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pie, sol. or racemed. Showy evergreen trees or shrubs, often climbing. 

 Many species. Tropics, chiefly in Ind. and Brazil. B. tomentbsa, St. 

 Thomas' Tube. 20^ high ; fls. pale yellow, spotted with crimson, 

 which the legend says was the blood of St. Thomas. Ceylon. B. 

 Vahlii, Mal6o Climber ; gigantic climbing tree ; stems .300^ long, 

 flat, rilibon-like, encircling and festooning the tallest trees and often 

 strangling them, Lvs. Vi'-W in diameter, lobes joined half their 

 length. Fls. snow-white, racemed. Many other tine spec; shrubs 

 with white fls., W. Ind., trop. N. and S. Am. B. guianensis, climb- 

 ing, fls. white, Guiana. B. spathacea, shrub, 6° high, fls. white, 

 Mex. B. variegdta; Mountain Ebony, 6°-15° high, fls. ros3'-white, 

 wood dark, valuable. E. Ind. 



Tribe 6. Lvs. pari- or imparipinnate. Petals 5 or 0. Anth. 

 bursting by slits or pores. 1. Ceratonia SUiqua, only spec, Cakob, 

 Alqar6ba, Locust, St. John's Bread. . Evergreen tree, 15°-30° 

 high ; fls. red, racemed. Pod &'-Vi' long, flat, indehisc, with fleshy, 

 sweet, edible pulp, in which the sds. are separately embedded ; said to 

 be the Locusts on which St. John fed in the wilderness. East Medi- 

 terranean States. S. Cassia, Senna; more than 200 spec, chiefly 

 evergreen shrubs or trees, with handsome foliage and showy, usually 

 yellow, fls., racemed or panicled. For the most part tropical ; both 

 worlds. Lvs. of several Asiatic and African species, C. obovdta, Q, 

 Egypt ; C. lanceoldta, evergreen, 1° high, Levant ; are the Senna of 

 pharmacy. C. OTaHi(i»(iica, Am erican Senna, lit. perenn., sts. 3°- 

 5° high. C. occidentdlis, Q, l''-5°high; C. obtusifolia, Q, l°-4° 

 high; C. chamcecrista, Q, spreading, sts. 12'-] 8' long, fls. large, are 

 common in U. S. C. FisUla, Puduing Pipe Tree ; handsome ever- 

 green tree, with laburnum-like fls. and black, woody, indehisc. pods 

 l°-2° long. Ind. Cultivated in tropics, both worlds. 



Tribe 6. Lvs. 2-pinnate, sometimes sensitive. Petals usually 5, 

 subequal. 1. Parkinsonia, handsome, evergreen, spiny shrubs ; fls. 

 yellow, racemed. P. ac^eiedfa, 15° high, trop. Am. Two other spec. ; 

 one. Cape of Good Hope; the other in Mex. 2. Poinciana, evergreen 

 trees ; fls. yellow, with long, richly-colored stamens ; racemed. P. 

 eldta, Ind., Af. P. regia, Madagascar. 3. Csesalpinia. Evergreen 

 trees, shrubs, sometimes climbing ; fls. yellow, rarely white. 38 

 spec, trop., both worlds. C. (Poinciana) pulcherrima, Barbadoks 

 Flower-Fence. Spiny shrub, 10° high ; fls. large, orange, with 

 long, protruding, red stamens. E. Ind. C. (Poinciana^ Gilliesii, 

 similar, stamens longer. S. Am. C. echindta, small prickly tree, 

 yields the Brazil-wood and Brasiletto dye of commerce. Brazil. C. 

 Sdppan, small tree, the Sappan-wood of commerce. 4. Gleditschia. 

 Handsome deciduous trees, with branching thorns when young. Fls. 

 ? § C?i green, inconspicuous, spicate, often fragrant. Pod flat, with 

 sweet pulp, in which the sds. are embedded. Few spec, N. Am., 

 Asia, Af. G. triacdnihos, Honby-Locust, 50° -80° high, with spread- 

 ing branches ; armed when young with formidable branched spines. 

 Pods 12''-18'' long, dark red ; pulp honey-sweet. Penn., S. and S. W. 

 G. monospirma, Watbr-Locust, 30°-60° high; pod short, 1-seeded, 

 pulpless. Swamps, 111., S. and W. G. sinensis, G. macracdntha, trees 

 40°-70° high, with branchy spines ; China. S. Gymnocladus canaden- 

 sis, CoFFBE Tree, Chicot (JShee-ko) Tree. Only spec. 50°-70° high ; 

 fls. small, c? 9 or (^ § 9, racemed; pod flattened, 6'-10' long; sds. 



