. Cercis canadensis,THE CANADIAN JUDAS-TREE. Synonymes. Cer:is canadensis, Gainier de Canada, Bouton rouge,Canauiischer Judasbaum,Siliquastro di Canada,Judas-tree, Red-bud, LiNN^us, Species Candolle, , Millers , Arboretum AND Gkay, Fiora of North and Anglo-America. Engravings. Nuttall, North American Sylva, pi. —; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, v., pi. 103; ana the figures below. Specific Characters. Leaves acuminate, villose beneath,
. Cercis canadensis,THE CANADIAN JUDAS-TREE. Synonymes. Cer:is canadensis, Gainier de Canada, Bouton rouge,Canauiischer Judasbaum,Siliquastro di Canada,Judas-tree, Red-bud, LiNN^us, Species Candolle, , Millers , Arboretum AND Gkay, Fiora of North and Anglo-America. Engravings. Nuttall, North American Sylva, pi. —; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, v., pi. 103; ana the figures below. Specific Characters. Leaves acuminate, villose beneath, at the axils of the veins. As compared with theCercis siliquastrum, its flowers are of a paler rose-colour, the legume is on a longer pedicel, and tippedwith a longer style.—De Candolle, Description. •.it^S^HE Cercis canadensis, like theJudas-tree of Europe, forms ahandsome shrub, or low tree, ^^^ seldom attaining a height of twenty feet, when wild, but sometimes double this heightin a state of cultivation. It is at once distinguished fromthat tree by its leaves being heart-shaped, and pointed,much thinner, more veined, and of a lighter green; andthe flowers are generally produced in less leaves are broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate, hairyalong the veins on their under sides, of a light bluish-green above, and of a pale sea-green underneath. Theflowers, which put forth before the leaves, in March,April, and May, are of a purplish hue, acid to the taste,and are succeeded by small, flat, thin, brownish pods,containing numerous seeds. Geography and History. The Cercis canadensis, in its indigenous state, issparingly produced along the banks of rivers from Canada to Louisiana; and itis found cultivated for ornament in many of the gardens and collections both
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