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and are fucceeded by fmall berries of a red colour 

 when ripe. The leaves have been ufed as a fubfti- 

 tute for Bohea Tea, whence the name of Mountain 

 Tea. 



G L E D I T S I A. 



TRIPLE'THORNED ACACIA, or HONEY LOCUST. 



Clafs 23. Order 2. Polygamia Dioecia. 



'"PHE Flowers are Male and HemaphmlUe upon the fame 



plant, and Female upon a diiferent plant. 

 *The Male are in a long, compafl, cylindrical katkin. 

 The Calyx; a proper empalement of four leaves; th6 leaves 



fpreading, fmall and acute. 

 The Corolla confifts of three petals, roundifli, feffile, fpreading, 



and cup form. 



A NeBaviiimy top-lliaped, to whofe borders the remaining 

 parts of fruftification grow. 

 The Filaments are fix, thread-form, and the length of the co- 

 rolla. The Antherce are incumbent, oblong, comprefTed and 

 twin. 



* The Hermaphrodite are in the fame katkin with the male flow- 

 ers, and for the mofl: part terminal. 



The Calyx, an empalement, four leaved, as in the male. 



The Corolla, four petals, as in the male. 

 The Ne^arinm as in the male. 



The Stamina as in the male. 



The PijlUlum, Seed-veffel, and Seeds as in the fentale. 



The Female Flo^vers are in a loofe katkin, in a different plant. 

 ThQ,Calyx\ a proper empalement, as in the male, but five leaved. 

 The Corolla, live petals, which are long, acute, and foraewhat 

 fpreading. 



The Nc^aria are two, very lliort, like the filaments. 



ThQGermen is broad, comprelTed, and longer than the corolla. 

 The Style Is fhort and reflexed. The Stigma is thick and the 

 length of the flyle, to v/hich it is adjoined, growing hairy 

 above. 



The Seed'VejJel is a legumen or pod, very large, broad, and 

 much compreired, v/ith many tranfverfe partitions ; with 

 illhnuifes filled with pulp. 



Tjic Seeds are folitary, roundiili, hard and ftining. 



The 



