. ,) butwas afterwards contradistinciively named False Acacia. It was named Lucusl-tree by the missionaries, wlio were amon* theearly collectors of trees, and who fancied that it was the tree that supported .St. John in the wilderness. The word Carowe, French name for carob bean, the locust-tree of Spain ; which, being also indigenous to Syria, is probably the true locust,mentioned in the New Testament. The German name, Schotendom, is compounded of schoie, a pod or legume, and durna thorn, having reference to the pods and spi
. ,) butwas afterwards contradistinciively named False Acacia. It was named Lucusl-tree by the missionaries, wlio were amon* theearly collectors of trees, and who fancied that it was the tree that supported .St. John in the wilderness. The word Carowe, French name for carob bean, the locust-tree of Spain ; which, being also indigenous to Syria, is probably the true locust,mentioned in the New Testament. The German name, Schotendom, is compounded of schoie, a pod or legume, and durna thorn, having reference to the pods and spines which this species bears. Engravings. Michaux, North American SyWa, pi. 76; Audubon, Birds of America, pi. ; Loudon, Arboretum Britan-nicum, v., pi. 83; and the figures below. Specific Characters. Prickles stipular. Branches twiggy. Racemes of flowers loose and pendulous; andsmooth, as are the legumes. Leaflets ovate. The flowers are Avhite, and sweet-scented; the rootscreeping, and their fibres sometimes bearing tubercules.—De Candolle, Description. SC>^1HE Robinia pseudaca-cia, from the valuableproperties of its wood, ._ ]&^S and the beauty of its foliage and flowers, ranks among the first treesof the American forests. In favourable situa-tions, it attains a height of eighty or ninetyfeet, and sometimes exceeds four feet in diam-eter ; but ordinarily, it does not surpass half ofthese dimensions. On the trunks and largelimbs of old trees, the bark is very thick, anddeeply furrowed, but on young trees, not morethan two or three inches in diameter, it isarmed with strong, hooked prickles, which dis-appear altogether as they grow old; and insome varieties they are wanting even whenyoung. These prickles are only attached tothe bark, like those of the common rose, or the
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