Olneya

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Read about Olneya in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Olneya (Stephen T. Olney, American botanist and specialist in Carex). Leguminosae. One species, O. Tesota, Gray, a small tree (15-20 ft. and more) in S. Calif., Ariz., and Mex., known locally as ironwood: often spiny: lys. equally or unequally pinnate, the lfts. thick and entire, the stipules none: fls. white or purplish, in short axillary racemes; petals free and equal; stamens 10, diadelphous: pod 1—2-seeded, thick, with coriaceous valves, linear-oolong, 1-2 in. long, hairy. Probably not regularly in cult.


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