ROBIN I A. 



deciduous, a fpan long, of a peculiarly pleafant light green, 

 confifting of many elliptical, oppofite or alternate, ftalked 

 leaflets. The fhort awl-(hapcd_/?i^w/<;.r become rigid fpines. 

 Legumes pale, wavy, compreiled, two or three inches 

 long. 



2. R. -vifcofa. Clammy Robinia. Willd. n. 2. Ait. 

 n. 2. Purih n. 2. Venten. Jard. de Cels, t. 4. (R. glu- 

 tinofa; Curt. Mag. t. 560. R. Pfeudoacacia; var. Sm. 

 in Abbot's Inf. of Georgia, v. 1. 37. t. 19.) — Partial 

 italics linglc-flowered. Leaves pinnate, witli an odd leaflet. 

 Branches and legumes clothed with vifcid glands. — Native 

 of the banks of rivers in South Carolina, efpecially the 

 Savannah, flowering in June and July ; and faid to have 

 been introduced into our gardens, where it is quite hardy, 

 by Mr. R. Whitley, in 1797. This fpecies not being 

 known to us when Abbot's Infects of Georgia were pub- 

 lifhed, was, in that work, miltaken for a red-flowered 

 variety of the foregoing. The whole tree is of a (mailer 

 fize than that fpecies, and diftinguifhed by its dark red 

 vifcid branches. Thejowers are variegated with pink and 

 white. Stipulas forming (traighter fpines. The creeping 

 roots are faid, by Mr. Purfh, to be troublefome in fniall 

 plantations. Hence, however, our gardeners propagate 

 the tree the more eafily by cuttings of the root, inltead of 

 grafting this fpecies on the more brittle Pfeudoacacia. 



3. R. violacea. Violet Robinia. Lirm. Sp. PI. 1044. 

 Willd. n. 3. Ait. n. 3. Jacq. Amer. 210. t. 177. f. 49. 

 — Partial ltalks two-flowered. Calyx but (Iig'htly toothed. 

 Leaves pinnate, with an odd leaflet. Branches without 

 thorns. — Found by Jacquin in bufhy places about Cartha- 

 gena in South America, flowering in July and Auguft. 

 Miller cultivated this plant, but it is now unknown in our 

 ftoves. Jacquin defcribes it about twelve feet high, ereft, 

 with ihining leaves, whofe leajiets are about fix pair, (talked, 

 ovate, obtuie, emarginate, two inches long. Clujlers axillary, 

 half a foot in length ; their partial (talks (hort, numerous, 

 each bearing two Jloiuers, which refemble our fweet violet 

 in fcent as well as colour. 



4. R. Jlriata. Striated-leaved Robinia. Willd. n. 4. — 

 " Partial (talks fingle-flowered. Leaves pinnate, with an 

 odd leaflet ; downy beneath. Branches without thorns." 

 — Gathered by Bredemeyer, on open funny hills in the 

 Caraccas. A large Jhrub, with pale, unarmed, warty 

 branches. Leaves half a foot long, compofed of from 

 fifteen to twenty-five oblong, pointed leajiets, each an inch 

 in length, (triated with veins; (hining above ; covered with 

 clofe-prefled hairs beneath. Stipulas lanceolate, deciduous. 

 Clujlers fimple, (hotter than the leaves, downv, as well as 

 the calyx. BraSeas awl-lhapcd, very (hort. Corolla yellqw, 

 Willdenow. 



5. R. hifpida. Hairy Robinia, or Rofe Acacia. Linn. 

 Mant. 101 ; excluding the reference to Jacquin. Willd. 

 n. 5. Ait. 11.4. Purfh n. 3. Curt. Mag. t. 311. (R. 

 foliis impari-pinnatis ; foliolis ovatis, ramis pedunculifque 

 hifpidis ; Mill. Ic. 163. t. 244. Pfeudoacacia hilpida, 

 floribus rofeis ; Cate(b. Carol, v. 3. 20. t. 20.) — Branches, 

 calyx, and flower-ltalks hifpid. Thorns none. Leaves pin- 

 nate, with an odd leaflet. Partial (talks fingle-flowered. — 

 Native of mountains in Virginia and Carolina. Hardy 

 with us, flowering from May to September, being a very 

 ornamental Jhrub, on account of its large pink copious 

 blojfoms, enhanced, like a mofs rofe, by the brown briltly 

 covering of the Jlalls and calyx. Purfh notices a taller and 

 lefs hifpid variety. 



6. R. fepium. Hedge Robinia. Willd. 11. 6. Jacq. 

 Amer. 221. t. 179. f. 101. Swartz Iiul. Occ. v. 3. 1258. 

