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branches, which grow oppofite. The leaves are al- 
io placed oppofite and often, upon young (hoots, by 
three*s ; they are near three inches long and one and 
a quarter broad, having a ftrong vein running lon^ 
gitudinally through them, they are of a light green 
and their footftalks change to a reddiih colour next 
the branches. The branches are terminated with 
globular heads, compofed of many fmall flowers, of 
a whitifh colour. 
CERCIS. 
The JUDAS TREE. 
Clafs 10. Order i. Decandria Monogynia* 
’T'HE Empalement is of one leaf, veryfhort, bell- ffi aped, gib- 
bous beneath, and melliferous : the mouth is 'five toothed, 
erett and obtufe. 
The Corolla -is ten petal’d, inferted in the calyx, and counterfeit- 
ing a papilionaceous corolla. 
The Wings , are two petals, bent back, and affixed by long 
claws. 
The Standard, one petal, roundiffi, clawed, under and {hott- 
er than the wings. 
The Keel, two petals, joining in a heart-ffiaped figure, in- 
cluding the parts of fructification and affixed by claws. 
The Ne&arium , a gland, ftyle form, under the germen. 
The Filaments are ten, diftinct, awl-ffiaped, declined, of which 
four are longer; and covered. The Anthers are oblong, in- 
cumbent, and arifing. 
The Germen is linear-lanced and pedicel’d. The Style is of the 
length and fituation of the ftamina. The Stigma is obtule 
and arifing. 
The Seed-veffel is a Uegumen or pod, which is oblong, acute, 
oblique pointed, and of one cell. 
The Seeds are feveral, roundiffi and joined to the fuperior fu- 
ture. 
The Species with us y hut one , Viz. 
Gercis 
