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this genus is nearly allied), are said to be wholesome, and slightly aperient.
In Britain, the only use o f th e tre e is for ornamental p u rp o s e s ; and, considered
as an object of curiosity and beauty, no collection ought to be without
it. _A rich, deep, free soil is essential to th e thriving o f this tre e ; and such a
soil is never met with naturally in exposed situations. The tree is generally
propagated by imported s e ed s ; but it will grow freely from cuttings o f the
roots, care being taken in planting to keep th a t end upwards which is naturally
so.
G e n u s X X I I .
C E 'R C IS L . T h e J u d a s T r e e . Lin. Syst. Decándria Monogynia.
¡dtntification. L in . Gen., No. 510. j D e c . P ro d ., 2. p. 518. : D o n ’s Mill 2 d 46.3
A?bfro d¿ Gtada,“ / S .™ ‘ ‘ G«' . ;
D e r iv a tim . F rom k e rk is , a shuttlecock, the n am e given by Theophrastus to this tree.
Gen. Char. Calyx urceolate a t th e base and gibbous, bluntly S-toothed a t the
apex. Petals 3, unguiculate, all distinct, disposed in a papilionaceous manner ■
th e wings o r side petals th e largest. Stamens 10, free, unequal. Ovari, oi!
a short stipe. Legume oblong, slender, compressed, 1-celled, many-seeded
a“rofv'' winged on th e seminiferous suture. Seeds obovate. (D o r i’s
Mill.)
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Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, d e c id u o u s ; heart-shaped at the base,
many-nerved, rising after th e flowers have decayed. Flowers in 1-flowered
(ledicels, rising from th e tru n k and branches in fascicles. — Trees, deciduous,
o f the third rank ; natives o f Eu ro p e, or N o rth America. Decaying leaves
yellowish purple. Pro p ag a ted by seeds or grafting.
Ï 1. C. ä l i q u a ' s t r u m L . The common Judas Tree
Uentificatwn. L in , Sp., ,’i34. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. .518. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 463.
Synonymes. S iliquâstrum o rb icu là tum Mcench Meth. ; L o v e T re e ; G a in ie r commun, A ro re de
Judee, F r. ; Arbol d ’Amor, Span. ; Ju d a sb a um , Ger.
FjUgravings. N. Du H am., t. 7. ; Bot. Blag., t. 1138. ; th e p la te s o f th is species in A rb . B rit., 1st
edit., vol. V. ; an d o u r Jig. 419.
Spec. Char., 4c . Leaves very obtuse, and wholly glabrous. (D e e . Prod.) A
low tree. So u th o f Eu ro p e, in Greece, in Asiatic Turkey, and more especially
in .Tudea. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1596. Flowers
purplish pink ; May. I.egume brown ; ripe in September. Naked young
wood purplish, with small white spots.
Varieties.
* C. S. 2 parviflòrum Dec. — A shrub ; its branches spotted with white,
its flowers smaller by h a lf than those o f the species. A native of
Bokhara.
t C. S. 3 flòre albklo.— Flowers whitish. FI. S.
¥ C. S. 4 ròsea. — A seedling, raised from foreign seeds, which has
flowered in th e Botanic Garden a t Kew ; has numerous flowers,
which are brighter, and a shade darker, than those o f the species ;
and th ey also appear about a fortnight la te r ; but it is, perhaps,
hardly worth noticing as a variety.
419. Cércis üiliquásti-urn
T h e common Ju d as tre e , in the South o f E u rope, forms a handsome low
tree, with a flat spreading head, in th e form o f a p a ra so l; and it is a singularly
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