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2°-4° high, fls. large, white; racemes l°-2° long. Ohio to Wis., S. 

 and W. 7. Thermopsis. Q|. herbs, resembling Baptisia ; fls. yellow 

 or purple. Few spec, N. Asia, N. Am. T. barbdta, 18' high; fls. 

 purple; Himalaya; T. lanceoldia, 18' high, fls. yellow; Siberia; T. 

 fabdcea, l°-2° high-, fls. yellow, Oregon to S. Cal. and N. Mex. ; T. 

 Cai-olinidna, 3°-5° high, fls. yellow; mts. of E. Tenn., N. C. 



Sub-Ord. 2. Csesalpiniese. Brazil-woods. — Stem woody ; 

 straight or climbing, sometimes flattened. Lvs. generally comp. ; 

 stip. Fls. §, rarely $ i^ ; sep. 5; pet. 5, rarely 3-2-1, more rarely 



0. Sta. 10 or fewer ; fll. rarely coherent. Pod often indehisc. 7 

 Tribes : 



Tribe 1. Lvs. 1-2-pinnate. Fls. small, spicate. Pet. 5. Ov. oo. 



1. Erythrophlaeum. Armed trees, juice red, poisonous. 2 spec. E. 

 ffiiineense, GRfiGKi Treb, 100° high. Juice used as an ordeal. W. 

 Af. E. Laboucherii, Ironbark, Australia. 



Tribe 2. Lvs. paripinnate or 2-8-foliolute. Fls. small. Pet. 5 or 

 0. Ov. 1-2. 1. Copaifera. Trees, shrubs, gum-yielding. Petals 0; 

 fls. white, spicate. Pod 1-seeded. Trop. Am., "W. Af. "Few species. 

 C. officinalis, 20° high ; C. guianensis, 25° high ; "yield Balsam Copaiva. 

 W. Ind., S. Am. C. Ghibourtidna, yields a lied Copal (resin). W. 

 Af. 2. Detarium senegalense, tree 30° high. Petals ; fls. white, pan- 

 icled, fragrant. Pod 1-seeded, large, drupe-like, edible. Wood dark, 

 valuable. W. Af 



Tribe 3. Lvs. usually pinnate. Ov. 3- oo. 1. Hymenaea. Pet. 

 5, unequal ; sta. 10. Lvs. 2-foliolate. H. Courbaril, W. Ind. Locust, 

 enormous evergreen trees, more than 2000 years old, trunk 60°-80° in 

 girth. Wood brown, valuable; yields a fine Copal (resin). W. Ind., 

 S. Am. 2. Tamarindus mdica, only spec. IPetals 3 ; fls. yellow, 

 showy, racemed, fragrant. Pods with fleshy pulp, the Tamarinds of 

 commerce. Lvs. paripinnate, 22-28-foliolate. Elegant tree, E. Ind. 

 3. HuTnboldtia. Pet. 3-5 ; fls. scarlet, racemed. Handsome scram- 

 bling shrubs, with tumid branches; lvs. imparipinnate. 4 spec, 

 Malabar, Ceylon. 4. Jonesia. Pet. 0. Calyx colored ; fls. large, 

 scarlet or orange, showy, clustered, fragrant. Pod scimitar-shaped. 

 Lvs. evergreen, glossy, 12'-18' long, 6-1 2-foliolate. Handsome trees 

 or .scandent shrubs. Malay peninsula and islands. J. Asbca, Asoka 

 Tree ; 20°-40° high. J. scdndens, climbing. 5. Amherstia nbbilis, 

 only spec, evergreen tree, 40° high; lvs. paripinnate, large, pui-ple 

 when young ; fls. large, bright vermilion, spotted with yellow, in 

 gigantic, pendulous, close racemes. Near Martaban, Malay penin- 

 sula. 6. Brownea, evergreen shrubs or trees ; lvs. paripinnate, 12'- 

 18' long, 8-24-foliolate; fls. red, crimson, in dense hds. ; showy. 

 Several spec, W. Ind., S. Am. 



Tribe 4. Lvs. simple, cordate, 2-lobed ; or 2-foliolate. 1. Cercis, 

 Jtjdas-Trbe ; said, with the Elder (Samb-Hcus) , to be the tree on which 

 Judas hanged himself. Lvs. cordate, like 2 Ifts. united. Petals 5 ; fls. 

 rich rose-color or pale red, in profuse clusters, axil, or adventitious, ap- 

 pearing before the lvs. in spring. Pod long, flat, persistent. C. cana- 

 densis ^20°-S0° high, lvs. cordate. Kiver-banks, N. Y. to Miss. Eiver, 

 S. to Fla. and La. C. Siliqudstrum, 20° high; S. Eur., Levant. C. 

 sinens/s, China ; Cjapdraica, Japan. Wood in all valuable. 2. Bau- 

 hinia (after the brothers John and Caspar Bauhin). Lvs. 2-lobed ; 

 lobes separate or partly united. Petals 5 ; fls. white, red, yellow, pur- 



