. i Robinia viscosa, THE VISCOUS-BARKED ROBINIA. Synonymes. Robinia viscosa, Robinia glutinosa, Robinia montana, Acacia visqueuse, Klebrige Acacie, Robinia rosa, Robinia di fior rosso, Rose-flowering Locust, ? f MicHAux, North American Sylva. De Candolle. Prodromus. Du Hamel, Traite des Arbres et Arbustes. Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum.(^ ToKREY AND Gray, Flora of North America. Curtis, London Botanical Magazine. Bartram, Travels. France. Germany. Italy. Britain and Derivation. The specific name, viscosa, is derived
. i Robinia viscosa, THE VISCOUS-BARKED ROBINIA. Synonymes. Robinia viscosa, Robinia glutinosa, Robinia montana, Acacia visqueuse, Klebrige Acacie, Robinia rosa, Robinia di fior rosso, Rose-flowering Locust, ? f MicHAux, North American Sylva. De Candolle. Prodromus. Du Hamel, Traite des Arbres et Arbustes. Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum.(^ ToKREY AND Gray, Flora of North America. Curtis, London Botanical Magazine. Bartram, Travels. France. Germany. Italy. Britain and Derivation. The specific name, viscosa, is derived from the Latin viscus, properly a species of shrub, which yields a gluti-nous substance, called birdlime, and has reference to the viscid or clammy nature of the bark of this tree. Engravings. Michaux, North American Sylva, pi. 77; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, ii., figure 306, et v., pi. 87;and the figures below. Specijic Characters. Branches and legumes glandular and clammy. Racemes crowded, erect. Bracteasconcave, deciduous, each ending in a long bristle. The three lower teeth of the calyx creeping.—De Candolle, Prodromus. Description. HE Robinia viscosa usu-ally grows to a height ofthirty or forty feet, withII a diameter of six toThe bark, particularly of young twelve inches. shoots, is of a dull red, and is covered with aviscid substance, which, when touched, adheresto the fingers. In every other respect, this treestrongly resembles the preceding species. Thebranches are armed with spines, which, how-ever, are
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