UOO Oedee 4G.— LEGUMIIn'OSjE. 



6. GYMNOC'LADUS, Lam. Coffee Tree. (Gir. yvitrfx:, naked, 

 i-Xddog, a shoot; for its coarse, naked shoots in winter.) Flowera ? S ■ 

 S Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, equal ; petals 5, insertetl into the smmiiit of 

 tlic tube ; stamens 10, distinct. ? Calyx and corolla as above; style 

 1 ; legumes 1-celled, oblong, very large, pulpy ivitlnn. — A slQnder, un- 

 armed tree, with unequally bipiunate )vs, Lfts. ovate, aeuininate. 



G. Canadensis Lam. Grows in Weatom X. Y., Oliio, lad. S. ti> Tenn., on Iho 

 borders of lakes and rivers. Height 50fJ with a trunk ].'>' diam.. .^traiglit and sim- 

 ple to the height of 251J covered with a rough, scaly bark, and snpportinfj.a i:iihr r 

 small but regular head. The compound Ivs. are 2 to of long, :nid 15 lo 20' wide, 

 teing doubly compounded of a great number of dull gi'een ieaiietg- Singk' leaf- 

 lets often occupy the place of some of the pinnte. Fls. greenish-white, in long 

 racemes, succeeded by very largo curved pods containiDg each several round, 

 depressed, brown, polished, and very hard seeds. May — JL 



7. GLEDITS'CHIA, L. Honey Locust. (For John (f. GlcdUsch, n 

 botanical writer, Leipzig.) Flowers $ fj i. Sepals equal, 3 to 5, 

 imited at base ; petals 3 to 5 ;' stamens 3 to 5, distinct, opposite the 

 sepals, sometimes by abortion fewer or 0; stylo short, often abortive; 

 legume continuous, compressed, often intercepted l>etween the seeds bj 

 f\ quantity of sweet pulp. — Trees, with supra-axillary, branched spines, 

 Lvs. abruptly pinnate and bipiuDate, often in the same specimen. Fls. 

 small, green, racemous. 



1 G-. triac^nthiiB L. Branches armed with sioiii, triple spines : lfts. alternate, ob- 

 long-lanceolate, obtuso; ley. linear-oblong, compressed, many-seeded, 'intervals 

 fiUed with sweet pulp. — Penn. to Mo. and La. In favorable circumstances it attains 

 the height of 70f, undivided half its length, with a diameter of 3 to 4f. 'I'iie 

 thorns are 2 to 12' long, ligneous, numerously branched, Ibrming I'.onid mafsiM 

 along tho trunk. Foliag-e light and elegant. Lfts. about 18, 1 to 1 1' long, J ft* 

 ivide, 1, 2 or 3 of them frequently transformed, eitlier partly or wholly, into smaller 

 leaflets (g 290). Fls. succeeded by flat, twisted, hanging pods 12 to 18' Jong, of 

 a dull red. Sds. flat, hard, brown, imbedded in a fleshy substance, at first sweei, 

 but becoming sour. Jn. — The wood is very heavy. 



2 Gr. nionOBperma Walt. Water LocrST. Armed v:Uh Jeu.\ slender, mostly 

 simple spines; lfts. ovate-oblong; leg. broadly oval, viUioul pitlp, one-seeded. — 

 Swamps, S. Car. to Fla. and La., not common. A tree of smaller dimensions than 

 the former, with a smoother bark. Feds about 2' long with tlio stipe, 1' wide. 

 ri.-. greenish, in amont-like racemes like the other. Jn. 



8. CAS'SIA, L. Senna. (Hebrew, Ivatziot/i.) Sepals 5, scarcely 

 united at base, nearly equal ; petals 5, unequal, Imt not papilionaceous ; 

 .•■itamons distinct, 10, or by abortion fewer, antliers opening bj' terminal 

 ,)orcs, the three upper often sterile; legume muay-secdcd, l-cellcd or 

 inany-ccllcd transversely. — -Trees, shrubs or herbs. Lvs. simply, abruptly 

 pinnate. 



§ Stam. 5 or 10, .all perfect. Rppals ncutc. Lfts. .small ^^f»s. 1, i 



^ St:im. 10, the H upper abortive Sep. obtuse. Lft,s. large, (a) 



a (flanel on tlie petUfle at or near tho base ; Nr)>. ;l, 4 



a Gland on the nichis between the two lowest leaflets Nos. d, G 



1 C. Chamaecrista L. Sensitive Pea. Lfts. 8 /o 12 pairs, oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, mucronato ; yfe. large, pedicillate, 2 or 4 in each fascicle; with. 10, un- 

 ■-HUal, all fertile. — Qj An elegant plant in dry soils, Mass., Mid., W. and S. States. 

 St. i to 2f high, round, pubescent. Lfts. crowded, 4 to 8" \^ 1 to 21", smooth, 

 subsessile. Fls. 15 to 18" broad. Bracts lance-subulate, as are also the sti- 

 pules, persistent. Petals bright yellow, the 2 upper ones with a purple spot. 

 -Vug. — The leaves possess considerable irritability. 



2 C. n£otitans J^. Wild Sensitive Punt. Lfts. fi to 15 pairs, oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, mucronate, seasile; fls. small, 2 or 3 in each subsessile fascick ; sta. 5, 5-'i.V 