 — Partial (talks moltly two- flowered. Leaves pinnate, with 



an odd leaflet, pointed. Thorns none. — Native of the 

 banks of rivers, in the recedes of mountains of the Wefl 

 Indies, flowering about March and April. A tree twenty 

 or thirty feet high, with long, lax, fpreading branches. 

 The leajiets differ from thofe of violacea, n. 3, in being 

 pointed, not emarginate. Clujlers rather drooping, of 

 numerous purple flowers ; their flalks fmooth. 



7. R. fquamata. Scaly-branched Robinia. Willd. n. 7. 

 " Vahl Symb. v. 3. 88. t. 69."— Partial flalks fingle- 

 flowered. Leaves pinnate, with an odd leaflet, fpir.ons- 

 pointed. Stipulas fpinous. — Native of the ifland of St. 

 Thomas. Branches round, fmooth, leafy towards the ends, 

 fcaly below the leaves ; bearing fmaller ones fcarcely an 

 inch long, clothed with four rows of imbricated, ovate, 

 pointed fcales. Leajiets about nine pair, oval or roundifh, 

 fmooth and fhining on both fides, the midrib of each ex- 

 tended into a terminal fpme. Stipulas permanent, harden- 

 ing into thorns. Chjlers axillary, downy, of four or five 

 diltant Jlewers. Bra fleas lmnll, linear. Calyx fmooth, 

 with lanceolate fegments. Legume comprefled, linear, oc- 

 cafionally contracted here and there, as if jointed. 



8. R. uliginofa. Swamp Robinia. Willd. n. 8. — " Par- 

 ti; 1 .! Il.ilks three-flowered. Leaves ternale, oblong, pointed. 

 Brandies twining, without thorns." — Native of the Eaft 

 Indies ; communicated to Willdci-.ow by Dr. Roxburgh. 

 The branches are defcribed as round and fmooth. Leaflets 

 an inch and half long, pointed, fmooth. Clujlers from the 

 old branches, three inches in length. Flowers apparently 

 white. 



9. R. fcandens. Climbing Robinia. Willd. n. 9. (R, 

 Nicou ; Aubl. Guian. v. 2. 77 1, t. 308.) — Partial (talks 

 fingle-flowered. Leaves pinnate, with an odd leaflet, oval, 

 pointed, imooth. Branches twining, without thorns. — 

 Native of the woods of Guiana, flowering in June. A 

 twining Jhrub, of lofty growth, crowning the neighbouring 

 trees with its leafy branches, and purple blojfoms. The 

 leaflets are ufually feven, each about four inches long. 

 Flowers in axillary clutters. Legume comprefled, thick- 

 edged, fmooth, meafuring about two inches. The natives 

 of Guiana beat the water with frefh cut twigs of this flirub, 

 by which means the fifh are intoxicated, and floating inien- 

 lible near the iurface, are eafily caught. 



10. R. tomentofa. Downy Robinia. Willd. n. 10. 

 (R. Panacoco ; Aubl. Guian. v. 2. 768. t. 307.) — Partial 

 (talks fingle-flowered. Leaves pinnate, with an odd leaflet, 

 elliptical, pointed, coriaceous ; iomewhat downy beneath : 

 their common flalk rough. Stem arboreous, without thorns. 

 — Found by Aublet in the woods of Cayenne and Guiana, 

 being one of the largeft trees of thofe countries. The 

 trunk is 60 feet or upwards in height, and ufually a yard 

 in diameter ; its bale fubdivided above ground, io as to 

 form cavities fix 01 eight feet wide, aflording fhelter to 

 wild beads. The head confilts of llrong and widely ex- 

 tended branches, which when young are clothed, like the 

 main ltalks of the leaves, with red or rulty down. The 

 lea/lets are from eleven to fourteen, various in li/.e, from 

 three to eight inches long, veiny and wrinkled ; fmooth 

 above ; more or lefs hairy or downy beneath. Stipulas de- 

 ciduous. Clujlers at the end: of the branches. Flowers 



reddifh. Legume two inches long, half-lanceolate. The 

 bark of the tree, when wounded, diftils a copious rcfinous 

 balfam. The wood is ahftoft incorruptible, Aublet having 

 obferved polls, partly in the ground, which were quite 

 found, though laid to be above 60 years old. 



11. R. Jtorida. Flowery Robinia. Willd. n. 11. 

 " Vahl. Symb. v. 3. 89. t. 70." — Stalks fimple, fingle- 

 flowered. Leaves abruptly pinnate, fmooth; their common 



3 A I flalks 



