_ PULSE FAMILY. lil 
1. G. Canaden’sis, Lam. Leaflets 7-13 on te salir siontin orett, 
petiolulate,—the lowest a single pair ; flowers in axillary ra 
Canaptan Gymnocrapvs. merely Coffee-tree. mye tes eit 
Stem 50 thigh, branching. Zeaves 2-3 feet long, bipinnately branching ; leaf- 
lets rather a rats: entire, about 3 inches in feck Flowers gsi option or white. 
6~-10 in ee pela’ and 1-2 inches wide, somewhat falcate ; seeds nearly orbicular, a little 
ar eae over nef n inch in d iameter. 
oods Askbeg w York to Minois and south-westward ; also in cultivation. ¥F1. 
May os Octob: i 
Obs. This fine tree has been introduced into the Eastern States, from 
the West ; and altho ough not equal to ors mee m a shade tree, is 
esi of a _— in all pei ie plantations. The timber is rable, 
close 
19. GLEDIT’SCHIA, L. Honzy Locust. 
[Named in honor of John Gottlieb Gleditsch, a German. Botanist.] 
Flowers polygamo Sepals 3-5, equal, united at base. Petals as 
many as the Lana —or fewer by abortion—or by the union of the ta 
lower ones. Stamens as many as the sepals and Pt sive them, or by 
i pted internally 
val, 
ee or oes ag (often both forms on the same 
nia Flow sgh, somewhat spica 
L..G. ees thos, L. i ari stout, mostly bags leaflets ts linear “se 
lance-oblong, somewhat serrate; legumes oblong, m — 
somewhat falcate and oticcieng ‘many-seeded, —the intervals fill filled with : 
sweet pulp. ey 
pig gi tial Gueprtscuta. Honey-locust. Three-thorned Acacia. 
y. Le Fevier 4 trois Epines. Germ. Der Honigdorn iS 
Stem 30-50 or 60 feet high, and 2-3 or 4 feet in diameter. Leaflels about an inch or 
inch and a half Flowers yellowish green. Ra carves 6-12 or 15 inches long, and an 
inch or more in width, thin and wavy, or somewhat t 
Pennsylvania to Louisiana : often cultivated. Ft. July. Fe. September — Ootoben. 
Obs. The light pa gee ot pie tree thr it a pleasing pate 
not a good shade tree. in frequen cultivation as 
tree, and. seems to } pee 
| success in some eeauas for hedging, its formidable thorns . 
compensating, by their — for the beauty which a hedge with such — 
light foliage must lack. e thorns are knocked off by the winds 
being often so compound hat however Oe ne kote points 
stick up, prove very troublesome ont e feet of pt cattle, 
