An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions Volume 2; From Newfoundland to the Parallel of the Southern Boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean Westward to the 102d Meridian (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...Meth. 145. 1789. A large tree with very rough bark, maximum height of about 80 and trunk diameter of 3, rarely shrubby. Twigs and foliage nearly glabrous; stipules often spiny; leaflets 9-19, stalked, ovate or oval, mainly rounded at the base, obtuse or emarginate and mucronulate at the apex, entire, i'-a' long; stipels small, setaceous; racemes loose, drooping; pedicels slender, 3"-6" long; flowers white, fragrant, 7"-io" long, the standard yellowish at base; pod glabrous, 2'-4' long, about 6' wide, 4-7-seeded. Monroe Co., Pa., south, especially along the western slopes of the mountains, to Georgia, west to Iowa. Missouri and Oklahoma. Extensively naturalized elsewhere in the United States and eastern Canada and in Europe. Wood strong, very durable, greenish brown, the sap-wood yellow; weight per cubic foot 46 lbs. Much used for posts, in ship-building, and especially for tree-nails. Called also white, yellow, black, redflowering or green locust. Honey-, pea-flower or postlocust. Silver-chain. May-June. 2. Robinia viscosa Vent. Clammy or Honey Locust. Rose Acacia. Fig. 2527. Robinia viscosa Vent. Hort. Cels, pi. 4. 1800. A small tree, with rough bark, maximum height about 400 and trunk diameter 10'. Twigs and petioles glandular-pubescent, viscid; stipules short, sometimes spiny; leaflets 11-25, stalked, obtuse, and mucronate at the apex, mostly rounded at the base, ovate or oval, l'-2' long, thicker than those of the preceding species; stipels small, subulate; racemes rather dense, often erect; pedicels z'-4" long; flowers pinkish, 9"-i2" long, not fragrant;-pod 2'-4' long, about 6" wide, glandular-hispid. Mountains of Virginia to Georgia. Escaped in the Middle States and north to Nova Scotia. Wood brown, the sap-woo...