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Mich, (cult.); Judas-tree (Mass., R. I., K Y. (cult.), 1ST. J., Del., Pa., 

 B. C. Ya., K C, S. C, Miss., La., Tex., Ky., 111., Ind.,Ohio., Mich., Minn. 

 (cult.); Red Judas-tree; Salad-tree (Del.) : Canadian Judas tree (lit.). 



Cercis canadensis pubescens Pursh. Downy Redbud. 



Range.— Type locality, "Georgia;" westward. 



VARIETY DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Cercis canadensis plena Sudw. Double-flower Redbud. 



Cercis reniformis En g elm. Texas Redbud. 



Range. — Eastern Texas (from near Dallas) to Mexico (Sierra Madre m Nuevo 

 Leon). 



Names in use. — Redbud (Tex.); Texas Redbud. 



GLEDITSIA Linn. 

 Gleditsia triacanthos Linn. Honey Locust. 



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

 southern Ontario (Pelee Island, Lake Erie), southern Michigan (up to River Raisin) to 

 eastern Nebraska and Kansas, Indian Territory (to longitude 96°); south to Georgia 

 and through Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas (to Brazos River). Range more or less 

 extended elsewhere by seeding from cultivated trees. 



Names in use. — Honey Locust ( Yt., K H., Mass., R. I., K". Y., N. J., 

 Pa., Del., D. C. , Ya., W. Ya., N. C, S. 0., Ga., Fla., Ala., Miss., La., Tex., 

 Ark., Ky., Mo., Ohio, 111., Ind., Kans., Nebr., Mich., Iowa) ; Black Locust 

 (Miss., Tex., Ark., Kans.,Nebr.); Sweet Locust (S. G.,La., Kans., Nebr.); 

 Three-thorned Acacia (Mass., R. I., La., Tex., Nebr., Mich., Out.) ; Thorn 

 Locust (N. Y., Ind., La.) ; Thorntree (N. Y., Ind., La.) ; Thorny Locust 

 (N. J.) ; Locust (Nebr.) ; Honey (R. I.,K J., Iowa) ; Honey Shucks (R. I., 

 ^N. J., Ya., Fla., Iowa): Tliorny Acacia (Tenn.); Honey-Shucks Locust 

 (Ky.): Piquant Amourette (La.); Confederate Pintree (Fla ). 



G-leditsia triacanthos lasvis (Loud.) Sudworth. 



Thornless Honey Locust. 

 Gleditsia triacanthos, var. inermis Willd. 



G-leditsia triacanthos brachycarpos Michx. 



Short-pod Honey Locust. 



VARIETY DISTINGUISHED IX CULTIVATION. 



Gleditsia triacanthos bujotii (Xeum.) nom. nov. Bujot Locust 



Gleditsia bujotii Neumann. 



Gleditsia aquatica Marsh. Water Locust. 



Gleditsia monosperma Walt. 



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

 Bay), from which it extends aloug the Gulf coast to Texas (Brazos River); north- 

 ward through western Louisiana and southern Arkansas, southern Missouri, middle 

 and west Tennessee and Kentucky, southern Illinois, and Indiana. 



J^ame in use. — Water Locust (Fla., La., Tex., Mo., Ind., 111.). 



