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viding into many branches which are armed with 
fhort, (trong fpines. The bark is darkifh coloured 
and rough. The leaves are winged and generally 
compofed of eight or ten pair of fmall, oval lobes, 
terminated by an odd one; entire, of a bright green 
and fitting clofe to the midrib. The flowers are pro- 
duced from the fides of the branches in long pendu- 
lous bunches, each having a feparate footftalk ; they 
are white, of a butterfly fhape and fweet fmelling ; 
and are fucceeded by comprefled pods, of three or 
four inches in length and half an inch in width, con- 
taining feveral hard, kidney-fhaped feeds. The tim- 
ber is very durable, and ufed for polls to fet in the 
earth, and other purpofes ; therefore, the propaga- 
tion of it might be well worthy of attention. Its 
natural place of growth is in a rich moift foil. 
2. Robinia rofea. Rofe coloured Robinia . 
This fpreads much from its running roots, lend- 
ing up weak branching ftaiks, to the height of fix or 
eight feet, but often flowering much fmaller. The 
whole plant, with the footflalks of the leaves and 
flowers, are clofely armed with foft, purplilh fpines. 
The leaves are winged and compofed of five or fix 
pair of oval, concave lobes, terminated by an odd 
one, with their midribs protruding in fhort briftly 
points. The flowers are larger than thofe of the 
other kind and of a Peach blofibm colour, with 
their (lamina diftindlly in two bodies; whereas thofe 
of the other are frequently all joined at the bafe. 
This is a beautiful flowering fhrub, fometimes flow- 
ering twice or more in a feafon, but feldom produc- 
ing feeds. There are feveral other varieties differ- 
ing fomev/hat in their pods or colour of their flow- 
ers. 
ROSA. 
