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pinnatisque, floribus spicatis, Tomentis longIssirms< 
compressis. Rnf .—Fevier Rob. p. 497. Large 
tree 70 feet high, bark smooth and blackish, stem 
straight and round, branches beginning very low^ 
the longest 20 feet long, quite straight; the thorns 
are six to eight inches long, surrounded with 
shorter ones at the base. In winter this tree has 
an unpleasant aspect with its long naked and 
thorny branches, the buds come out from the 
bark in March, the first leaves are only pinnated 
with about 17 pairs of folioles, those coming out 
in April, are bipinnate : the flowers open in 
April, they are male and hermaphrodite on 
some individuals, female only on some others: 
the spikes are catkin-like, three or four inches 
long, M. FI. calyx four parted hairy at the bottom, 
four petals seven stamens double in length. Herm. 
FI. five parted, six petals opening like a cup, six 
stamina equal to the petals, pistil longer than the 
corolla and hairy, stigma peltated. Pods 12 to 
15 inches long, one broad, pulp sweet, next acrid* 
The cattle like the pods, and a good beverage is 
made with the pulp. 
333. Gleditschia triacanthos, var. inermis, Pursh. Per¬ 
haps a variety of the foregoing, not described by 
Robin, p. 498. 
334. Cassia ciliuta Raf. Caule ramoso, foliis 6 jugis, 
petiolis uni gland ulosis, foliolis oblongis acutis gla- 
bris ciliatis, pedunculis axillaribus trifioris Raf. 
—Anonyme Rob. p. 499. Stem five or six feet 
high, smooth, folioles about three inches long, pe- 
