XXV. LEGUMINA CEE: CE’/RCIS. 257 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; heart-shaped at the base, 
many-nerved, rising after the flowers have decayed. Flowers in 1-flowered 
pedicels, rising from the trunk and branches in fascicles. — Trees, deciduous, 
of the third rank; natives of Europe, or North America. Decaying leaves 
yellowish purple. Propagated by seeds or grafting. 
¥ 1. C. Siriqua’srrum L, The common Judas Tree 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 534. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p.518.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 463. 
Synonymes. Siliquastrum orbiculatum Manch Meth.; Love Tree; Gainier commun, Arore de 
Judee, Fr.; Arbol d’Amor, Span. ; Judasbaum, Ger. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., t. 7.; Bot. Mag., t. 1138.; the plates of this species m Arb. Brit., Ist 
it., vol. v.; and our jig. 419. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves very obtuse, and wholly glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A 
low tree. South of Europe, in Greece, in Asiatic Turkey, and more es- 
pecially in Judea. Height 20 ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers 
purplish pink; May. Legume brown; ripe in September. Naked young 
wood purplish, with small white spots. 
Varieties. 
% C. S. 2 parvifiorum Dec.— A shrub ; its branches spotted with white, 
its flowers smaller by half than those of the species. A native of 
Bokhara. 
* C.S. 3 flore élbido.—Flowers whitish. H. S. 
¥ C. S. 4 résea.— A seedling, raised from foreign seeds, which has 
flowered in the Botanic Garden at Kew; has numerous flowers, 
which are brighter, and a shade darker, than those of the species; 
and they also appear about a fortnight later; but it is, perhaps, 
hardly worth noticing as a variety. 
419. Cércis Siliqudstrum. 
The common Judas tree, in the South of Europe, forms a handsome low 
tree. with a flat spreading head, in the form of a parasol ; and it is a singularly 
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