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¥ 1. V. l u ' t e a il/ic/u'. The yel\ov/-wooded VirgUia, or Yellow Wood.
Idenli/tcafion. Michx. F il. Arb. Am e r., 3. p . 266. t. 3. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 9 8 .; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p 112
E n g ra v n ig s . Dcliiuii. Herb. A m at., t. 197. ; Michx. F il. A rb . Am e r., 3. p . 220. t. 3. : th e p la te ol
tin s tre e m Arb. H rit., Is t ed it., vol. v . ; an d o u r Jig. 296.
Spec. Char., Sjc. Leaves p in n a te ; leaflets 9— 11 ; a lte rn a te, ovate, pointed,
smooth. A decidnous tree. Nortli America. On the mountains o f Cumberland,
and th e Mississippi. Height iu America 40 f t.; 10 ft. to 20 ft. in
England. Intro d u ced in 1812. Flowers yellowish white, in pendulous
ra c em e s ; Ju n e to August. P o d s never produced in England. Decaying
leaves rich yellow. Naked young wood yellowish brown.
The leaves, on young trees, are from 1 ft. to 1-J ft. in length, and on old trees
not above half th a t size. The flowers form white pendulous racemes, a little
larger than those o f th e Robinin; Pseud-ziciicia, but n o t so odoriferous. The
seeds are like those o f th e robinia, and, in America, ripen ab o u t th e middle
¿ 9 0 . V irg ilia lù te a .
o f August. In Britain, th e tre e has flowered in th e Chelsea Botanic Garden,
and a t Hylands m Essex , b u t has n o t yet produced pods. An open airy
situation is desirable, in o rd e r th a t th e tre e may ripen its w o o d ; and, to facilitate
th e same purpose where th e climate is cold, th e soil ought to be dry
ra th e r than rich. In th e London nurseries, it is propagated chiefly by American
seeds, but it will doubtless grow by cuttings o f the roots.
G e n u s I I I .
P I P T A 'N T H U S Smt. T h e P i p t á n t h u s . Lin. Syst. Decandria
Monogynia.
U e n ttflra tio n . Swt, F l,-G .ird ., 264. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p . 112.
De rivation. F rom p ipto, to fall, an d anthos, a flower ; from th e flowers falling off very soon.
Gen Char. Calyx b ila b ia te ; lower lip trifid, upper lip 2 -lo b e d ; segments
soon fidling off. Petals deciduous. Vexitlum large, obcordate, rulescent.
Wings cuneated. Keel cucullate, accumbent. Stamens 10 ; free, deciduous.
Stigma minute. Legume broad-linear, compressed, 6-seeded, stiintate.
(D o ris MiU.) ... . ,
Leaves compound, trifoliate, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; leaflets elhptica -
oblong, acute, broad. Floivers large, l ellow. — One species only m British
gardens.
a « 1 . P. n b p a l e ' n s i s Swt. The Nepal Pip tán th u s.
in d ic a watt. MSS.;
s 7 . F l . .G a r d . , t . 264.; a n d o u r /f g s . 297. an d 298.
Spec.Char., 4c. Leaves trifo lio la te ; leaflets “ Y®’
Stipules 2, large. A sub-evergreen shrub. Nepal. H e ig h t 8 ft. to 10 tt.
In tro d u ce d in 1821. Flowers rich yellow ; May and Ju n e . P o d green
turning to brown ; ripe in O ctober. Decaying leaves yellow and green. Naked
young wootl dark green.
The young leaves are silky ; and the flowers are o f a bright yellow and are
much larger th an th o se o f th e common laburnum, to which they, and also the
leaves and th e shoots, be ar a general '
resemblance. In British gardens it
may be considered as ra th e r tender,
and n o t o f many years’ d u ra tio n ;
nevertheless, in fine seasons, it ripens
abundance o f seeds. I t may be p ro pagated
by cuttings o f th e roots, and
o f th e shoots, as well as by seeds or
layei's. In most o f th e counties north
o f London, th e safest situation for it
will be against a w a ll; and it well deserves
297. P . nepald n sis. 2 9 8 . P . n e p a lm s is , u a t. siz e.
a place th e re , on a ccount of
its lu x u rian t deep green foliage, and large bright yellow flowers, rinagyris
índica Wall., Mr. Gordon considers as differing a little from th e species.
S e c t. I I . Z /o 'te z e .
G e n u s IV .
H 'L E X I j . T h e F u r z e . Lin. Syst. Monadélphia Decándria.
Uentification. I.in . Gon., N o . 881.; L am . Ill,, t. 621.; D e c. P ro il., 2. p . 144.; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p .148.
S yn o n ym e s. Ajonc, F r . ; Hecksaarae, Ger.
De riv a tio n . Said to be derived from ac, Celtic, a p o in t ; in re ference to th e p rick ly branches.
Gen. Char. Calyx bibracteate, bipartite, one o f th e lips 3 -to o th ed , th e o th e r
bidentate. Stamens all connected. Legume oval-oblong, turgid, raany-
ovulate, bnt few-seeded, hardly longer than th e calyx.
Leaves simple, linear, caducous, often changing into spines. Flowers
solitary, yellow.
Branchy spinous shrubs, evergreen from th e colour o f th e bark, w ith yellow
flowers, natives o f E u ro p e , which will grow in any tolerably good soil th a t is
dry ; and are readily propagated by seeds, or by cuttings planted in sand.
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