
          GLEDITSIA SINENSIS. Soap
Bean. From China. Leguminous tree
to 40 feet in height. Leaves 5 to 7
inches long, 8 to 18 foliolate, yellowish 
green, dull above. Pods contain
saponin, used by Chinese for soap to
wash hair and certain fabrics. Tree
forms beautiful well-rounded heads.
Strongly drought and somewhat
alkali-resistant. An ornamental shade
or park tree for mild-wintered 
semi-arid regions.

39331. GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM.
Madre de Cacao. From D. Leroy Topping, 
Manila, Philippine Islands.
Small leguminous tree or shrub with
about seventeen entire oblong leaflets
to each leaf covered with short 
appressed hairs above and blackish-
spotted below. The rose-colored 
racemose inflorescences that make the
stems a mass of blooms in summer
render the young plants favorite house
decorations in the tropics.

35249. GONOLOBUS EDULIS.
From Ad. Tonduz, San Ramon, Costa
Rica. An asclepiadaceous twiner,
having yellow flowers in small racemes, 
and long, longitudinally winged, 
edible fruits, pointed at both ends,
eaten while still soft.
        