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Cladrastis lutea, Koch (C. tinctoria, Raf. Virgilia lutea, Michx.). Tree, with yellow wood and smooth bark, sometimes 50 ft.: lfts. 7-9, oval or ovate, glabrous, bright green, 3—4 in. long: panicles loose, drooping, 10-20 in. long; fls. white, fragrant, over 1 in. long. June. Ky., Tenn., and N. C. S.S. 3:119-20. B.M. 7767. Mich. Hist. Arb. III. 266. Gng. 2:401; 5:98. F.E. 8:427. G.F. 1:92. Gn. 24, pp. 96-7; 34, p. 329. G.C. III. 42:186-7. M.D.G. 1899:444-5. G.W. 12, p. 397. V. 4:307. A.G. 15:270.—One of the most beautiful flowering native trees, with wide, graceful head and a short trunk, well adapted as single tree on the lawn. Hardy north to New England and Ont. The wood yields a clear yellow dye. There is a var. aureo- variegata with lvs. variegated with yellow.

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