. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 48 C.^SALPINE^. [part I. The Kentucky Coffee-tree {Gymnodadus cana- densis) is the last plant belonging to this division that I shall attempt to describe. This tree is called in Canada,Chicot, or the stump-tree, from its having no visible buds, and thus appearing like a dead stump in winter. The flowers of this plant are white, and they are produced in racemes, but they bear no resemblance to the pea flowers, having rather a star-like appear
. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 48 C.^SALPINE^. [part I. The Kentucky Coffee-tree {Gymnodadus cana- densis) is the last plant belonging to this division that I shall attempt to describe. This tree is called in Canada,Chicot, or the stump-tree, from its having no visible buds, and thus appearing like a dead stump in winter. The flowers of this plant are white, and they are produced in racemes, but they bear no resemblance to the pea flowers, having rather a star-like appear- ance, like those of the Jasmine (see Jig. 19). The calyx {a) is tubu- lar ; and the upper part or limb is divid- ed into five parts (Z>), which alternate with the petals of the corolla (c). There kkntl'cky are ten stamens, but they are completely enclosed in the tube of the calyx. The pod is very large, the valves becoming hard and bony when dry ; and the seeds are like large beans, the pod being deeply indented between the seeds. The leaves are bi-pinnate, with from four to seven pairs of pinnse ; the lower having only one small leaflet, but the rest bearing from six to eight pairs of leaflets each. This tree mu^t not be confounded with the true Coffee-tree, which belongs to Rubiaceae, and from which it is. 19.—Flowers of thi Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. London, J. Murray
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