12 FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
The tree rarely exceeds 40 feet in height and 1 foot in diameter. It is 
well worthy of cultivation. | 
No. 83. Sophora affinis, T. & G.—Texas and Southwest. 
No. 84. Sophora speciosa, Benth.—Texas and Southwest. Our two 
Sophoras are small trees of Texas and New Mexico, seldom over 6 inches 
in diameter. They produce an abundance of showy flowers very early 
on the season. The Sophora speciosa has evergreen leaves, and beautiful 
red beans, which are said to be poisonous. 
No. 85. Gymnocladus Canadensis, Lam.—Kentucky Coffee-tree.—Kast- 
ern United States. A tall, large, and handsome tree, rare in Western 
New York, Pennsylvania, and the States north of the Ohio River; more 
common in Kentucky and southwestward. The wood is very compact 
and close-grained, and valuable for cabinet-work. The large beans of 
the pods have been used for coftee. 
No. 86. Gleditschia triacanthos, L.Honey Locust.—Eastern United 
States. This is a large and handsome tree; the trunk and branches 
generally beset with long and formidable spines, on which account it has 
been employed as a hedge-plant. The long pods contain a sweetish pulp, 
and have been used in fermenting a kind of beer, but are of no practical 
value. The wood is heavy, and affords excellent fuel, but is not consid- 
ered durable as a timber. The tree is rare in the Atlantic States, but 
rather common west of the Alleghanies, in Tennessee, Kentucky, and the 
tributaries of the Ohio and Mississippi. 
No. 87. Gleditschia monosperma, Walt.—Water Locust.—Illinois and 
southward. Thisisasmaller tree than the preceding, growing in swamps 
in the Southern States and in the vicinity of the Ohio River. The pods 
are Short, roundish, and only one-seeded. The tree is thorny, like the 
Honey Locust. 
No. 88. Cercidium floridum, Benth.—Green-bark.— Western Texas and 
Arizona. This is the Palo Verdi of the Mexicans and the Green-barked 
Acacia of American travelers. The bark is smooth and green on the 
young trees. It is a small, wide-spreading tree, with many branches, 
rarely seen a foot through, and 20 to 30 feet high. 
No. 89. Parkinsonia aculeata, L.—Jerusalem Thorn.—Western Texas 
and Arizona. Mostly a shrub; quite ornamental, and frequent in culti- 
vation in the region bordering on Mexico. 
No. 90. Parkinsonia microphylla, Torr.—Western Texas and Arizona. 
No. 91. Cercis Canadensis, L.—Redbud or Judas Tree.—Eastern Uni- 
ted States. The Redbuds are small trees; very ornamental. This spe- 
cies is frequent east of the Mississippi. The next is found principally 
on the Pacific coast. 
No. 92. Cercis occidentalis, Torr—Western Redbud.—Western United 
States. 
No. 93. Prosopis glandulosa, T. & G.—Mesquit.—Texas to California. 
A scrubby, small tree, seldom more than 25 to 30 feet high; sometimes 
constituting extensive forests. It produces an abundance of bean-like 
pods, which contain a sweet pulp. Both beans and pulp are eaten by 
Indians and often by whites, but they are used chiefly as food for horses, 
which eat them with avidity. The wood is very hard and durable, dark 
brown, and resembles mahogany. Fences made of this timber are very 
durable. The wounded bark in spring exudes a gum of the same quality 
as gum arabie. 
No. 94. Strombocarpus pubescens, Gr.—Screw-bean.—Texas and west- 
ward. This tree is very similar to the preceding, but of smaller size. 
The pods are two to three inches long, and twisted like a screw. They 
