. ^^^^^^ ^^ An(. 1 nree-thorned Acacia. ) Derirations. The specific name, triacanthoa, is derived from the Greek treis, three, and canlhos, a thorn, having referenceto the disposition of the spines, wliich are mostly triple or compound. The French name, Firier, is probably corrupted fromthe word fire, a bean, from the resemblance which the pods of this tree bear to those of beans. The German name sijnifleaThree thoViied Honey Tiiorn. The English and French Canadian names are applied to this species on account of th
. ^^^^^^ ^^ An(. 1 nree-thorned Acacia. ) Derirations. The specific name, triacanthoa, is derived from the Greek treis, three, and canlhos, a thorn, having referenceto the disposition of the spines, wliich are mostly triple or compound. The French name, Firier, is probably corrupted fromthe word fire, a bean, from the resemblance which the pods of this tree bear to those of beans. The German name sijnifleaThree thoViied Honey Tiiorn. The English and French Canadian names are applied to this species on account of the sweetflavour of the juice of the pods. Engravings. IMichauy, North American Sylva, pi. 79; Audubon, Birds of America, pi. xlii.; Loudon, Arboretum Britan-nicum, v., pi. 90; and the figures below. Specific Characters. Spines simple or trifid ; stout, at the very base compressed, in the upper part cylin-drical, but tapered. Leaflets linear-oblong. Legumes flattish, rather crooked, many-seeded, and morethan ten times as long as broad.—De Candolle, Description. ^HE Gleditschia tria- 1*^ h H 1^ canthos, in favoura- 1^ U ^ ble situations, attains S^l^S a height of seventy or eighty feet, with a trunk three or four feet indiameter, clear of branches to the height ofthirty feet. The bark of the trunk andbranches is of a gray colour, and that of theyoung shoots and spines, of a the tree becomes old, the bark of thetrunk detaches itself laterally, in plates threeor four inches in width, and nearly a quarterof an inch in thickness. When advancedin age, the trunk and branches are armed with \large prickles, which, though not ligneous, be-come hard, and remain attached to the bark forseveral years. These prickles are not only pro- >^duced from the young wood, but occasionally IIprotrude themselves from the trunk, even when the tree is of considerable bulkand age. The trunk often presents a twisted appearance, and the branches pro-ceed from it rather ho
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