

PULSE FAMILY, Leguminosae 



Trees with pea-like flowers and pods. 



87. Kentucky Coffee Tree, Gymnocladus dioica. 

 Leaves twice-compound.* Leaflets 2-2^4 in. long. No 

 thorns on the branches or limbs. (G.) A 



88. Honey Locust, Gleditsia triacanthos. Leaves 

 twice-compound.* Leaflets lJ^-2 in. long. Large thorns 

 on branches or limbs. (G.) 



89. Redbud, Cercis canadensis. Leaves 2-5 in. long. 

 Only tree of the family with a simple leaf. (G.) 



90. Common Locust, Robin-fa pseudo - acacia. ^k 

 Leaves once compound.* Leaflets 1-2 in. long. Twigs^P 

 and pods smooth. (G.) 



91. Clammy Locust, Robinia viscosa. Leaves once 

 compound.* Leaflets 1-2 in. long. Twigs sticky ; pods 

 hairy. (I.) 



QUASSIA FAMILY, Simarubaceae 



92. Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus glandnlosa. Leaves^^ 

 compound.* Leaflets 3-5 in. long. Leaflets with teeth" 

 or notches at their bases. May be mistaken for sumach. 

 (G. I.) 



SOAPBERRY FAMILY Sapindaceae 

 The only family with palmately compound* leaves. 



93. Horse-Chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum. Leaf- 

 lets 5-7 in. long. Fruit a prickly bur. If the leaf has 7 

 leaflets the tree is a Horse-chestnut. (I.) 



94. Ohio Buckeye, Buckeye, Aesculus glabra. Leaf- 

 lets 3-6 in. long. If the leaflets are 5 and the bur prickly 

 it is Ohio Buckeye. (G.) 



95. Sweet Buckeye, Yellow Buckeye, Aesculus oc- 

 tandra. Leaflets 4-7 in. long, 5 in number. If the bur is 

 not prickly the tree is Sweet Buckeye. (S.) 



PLANE-TREE FAMILY, Platanaceae 



96. Buttonwood, Plane-Tree, Sycamore Platanus 

 occidentalis. Leaves 5-10 in. long. Has patchy greenish-A 

 white and brown bark and button-ball fruit on a stringy^ 

 stalk. (G.) 



BIGNONIA FAMILY, Bignoniaceae 



Large heart-shaped leaves. Fruit a long cylindrical 



pod. 



97. Hardy Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa. Leaves 8-12 ^ 

 in. long. Thin leaves, thick bark, large pod hardly 1 in.^p 

 thick. (I.) 



98. Common Catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides. Leaves 

 5-8 in. long. Thick leaves, thin bark, small pod about 

 *4 in. thick. Leaf same shape as that of the Hardy 

 Catalpa. (I.) 



GINKGO FAMILY, Ginkgoaceae M 



99. Ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba. Leaves 3-6 in. long. No^ 

 other tree has such a leaf, leathery, fan-shaped with a 

 deep notch at the tip. (I.) 



*See Note Page 8. 



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