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The leaves are bipinnate, and the leaflets are elliptic obtuse, notched on the 
edges, smooth, shining, and much larger than those of any other species. 
(Desf: Arb., ii. p. 248.) The pods are rarely above 6in. long. The tree 
stands the cold better than the honey locust, and has ripened its fruit in Paris, 
in the Jardin des Plantes, and in the nursery of M. Cels. (Dict. des Eaux et 
des Foréts, vol. ii. p. 150.) 
t 4, G. (s.) Macraca’nTHA Desf. The long-spined Gleditschia. 
Identification. Desf. Arb., 2. p. 246. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 428. 
Synonymes. G, ferox Baudr.; Fevier 4 grosses E’pines, 7. 
Engraving. The plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles strong, branchy, aumerous. Leaflets lanceolate, 
somewhat rigid, notched, dentated. Pods elongated. (Desf Ard.) A 
middle-sized tree, with a prickly trunk. China?. Height 40 ft. to 50 ft. 
Flowers greenish ; June and July 
The prickles are axillary and large. The leaves are twice winged; the 
leaflets large, coriaceous, dark green, and shining on the upper surface. The 
young shvots are covered with extremely short hairs, and are of a purplish 
brown colour. Qn the whole, it bears a close resemblance to G. sinénsis, of 
which it is, probably, only a variety. It is very hardy; and Desfontaines says 
that it fruits freely in France. The fruit ripens in the autumn; and the pods 
are long, pendulous, swelled, and rather cylindrical. They are filled with a 
sharp acrid pulp, somewhat resembling that of tamarinds, but the emanations 
from which, when inhaled, occasion sneezing. 
+ 5. G. (s.) FE‘ROx Desf. The ferocious-prict/ed Gleditschia, 
Identification. Desf. Arb., 2. p. 247.3; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 428. 
Synonymes. G. orientalis Bosc; Févier bérissé, Fr. 
Engraving. Our fig. .inp. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles large, robust, much compressed, trifid. Leaflets 
lanceolate, notched. (Desf: Arb.) 
A middle-sized branching deciduous tree, the trunk of which is thickly beset 
with strong branchy prickles, and which is supposed to grow from 30 ft. to 
50 ft. in height ; but of which the native country, and year of introduction 
into Britain, are unknown. Judging from the plants in the Hort. Soc. Garden, 
and those in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, we should say it was only 
a variety of G, sinénsis; though Desfontaines states the foliage and habit of 
growth to be somewhat different. It has not yet flowered in Europe. 
¥ 6. G. ca’spica Desf. The Caspian Gleditschia. 
Identification, Desf. Arb., 2. p. 247.3; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 428. ‘ 
Synonyme. G. caspiana Bose. - 
agraving Our fig. 417. 
Spec. Char., Se. Prickles slender, trifid, cornpressed. 
Leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse. (Desf. Ard.) A 
middle-sized tree Persia, and found also near the Cas- 
pian Sea. Height30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced in 1822. 
Nothing is known of its flowers and fruit; but it 
strongly resembles G, sinénsis (of which it is, probably, 
only a variety) in its leaves, general appearance, and 
habit. 
Variety, 
¥ G.c. 2 subviréscens Hort., Févier verdatre, Fr., is mentioned in the 
Bon Jardinier for 1836, as a variety of this species, 
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417. G. cispica. 
__ Other Sorts of Gleditschia, —Every modification of the species of this genus 
Is so interesting, both in point of the elegance of its foliage, and the singularity 
of its prickles, that new varieties have been eagerly sought after by cultivators ; 
and the genus seems particularly favourable to this desire, from the tendency 
of seedling plants to sport. Hence there are several names in collections, of 
