An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus PEA FAMILY. 343 2. CLADRASTIS Raf. Neogenyton i. 1825. Trees, with odd-pinnate leaves, no stipules nor stipels, the petiole-base hollow. Flowers showy, white, in terminal panicles. 5, short, broad. Standard orbicular-obovate, reflexed; wing oblong; keel incurved, obtuse, its petals distinct. Stame
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus PEA FAMILY. 343 2. CLADRASTIS Raf. Neogenyton i. 1825. Trees, with odd-pinnate leaves, no stipules nor stipels, the petiole-base hollow. Flowers showy, white, in terminal panicles. 5, short, broad. Standard orbicular-obovate, reflexed; wing oblong; keel incurved, obtuse, its petals distinct. Stamens 10, all distinct; filaments slender; anthers all ahkc, versatile. Ovary sessile or nearly so; ovules few; style incurved. Pod linear or lanceolate, short-stalked. Hat, at length 2-valved, few-seeded. [Greek, brittle-branch.] A monotype genus of the southeastern United States, related to the Manchurian Maackia, I. Cladrastis lutea (Michx. Koch. American or Kentucky Yellow-wood. Fig. 2450. Virgilia lutea Michx. f. Arb. Am. 3; 266. pi. J. 1813. Cladrastis fragrans Raf. Cat. Bot. Gard. Trans. 12. Name only. 1824. Cladrastis tinctoria Raf. Neogenyton i. 1825. Cladrastis lulea Koch. Dendrol. i: 6. 1869. A smooth-barked tree, with maximum height of about 50° and trunk diameter of about 3*°. Fo- liage nearly glabrous; leaves petioled; leaflets S-ii, ovate, oval or obovate, stalked, 2-4' long, pointed or blunt-acuminate at the apex, obtuse or the term- inal one cuneate at the base; panicles many-flow- ered, drooping, io'-2o' long; pedicels slender, 5'--9' long; calyx tubular-campanulate; corolla white, about l' long; pod short-stalked, glabrous, 2-4' long, 4'-5' wide, 2-6-seeded. In rich soil, Missouri. Kentucky, Tennessee and west- ern North Carolina. Wood yellow, hard, strong, yield- ing a yellow dye ; weight per cubic foot 39 lbs. Flow- ers fragrant. June. Yellow-ash or -locust. Gopher- wood. Fustic-tree. 3. THERMOPSIS R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 3: 3. 1811. Perennial
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