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SOPHORA* velutina 



Velvety Bastard Sophora 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. LEGUMiNoSit. § Sophorece. 

 i SOPHORA Linn. — Calyx 5-dentatus, basi campanulata v. subat- 



tenuat^. Petala carinalia ssepiiis apice concreta. Legumen moniliforme, 



apterum, polyspermum. Arbores frutices aut herbee, foliis impari-pin- 



natis, scepiils exstipulatiSf racemis terminalibus simplicibus paniculatisve. 

 Dec, prodr. 2. 95. 



§ DxsemjEa. Vexillum bifidum, petala imbricata, calyx S-dentatus 



(Bqualis, 



S. velutina; fruticosa, folioHs 23 ellipticis mucronatis, utrinque ramis 

 pedunculisque velutinis, racemis cylindricis terminalibus, petalis imbri- 



catis : vexillo bifido. 



Caulis fruticosuSf densk velutinus. Folia exstipulatay impari-pinnata ^ 

 velutina^ utrinque concolora; foliola 23, elliptical mucronata. Racemi 

 terminates, cylindracei, foliorum ferh longitudinis, villosi. Bracteae 0, 

 V. citissimk deciduee. Calyx velutinus, tubo brevi, turbinato, persistente, 

 limbo campanulata, membranaceo, 5-dentato, dentibus subcequilongis, 4 5m- 

 perioribus subrotundo-ovatis, supremis paululum connatis, injeriore acumi- 

 nato. Petala fauce tubi calycis inserfa, libera, imbricata. Vexillum 

 lineari-oblongum, bifidum, incumbens, basi carnosiim, tomentosum. Alae 

 falcatcB, obtusce, ascendentes, auriculatcB ; carina paulh brevior, abrupt^ 

 nnguiculata, obtusa. Stamina 10, fauce tubi calycis inserta; filamenta 

 distincta, cequalia, basi latd tomentosd leviter et incequaliter monadelpha. 

 Antherae parvce, oblongcB. Ovarium stipitatum, lanatum, lineare, polysper- 

 mum, in stylo glabro, ascendente, attenuatum. Stigma simplex. Legumina 

 erecta, terelia, moniliformia, utrinque acuminatissima, velutina, 1-3-sperwa. 



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A fine greenhouse shrub, which well deserves a trial 

 as a hardy plant : it is a native of Nipal, and was raised 

 some years since from seeds received from Mr. Clark by 



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• A slight alteration of Sophera, a name employed by Alpinus for 

 Cassia Sophera. 



