
62 TREES AND SHRUBS 


Gleditschia triacanthos, Linnaeus. CoMMON Honey-Locust. Large 
native tree, ranging from this State south. Thorns often much branched, 
somewhat flat at base; leaflets small lanceolate to oblong, slightly toothed ; 
pods ro to 18 inches long, flat curved and often twisted, containing a sweetish 
pulp. Tree sometimes utilized in hedges. 
Gymnocladus. Tall tree, without thorns; leaves large, compound; 
flowers white or nearly so, perfect or imperfect, hanging in clusters from the 
ends of the year’s branches; stamens 10, all distinct; pod very hard, flattish, 
and oblong in outline, with a little sweetish pulp and several hard thick seeds, 
¥4 inch or more in diameter. 
Gymnocladus Canadensis, Zaméert. KENTUCKY COFFEE-TREE. Tree 
large and valuable both for ornament and its timber. Ranging from Penn- 
sylvania southward. Pod 6 to Io inches long and 2 inches across. 
Laburnum. ‘Leaves of 3 leaflets; stipules inconspicuous or wanting. 
Calyx with 2 short lips, the upper lip notched, keel incurved, not pointed, 
ovary and flat pod somewhat stalked in the calyx; seeds naked at the scar. 
Trees or shrubs with golden-yellow flowers in long hanging racemes.””— Gray. 
The following species of Laburnum have at one time or another been placed 
under Cydisus : see page 60. 
Laburnum Alpinum, Grisebach. ALPINE LABURNUM. (Cytisus Alpinus, 
Miller.) A smooth small tree, with round branches and ovate-lanceolate leaf- 
Jets which are round at base; fruit-stalks and calyx slightly hirsute; smooth 
few-seeded pod with a distinct margin. Native of the Alps and Apennines in 
Europe. Has produced a number of varieties under cultivation. Wood hard 
and of some value. 
Laburnum grandiflorum, Grisebach. LLARGE-FLOWERED LARBURNUM. 
(Cytisus grandiflorus, De Candolle.) Angular branches often smooth; clus- 
tered leaves either single or of 3 ovate-lanceolate leaflets; flowers on little 
stalks, either single or in pairs; legumes woolly. Native of Portugal. 
Laburnum vulgare, Grisebach. GOLDEN CHAIN, COMMON LABURNUM, 
BEAN TREFOIL-TREE. (Cytisus Laburnum, Linneus. ) Low-branching tree 
with smooth green bark; leaves of 3 thin, grayish, oval, bluntly-tipped leaflets 
which are % inch to 2 inches long; pod one-seeded, one side thicker, some- 
what curved, and tapering toa slender base. It should be remembered that this 
attractive species produces seeds which are a violent emetic poison. Native 
of Europe. Wood hard and of some value. Under cultivation this tree has 
developed a number of well-marked varieties. 
Robinia. Locust-TREE. Flowers irregular, handsome, white or rose- 
colored, hanging in long clusters; 9 stamens more or less united at base; 
leaves compound, leaflets netted-veined; leaf-stalks hollowed out at base and 
covering the buds for the next season ; young pod stalked in the calyx, mature 
pod thin, flat, several-seeded, and with a narrow border on the seed- -bearing 
side. Trees or shrubs often with prickles or spines in place of stipules at the 
base of the leaf foot-stalk. 
Robinia hispida, Zimwzeus. BristLy Locust, Rosr Acacia. Shrub 3 
to 8 feet high, with leaf-stalks and young branches covered with spreading 
bristly hairs; leaflets 34 inch to 1% inches long, obovate or oval to nearly round, 
