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CHAP. XXXIX.

OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDERBURSER^GE.,®.

Balsamodindron gileadense Kunth, and Don’s Mill., 2. p. 81-; the ^ni^risgiieadensis of Lin. (Vahl Symb., 1. p. 28. 1.11.; and our fig. 235. represent-ing abranch,drawn toour usual scaleof 2 in. to ttt, and jig. 236. representingthe flower and fruit of the natural size), the Balm of Gilead tree, is a native otArabia, with Ieaves palmately trifoliate, and small whitish flowers. There aretwo or three varieties of it, which are^by some con-sidered species, but none of them have yet beenintroduced into Britain. — Canarium PinitlaKonig. {Don's Mill., 2. p. 85.) is a tree with com-pound Ieaves, growing to the height of 50 ft. inthe woods of Cochin-China and Java.

Fagaslrum G. Don. Mill., p. 87.) is a

Cape genus, containing several species of ever-green shrubs, with alternate pinnate Ieaves, someof which may probably prove hardy ; but none ofwhich have hitherto been introduced.

CHAP. XL.

or THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS SPECIES OF THE ORDER^MYRIDA V CE^.

. A myris toxifera Willd., the A. balsamffera of L. and Cat. Car. t. 40., is a tree with compoundjeaves, a native of Carolina, and growing to the height of 50 ft. Itis commonly kept in green-n ouscs ; but there can be Uttie doubt, from the climate of its native country, that it would succeed|£ainst a conservative wall. The fruit is produced in racemes, and it is pearl-shaped and purple.

r °m the trunk of the tree a juice distilsas black as ink, which is reported to be poisonous. The‘Gaves, in a dried state, are highly cephalic. This species was introduced in 1820, but it is not common.Iwell deserves a place in collections, as the representative of a genus containing various species‘bteresting in medicine and the arts.

A, fioridana Nutt. is a shrub, growing to the height of 10 ft. in Eastern Florida, with reticulatelyfcined, glandular, resinous, and fragrant Ieaves, and black berries, about the size of those of blackPepper. When introduced, it will doubtless be found half-hardy.

CHAP. XLI.

°F THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER LEGUMINA'CE^E.

The narae of Leguminacese is applied to this extensive and truly naturalor der > on account ofthe seeds of ali the species being produced in leguminousPods, bearing more or less resemblanee to those of the common pea orbean;a nd quite different from the siliquose pods of cruciferous plants.

The Dhtinctive Characteristics are: Calyx with 5 divisions, either parti-ens, teeth, or ciefts, the odd one anterior to the axis of infloreseence.iTuit a legume. Seed with the radicle next the hilum. ( 'Lindley , Intrpd.to -V. S., and Key.') The ligneous species are trees and shrubs, for theln ost part deciduous; and they are disposed through almost every part ofthe world. The order contains some of ourfinest ornamental shrubs and Iowttees, such as Robinia, Cytisus, Wistaricr, Genista, £/'lox, Amorpha, Halimo-nendron, Acacia, Gleditschia, Cereis, and various others. It also containsSome considerable trees, which belong to the genera Robini», Gleditsehiff,uop/iorn, &c. The genera containing hardy ligneous plants are in numbertwenty-three, which, after De Candolle and G. Don, we place in choracteriseds nctions, and ascribe to them short characters, that are more or less contra-nistinctive.

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