114 PULSE FAJIII.y. 



ro;narl:aV.o for hanging cdgciviso. Flowers in car'.y r/.immcr ; ripening in Iqte 

 n-.irn'r.m, iha largo and indurated pod .'/ - I'J' long an;l ly - i' wido ; flio seeds 

 over y acvQjj. 



54. GLEDITSCHIA, IIONEY-LOClST. (Xamcd for llio car:y Gcr- 

 man botanist, GlcdXich.) VI. car!;,- summer, inconjpieuonr,, ripening llio pds 

 l.'.lo in autumn. ' T'lorns cimplu or conir.'ound ; (hodo on the branchlots above 

 the a:u:ii. Leaves on growing shoots of the season twico pinnate ; those in 

 clusters on spurs mostly once pinnate. , 



Gc. ti'iaSiinthos, Tiiri;e-tiioe>.-ed Acacia or Commox H. Wild in 

 ri.-^i iioil f"om Pcnn. B. & W., also commonly planted for shade, sometimes used 

 fjr I'.sdgcs : a rather tall tree, with light foliage, largo often very compound 

 I'lOvns ilattish at the base and tapering, small lanee-oblong leaflets, and linear 

 flat pods 0'-20' long, often twisted or curved. A var. ixekmis has very fcw or 

 no Ihoins. 



G. Gin§nsis, Chinese IL, occasionally planted, has stouter conical thorns, 

 and broader oval leaflets. 



G. inonosp6rnia, Oxe-seedei> or AVatek H. Swamps from Illinois 

 G. \-T. : r.mall tree, v.ith slender ihoms, ovate or oblong leaflets, and oval l-socd:d 

 pods, containing no pulp. 



D5. MIMOSA, SENSITIVE-PLANT. (JFrom Greek word io mimic, i. o. 



the movements imitating an .animal faculty.) Tliore are wild shrubby species 



in Texas and farther S. The following arc licrbs, procumbent or trailing, 



with I)ri3t!y short pods. 



TjT. pucliaa, Common S. Beset with spreading bristly hairs and somewhat 

 prieldy ; the leaves very sensitive to the touch, of very numerous linear leaflets 

 on 2 p.airs of branches of tho common petiole, crowded on its apex, so as to 

 a;)j)car digitate ; flowers rose-purple, in slender-pcduncled heads, in summer. 

 Cult, from South America. ® 



IK. Strigiilbsa, Wild S. Kough with appressed stiff bristles, not prickly ; 

 k'.ivci v.-ith 5 or C pairs of branches of tho common petiole, each bearing 10-14 

 l>air3 of oblonrj-linoar leaflets ; flowers rose-color ; oblong head on very long 

 ])edunc!e. Wild on'iivcr-banks far S. ; fl. summer. ^ 



C6. SCHRAWKIA, SENSITIVE-BRIER. (Named for a Gorman bol> 

 anist, Schrank.) Two species v/i!d in dry sandy soil, S. & AV., spreading on 

 tlie ground, appearing much alike, with leaves closing like the Sensitive- 

 Plant, but only under ruder handling : flowers rose-piu'plo, small, in globular 

 lieaJs on axillary peduncles, in summer, y, 

 G. uncinkta.. Stems, petioles, peduncles, and oblong-linear short-pointed 



pofls beset with rather stout hooked prickles ; leaflets elliptical, reticulated with 



strong veins underneath. 

 S. angustita. Prickles scattered, weaker, and loss hooked ; leaflets oblong- 



line.ar, not reticulated ; pods slender, taper-pointed. 



G7. DESMANTHUS. (Gi-oek-mado name, meaning that tho flowers are 

 hound together : they are merely crowded in a head. A few species very far 

 S., and the following W. ' 



D. braeh^lobus. Prairies from Illinois S. & W. : nearly smooth, l°-4° 

 liigh, erect, with G-1.5 pairs of partial petioles, each bearing 20 - 30 pairs of 

 very f.mall narrow leaflets, one or more glands on the main petiole, small heads 

 of whitish flowers, followed by short 2 - G-seeded pods ; stamens 5. ^ 



55. ALBIZZIA, SILK-FLOWER. (Named for an Italian botanist.) 

 A. dulibrissin, Silk-Floweu or Su.k-Tp.ek, from Asia, planted for 



ornament S. : a small tree, with leaves of numerous pairs of partial petioles, 



