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3. RiBEs cynofbati. Prickly fruited Wild 

 Gooft-berry. 



This sfrows naturally in Canada and the upper 

 parts of Pennfylvania; and much refembles the other, 

 except in having its fruit covered on all fides with 

 foftilh prickles. 



R O B I N I A. 



ROBINIA, or FALSE-ACACIA. 

 Clafs 17. Order 3. Diaclelphia Decandria. 



HTHE Empalement is of one leaf, fmall, bell-fhaped, and four^ 

 toothed : the three inferior (lender ; the fuperior fourth 

 of double the width, and flightly emarginated; all equal 

 in length. 

 The Corolla Butterfly-lTiaped. 



ThQ Standard roundilh, large, fpreading and obtufe. 

 The IVings oblong, ovate, free; with very lliort, obtufe ap- 

 pendages. 



The KeeL almofl femi-orb'culate, compreffed, obtufe, and 

 the length of the wings. 

 The Stamina are Filaments in t;wo fets, or bodies,- ("one fimple, 



the other nine-cleft) rifing above. 1 he Antherce roundilh. 

 The Germen cylindrical, oblong. T he Style thread-form, bent 



upward. The Stigma villous before at the apex of the llylc. 

 The Seed'VeJfel large, comprelTed, gibbous, and long. 

 The Seeds few, kidney-foim. 



The Species with us, arcy 



J. RoBiNiA Pfeud- Acacia. White fiowerhig 

 Robinia^ or Loaifi-Tree. 



This grows naturally in feveral of thefe States; 

 rifing to the height of forty or fifty feet, with a 

 trunk of eighteen or twenty inches in diameter, di- 

 viding 



