GLEDITSIA SINENSIS. Soap 

 Bean. From China. Leguminous tree 

 ito 40 feet in height. Leaves 5 to 7 

 inches long, 8 to 18 foliolate, yellow- 

 ish green, dull above. Pods contain 

 saponin, used by Chinese for soap to 

 w^ash hair and certain fabrics. Tree 

 forms beautiful well-rounded heads. 

 Strongly drought and somewhat 

 alkali-resistant. Anornamental shade 

 or park tree for mild- wintered semi- 

 arid regions. 



39331. GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM. 



Madre de Cacao. From D. Leroy Top- \ 

 ping, Manila, Philippine Islands. 

 Small leguminous tree or shrub with 

 about seventeen entire oblong leaflets 

 to each leaf covered with short ap- 

 pressed hairs above and blackish- 

 spotted below. The rose-colored ra- 

 cemose 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 ra- 

 cemes, and long, longitudinally wing- 

 ed, edible fruits, pointed at both ends, 

 eaten while still soft. 



