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GLEDITSIA Linnaeus 



*Gleditsia triacanthos Linnseus. 80 Honey Locust. 



Range. — From Pennsylvania (western slopes Allegheny Mountains) west 

 through southern Ontario and Michigan to southeastern Minnesota, eastern 

 Nebraska and Kansas, Oklahoma, and southwestern Arkansas; south to Georgia 

 and northern Alabama, western Florida, Mississippi, and Texas (to Brazos 

 River). Range more or less extended elsewhere by seeding from cultivated trees. 



NAMES IN USE 



Honev Locust (Vt., N. H., Mass., R. I., Thorny Locust (N. J.). 



N. Y., N. J., Pa., Del., D. C, Va., Locust (Nebr., N. C). 



W. Va., N. C, S. C, Ga, Fla., Ala., Honey (R. L, N. J, Iowa). 



Miss., La., Tex., Ark.. Ky., Tenn., Honey Shucks (R. I., N. J., Va., Fla., 



Mo., Ohio, 111., Ind., Kans., Nebr., Iowa). 



Mich., Iowa). Thorny Acacia (Tenn.). 



Black Locust (W. Va., Miss., Tex., Honey-Shucks Locust (Ky.). 



Ark., Kans., Nebr.). Piquant Amourette (La.). 



Sweet Locust (S. C., La., Kans., Nebr.). Confederate Pintree (Fla.). 



Three-thorned Acacia (Mass., R. I., Thorn Tree (Ky., Tenn.). 



La., Tex., Iowa, Nebr., Mich., Ont.). Common Honey Locust (lit.). 



Thorn Locust (N. Y., Ind., La.). Sweet-bean. 



Thorntree (N. Y., Ind., La.). Squeak-bean. 



Gleditsia texana Sargent. Texas Honey locust. 



Range. — Southeastern Texas (Brazos River bottom-lands in the vicinity of 

 Brazoria); Louisiana (Red River, near Shreveport); Mississippi (Yazoo City); 

 Indiana (Dan's Pond, Knox County; roadside one-half mile west of Skelton, 

 Gibson County). 



Note on nomenclature. — Probably a hybrid between Gleditsia aquatica 

 Marshall and Gleditsia triacanthos Linnseus. 



NAME IN USE 



Texas Honey Locust 



Gleditsia aquatica Marshall. Water Locust. 



Range. — Coast region, from South Carolina to Florida (Matanzas Inlet) from 

 which it extends along the Gulf Coast (not in Alabama) to Texas (Brazos River); 

 northward through western Louisiana and southern Arkansas, southern Missouri, 

 middle Kentucky and Tennessee, western and southern Illinois and Indiana. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Gleditsia monosperma 

 Walter. 



NAMES IN USE 



Water Locust (Fla., La., Tex., Mo., Black Locust (N. C). 

 Ind., 111.). Swamp Honey Locust. 



PARKINSONIA Linnseus 



Parkinsonia aculeata Linnaeus. Horsebean. 



Range. — Texas (lower Rio Grande); Arizona (in valley of Colorado River); 

 northern Mexico and Lower California. Naturalized in Florida (Key West), 

 Bahamas, and West Indies, as well as in other tropical countries. 



NAMES IN USE 



Horse-bean. Spanish Broom (lit.). 



Retama (Tex.). Parkinsonia (lit.). 



Crown-of-Thorns (lit.). Jerusalem Thorn (hort.). 



w Occasional individuals are without thorns (Qleditsla triacanthos inermis Willdenow). 



