. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXV. LEGUMINA^E^ : CY'TISUS. 215 lientificaUm. Lin. Sp., 1041.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 153.; Don's Mill,, 2. p. 154. Synonvmes, C. alplnus Xam. Fl. Fr. 2. p. 621.; Bean-trefoile Tree, and Peascod Tree, Gcrnj-rf; Pea Tree, Scotch ; Golden Chain ; 1'Aubours, faux E'benler, Arbois, or Arc-Bols,
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXV. LEGUMINA^E^ : CY'TISUS. 215 lientificaUm. Lin. Sp., 1041.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 153.; Don's Mill,, 2. p. 154. Synonvmes, C. alplnus Xam. Fl. Fr. 2. p. 621.; Bean-trefoile Tree, and Peascod Tree, Gcrnj-rf; Pea Tree, Scotch ; Golden Chain ; 1'Aubours, faux E'benler, Arbois, or Arc-Bols, Fr,; gemeine Bohnenbaum, Ger.; AboTniello, Ital. Deit'vation. The name of L'Aubours, which is given to this tree in Dauphln§ and Switzerland, is supposed by Du Hamel to be a corruption of the Latin word laburnum. The word Arbois is a corruption of arc-boiSt the wood of tinis tree having been used by the ancient Gauls to make their bows ; and being still so employed by the country people, in some j}arts of the Miconnois, where these bows are found to preserve their strength and elasticity durmg half a century. The name of Faux E'benier is applied to the wood, from the blackness of its heart-wood. The German name signifies Bean Tree; and both it and the English and Scotch names of Bean-trefoileand Peas- cod Tree have reference to the shape of the leaves and the legumes. The name of Golden Chain alludes to the length of the drooping racemes of flowers, which, as Cowper elegantly describes them, are " rich in streaming ; Engravings. Jacq. Aust., t. 306. ; Bot. Mag., t. 176.; N. Du Ham., 5. t. 44.; the plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. v.; and our^ Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches terete, whitish. Leaves petiolate; leaflets ovate-lan- ceolate, pubescent beneath. Racemes pendulous, simple. Pedicels and ca- lyxes clothed with closely pressed pubescence. Legume linear, many-seeded, clothed with closely pressed pubescence. A low deciduous tree. Native of
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