. CHIA MONOSPERMA. The largest tree bearing this name in England, is at Syon, near London, whichhas attained a height of more than eighty feet, with a trunk two feet in diameter,and an ambitus of forty feet. In France, where this species is not much cultivated, it is thought to be moreliable to injury from frost, than the Gleditschia triacanthos, as it does not appearto produce seeds. At Sceaux, near Paris, there is a tree more than fifty feet inheight. In Hanover, in the botanic gardeii at Gottingen, a tree of this species attained
. CHIA MONOSPERMA. The largest tree bearing this name in England, is at Syon, near London, whichhas attained a height of more than eighty feet, with a trunk two feet in diameter,and an ambitus of forty feet. In France, where this species is not much cultivated, it is thought to be moreliable to injury from frost, than the Gleditschia triacanthos, as it does not appearto produce seeds. At Sceaux, near Paris, there is a tree more than fifty feet inheight. In Hanover, in the botanic gardeii at Gottingen, a tree of this species attainedthe height of thirty feet in twenty-five years after planting. In Austria, at Vienna, in the botanic garden, another tree of this speciesattained the height of thirty-six feet in twenty-two years. Properties and Uses. Ihe wood of the Gleditschia monosperma resemblesthat of the three-thorned Gleditschia, m its loose texture, and yellow colour; butas it grows in wet grounds, it is consequently inferior in quality, and is appliedto no particular use in the Genus GYMNOCLADUS, Lam. Leguminaceae. DicBcia Decandna. Syst. Na. Si/st. Lin. Syjionymes. Jrymnocladics, Guilandina, Of Authors. Derivations. The name, Gymnocladus, is derived from the Greek gumnos, naked, and klados, a branch, from the nakedappearance of the branches. The genus Guilandina was named in honour of Melchior Guilandin, a Prussian traveller in Africa,and demonstrator of botany, at Padua. Generic Characters. Calyx tubular-infundibuliform, the limb 5-cleft; lobes lanceolate, equal. Petals 5,oblong, somewhat longer than the lobes of the calyx, inserted into the summit of the tube. Stamens10. included, inserted with the petals ; those opposite the sepals a little longest. Legume oblong,compressed, very large, thick, pulpy within.—Torrey and Gray, Flora. ^HE genus Gymnocladus comprises but one species, a deciduoustree, native of North America, with upright branches, and incon-spicuous buds. It was constituted by
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