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4. C. nictitans, L. CWild Seksitive-Pi^nt.) Leaflets 10-20 

 pairs, oblong-linear ; Jlowers (very small) on very short pedicels ; anthers 5, nearly 

 equal; style very short. ® — Sandy fields, New England, near the' coast, to 

 Virginia and southward. Aug. 



33. GYMNOCIiADirSj Lam. Kbktuokt Coffbe-tkeb. 



Flowers dicecious, regular. Calyx tubular below, 5-cleft. Petals 5, oblong, 

 equal, inserted on tlie summit of the calyx-tube. Stamens 10, distinct, short, 

 inserted with the petals. Pod oblong, flattened, hard, pulpy inside, several- 

 seeded. Seeds flattish. — A tall large tree, with rough bark, stout branchlets, 

 not thorny, and very large unequally twice-pinnate leaves. Flowers whitish, in 

 axillary racemes. (Name from yvjivos, naked, and liKabos, a branch, alluding 

 to the stout branches destitute of spray.) 



1. G. Canadensis, Lam. Rich woods, by rivers, W. New York and 

 Penn. to Illinois and southwestward. June. — Cultivated as an ornamental 

 tree : timber valuable. Leaves 2° -3° long, with several large partial leafstalks 

 bearing 7-13 ovate stalked leaflets, the lowest pair with single leaflets. Pod 

 6' - 10' long, 2' broad; the seeds over J' across. 



34. «L,E»iTSCHIA, L. HojfET-LooirsT. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx of 3 - 5 spreading sepals, united at the base. 

 Petals as many as the sepals, and equalling them, the 2 lower sometimes united. 

 Stamens as many, distinct ; inserted with the petals on the base of the calyx. 

 Pod flat, 1 - many-seeded. Seeds flat. — Thorny trees, with abruptly once or 

 twice pinnate leaves, and inconspicuous greenish flowers in small spikes. 

 Thorns above the axils. (Named in honor of Gleditsch, a botanist contem- 

 porary with Linnaeus.) 



1. G. triacdnthos, L. (Theee-thorned Acacia, or Honet-Lo- 

 C0ST.) Thorns stout, 6ften triple or compound; leaflets Icmceolate-dbhng, some- 

 what serrate; pods linear, elongated (l°-lj° long), often twisted, filled with 

 sweet pulp between the seeds. — Rich woods, Penn. to Illinois and southwest- 

 ward. June. — Common in cultivation as an ornamental tree, and for hedges. 



2. G. monosperma, Walt. (Watek-Locubt.) Thorns slender; 

 mostly simple ; leaflets ovate or oblong ; pods oval, 1-seeded, pulpless. — Swamps, 

 Illinois and southwestward. July. — A small tree. 



SuBOKDEK III. KHM6SE.aE. The Mimosa Family. 



35. DESMANTHIJS, "WiUd. Desmanthus. 



Flowers perfect or polygamous. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Petals 5, 

 distinct. Stamens 5 or 10. Pod flat, membranaceous or somewhat coriaceous, 

 several-seeded, 2-valved, smooth. — Herbs with twice-pinnate leaves of numer- 

 ous small leaflets, and with one or more glands on the petiole, setaceous stipules, 

 and axillary peduncles bearing a head of small greenish-white flowers. (Name 

 composed of SeV/ia, a bond, and avBos, JUnver.) 

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