236 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITTANICUM. 
$83. Robinia viscdsa. 
The 3 lower teeth of the calyx acuminated. Roots creeping. (Dec. Prod.) 
A clammy-barked tree. South Carolina and Georgia, near rivers. Height 
30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced in 1797, Flowers scentless, pale pink mixed 
with white, varying to pale purple or violet colour according to the soil; 
June to August. Legume brown; ripe in October. Naked young wood 
purplish and clammy. 
The bark, particularly that of the young shoots, which is of a dull red, is 
covered with a clammy substance, which, when touched, sticks to the fingers. 
In every other respect, both in natural characters and artificial culture, this 
tree strongly resembles the common R. Psetid-Acacia. 
¥ 3. R. pu‘pra Fouc. The doubtful Robinia, or False Acacia. 
Identification. Fouc. in Desv. Journ. Bot., 4. p. 204., but not of Poir. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 261. ; Don’s 
Mill, 2. p. 238. | 
Synonymes. R. h¥brida Audib.; R. ambigua Poir. Suppl. 4. p.690.; and, perhaps, R. echinata 
Mill. Dict., No. 2.; R. intermédia Soulange- Bodin in Ann. d’ Hort. de Paris, 2. p. 48. 
Engraving. Ourfig. .inp.  . 
Spee. Char., $c. Spines very short. Branches, petioles, peduncles, and calyxes 
furnished with a few glands, rarely clammy. Leaflets ovate. Racemes loose 
and pendulous. Bracteas concave, caducous, ending each in a long bristle. 
(Don’s Mill.) A deciduous tree, rather under the middle size. Hybrid ? 
between R. Psetd-Acacia and R. viscosa. Originated in ? 1730. Flowers 
sweet-scented, pale rose-coloured ; June to August. Pods brown, thickly 
beset with short prickles; ripe in October. 5 
¥ u 4, R. ur’spipa Lin. The hispid Robinia, or 
Rose Acacia. 
Identification. Lin. Mant., 101.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 262. ; Don’s 
Mill., 2. p. 238. 
Synonymes. R.1rdsea N. Du Ham. 1. t. 18.3; R. montana Bartr. 
Voy. 2. p.128.; Aschynémene hispida Roxb. 
Engravings. Mill. Ic., t. 244. ; Bot. Mag., 311.; and our jig. 384. 
Spec. Char., §c. Spines wanting. Leaflets obovate. 
Branches and legumes hispid. Racemes loose ; 
the 3 lower teeth of the calyx acuminated. (Dec. 
Prod.) Ashrub, or low tree. Carolina, in pine 
woods. Height 6 ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 
1758. Flowers large, dark rose-coloured ; June 
to October. Legume brown; ripe in October 
and November. Naked young wood purplish ‘ 
brown, thickly beset with prickles. te 
Robinia hispida, 
