. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. 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. Calyx-teeth 5, short, broad. Standard orbicular-obovate, reflexed; wing oblong; keel incurved, obtuse, its petals distinct. Stamens 10, all distinct; filaments slender; anth
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. 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. Calyx-teeth 5, short, broad. Standard orbicular-obovate, reflexed; wing oblong; keel incurved, obtuse, its petals distinct. Stamens 10, all distinct; filaments slender; anthers all alike, versatile. Ovary sessile or nearly so; ovules few; style incurved. Pod linear or lanceolate, short-stalked, flat, at length 2-valved, few-seeded. [Greek, brittle-branch.] A monotypic genus of the southeastern United States, related to the Manchurian Maackia. I. Cladrastis lutea (Michx. f.) Koch. American or Kentucky Yellow-wood. Fig. 2450. Virgilia lutea Michx. f. Arb. Am. 3: 266. pi. 3. 1813. Cladrastis fragrans Raf. Cat. Bot. Gard. Trans. 12. Name only. 1824. Cladrastis tinctoria Raf. Neogenyton i. 1825. Cladrastis lutea 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 5-11, 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, s"-9" long; calyx tubular-campanulate; corolla white, about i' 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. 3. THERMOPSIS R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 3: 3. 1811. Perennial branching herbs, wi
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