Haxduook of Tekes of the Xoetiieex States axd Caxaha. 2!i7 



The C'laniniy Lofust is a small tree, only 

 under tlie most favorable comlitions attaining 

 the height of 30 or 40 ft. ami 10 or 12 in. in 

 diameter of trunk. Such individuals are rare 

 as it is usually not of half that size and often 

 only a large shrul), spreading, as do other 

 representatives of the genus, by \inderground 

 stems and funning considerable thickets. As 

 an isolated tree it has a rather open oblong 

 top with slender branches. Its branchlets and 

 all new growths are covered with a shining 

 <ticky e.xudatiiiM ami viscid hairs, by which 

 it may be readily recognized. 



Its native home is restricted to tlie high 

 slopes 01 the Alleghany ilnuntains, in tlip in- 

 teresting forests where only are found the 

 Kliododendron, Ivalmia, ^\'itch Hazel, IMoun- 

 tain Holly, etc.. in tree forms, ami there it i^ 

 by no means common. On account of its 

 hand-^ome foliage anti llowers, however, it has 

 been wiibdy pilanted for ornamental piurposes 

 throiigbiint eastern United States and Europe 

 and has become natnralized in man\' locali- 

 ties, as far north in this country at least as 

 the Canadian frontier. 



Its wood is similar to that of the Yellow 

 Locust, a en. ft. when absolutely dry weighing 

 50.44 lbs., liut is not of commercial import- 

 ance. 



Leaves ]0-12 in. Inrm with slender sticky 

 .glandular-hispid pefioies^ ll-l'l o\ate-ol)]onu 

 nearly glal^rous petioiulate leaflets from 1-g in. in 

 len.c:th, rounded at base, rounded or pointed and 

 miicronate at ape.-t : stipules suljulate and some- 

 times delicate spines ; stipels very small and 

 slender ; branchlets and all new sjrowtlis glandular 

 hispid. FJoi'-ffs (.Tune I in rather dense ohlons 

 axillary racemes, not fragrant, rose-colored, the 

 standard marked on inner i^ace with yellow blotch. 

 Fruit: prids, l*-.ji/o in. ]on,g, linear-lariceolate, thin 

 gl.Tdnlar hispid with reniform seeds about y^ in. 

 lon.L.'. 



