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Genus 88. GYMNOCLADUS. 
Tall trees with alternate, very large (2 to 4 ft. Jong), un- 
equally twice-pinnate leaves. Flowers white, conspicu- 
ous, in racemes at the ends of the branches. Fruit a large 
pea-like pod. Some trees are without fruit through the 
abortion of the pistils. 
Gymnoécladus Canadénsis, Lam. 
(KENTUCKY COFFEE-TREE.) Leaves 2 to 
3 ft. long, often with the lower pinne 
simple and the upper pinnate. Leatlets 
ovate,'of a dull bluish-green color. Shoots 
eane-like, blunt and stubby, quite erect. 
Bark exceedingly rough. Pod large, 6 to 
10 in. long, 2 in. broad, with seeds over 4 
in. across. A large (50 to 80 ft. high) tree 
with compact, tough, reddish wood. Wild 
from western New York southwestward, 
and occasionally cultivated as an orna- G. Canadénsis. 
mental tree. 
Genus 34, GLEDITSCHIA. 
Usually thorny trees with alternate, once to twice ab- 
ruptly pinnate leaves. Flowers inconspicuous, greenish, 
in small spikes. Summer. Fruit a small or large pea- 
like pod, with one to many seeds; ripe in autumn, but 
often hanging on the trees through the winter. 
1. Gleditschia triacanthos, L. (Honry- 
Locust.) Leaflets lanceolate-oblong, some- 
what serrate. Pods linear, 1 to 14 ft. long, 
often twisted, filled with sweet pulp be- 
tween the seeds. A large, handsome, clean 
tree, with usually many stout, much- 
branched thorns, especially abundant on 
bruised portions of the trunk and large 
branches; thorns compressed at base. 
iG. tmiacanthos, Wild from Pennsylvania southward and 
westward, and extensively cultivated throughout. ; 
A variety without thorns is frequently met with (var. inermis), also 
one with drooping foliage (var. Bujotii pendula). 
