemes. The pod is 4-winged, and constricted 

 between the seeds. This requires a wall and extra protection 

 in severe weather. 



SUB-ORDER II. CsDsalpinese. 



Calyx usually deeply partite. Petals imbricate, the upper 

 one innermost. Stamens usually free. 



30. GLEDlTSCHIA. 



Deciduous trees often furnished with simple or branched 

 rigid spines. Leaves bipinnate, and on the same tree simply 

 abruptly pinnate. Flowers polygamous, small, greenish or white, 

 in axillary clustered racemes or fascicled cymes. Pod flattened, 

 coriaceous or somewhat fleshy. There are four or five species, 

 from North America and temperate and tropical Asia. So 

 named in memory of a German botanist. 



1. G. triaodnthos. Honey Locust. This is the species 

 usually seen in England. It is a handsome tall-growing tree 

 with a large spreading top. The stem and branches are usually 

 armed with formidable trifid thorns ; but the most remarkable 

 feature is the long thin flat twisted pendent pods. In Autumn 

 when these are numerous they give the tree a very curious 

 appearance. The leaves are pinnate or bipinnate, and 

 slightly hairy. A native of North America, and perfectly 

 hardy in this country. We must not omit to mention that 

 there is amongst others an unarmed variety, and also a pen- 

 dulous one. 



2. G. monospermd) syn. G. inermis. Water Locust. 

 Another handsome North American tree, readily distinguished 

 from the foregoing by its 1 -seeded pod, but otherwise scarcely 

 differing from it. It is usually a smaller tree in all its parts, 

 with less rigid thorns. 



G. Sinensis, syn. G. horrida, is an eastern species of similar 

 habit. There are several varieties of it, including an unarmed 



