. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Paradise Flower 523 The fragrant flowers, opening from March to August, are perfect, Kght yellow, in axillary racemes 3 to 5 cm. long, i cm. in diameter; pedicels short, slender, hairy; the calyx is minutely 5-lobed, hairy, about mm. long; petals spatulate, 3 mm. long; sta- mens numerous, twice the length of the pet- als; ovaty stalked and hairy. The fruit is flat, oblong, slightly curved, 8 to 11 cm. long, 2 to c
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Paradise Flower 523 The fragrant flowers, opening from March to August, are perfect, Kght yellow, in axillary racemes 3 to 5 cm. long, i cm. in diameter; pedicels short, slender, hairy; the calyx is minutely 5-lobed, hairy, about mm. long; petals spatulate, 3 mm. long; sta- mens numerous, twice the length of the pet- als; ovaty stalked and hairy. The fruit is flat, oblong, slightly curved, 8 to 11 cm. long, 2 to cm. wide, pointed at the apex, taper- ing to the stout stalk, thick and often wavy on the margin, Hght reddish brown, thin and papery, marked by transverse veins, the seeds transversely attached, narrowly obovate, 6 mm. long, compressed, light brown, with an oval area on each side. The wood is hard, close-grained, light brown, its specific gravity is about It is largely used and highly esteemed for fuel in its native region. Fie. 483.— Texas 2. PARADISE FLOWER—Acacia Greggii A. Gray This small tree is also called Catsclaw, Devil's claw, and Ramshom; it occurs frequently near our Mexican border, in dry, gravelly soils, from western Texas to southern California, and southward into Mexico, attain- ing a maximum height of 9 meters, with a trunk diameter of 3 dm. The branches, bark, and twigs are very simi- lar to those of Acacia Wrightii; the leaves are persistent, evenly bipinnate, to 5 cm. long, including the slender leaf-stalk which has a brown gland near the middle; there are i to 3 pairs of pinnae 2 to 4 cm. long, and short-stalked; leaflets 4 to 7 pairs, sessile, obliquely oblong or obovate, 4 to 6 mm. long, rounded, blunt, or short-pointed at the apex, thick and firm, light green, hairy, and prominently veined. The fra- grant, yellowish flowers appear from April to September, in axillary clusters of 2 or 3 dense, hairy spikes 3 to 5 cm. long, i cm. i
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