48 FOREST TREES. 
CERCIS—RED-BUD, JUDAS TREE, 
Natural Order, Leguminose. 
Calyx, five-toothed; corolla, imperfectly papilion- 
aceous; standard smaller than the wings, and 
enclosed by them in the bud; the keel petals larger, 
and not united; stamens, ten, distinct, rather unequal; 
pod, oblong, flat, many-seeded, the upper suture with 
a winged margin; embryo, straight. 
Cercis Canadensis—Red-bud. 
Leaves, pointed; pods, nearly sessile above the 
calyx. 
The Red-bud is common in the Western States, 
growing on the banks of streams, the sides of ravines, 
and river bluffs, and on the skirts of the prairies. It 
is a large shrub, or small tree, from fifteen to thirty 
feet high. It flowers early in spring, before the 
appearance of the leaves. The flowers are small, but 
very numerous, completely covering the twigs and 
small branches. When first open, they are of a bright 
red color, fading to a pale pink before falling. They 
are produced while the tree is quite small. Meehan 
mentions a specimen in the Bartram Garden, at 
Philadelphia, thirty-five feet high. 
The Red-bud is easily raised from seed sown in the 
spring. The seed is commonly abundant, and is 
contained in small, flat pods. I have sometimes 
found the seed nearly all destroyed by an insect 
resembling the Peabug (Bruchus Bia); but much 
smaller. 
