LEGUMINOS^. III. Edwardsia. IV. Ormosia. V. Virgilia. 



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by dividing them at the root in spring, or by seed, which some- Naked Edwardsia. Shrub. 



times ripen. Cult. This is a genus of elegant shrubs. The four first 



species are hardy enough to survive our winters, in the open air, 



III. EDWA'RDSIA (in honour of Sydenham Edwards, a when they are not too severe, but it is much better to protect 



celebrated English botanical draughtsman, who executed most them under a frame in winter; they are generally propao*ated 



of the drawings in the first volumes of the Botanical Register). by seeds, which usually ripen ; they may also be increased by 



Salisb. Lin. trans. 9. p. 299. 



young cuttings planted in sand, with a hand-glass placed over 



Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynta. Calyx obliquely 5-toothed, them. The stove species, or those natives of the Island of 



Bourbon, will grow freely in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, 

 and young cuttings of them will root readily if planted in a pot 



with the upper side cleft. Petals 5, distinct, connivmg into a 

 papilionaceous corolla. Keel long. Stamens 10, with the fila- 

 ments deciduous, according to Salisbury, and inserted into a of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them^ in heat, 

 cup-shaped, 10-angled torus. Legume moniliform, 1-celled, 2- 



valved, 4-winged, many-seeded. Shrubs or little trees, with im- IV. ORMO'SIA (from op/ioc, ormos^ a necklace ; the seeds 



pari-pinnate, exstipulate leaves, having numerous pairs of leaflets, of O. coccinea, are strung for necklaces ; they are red, and have 

 which fall off late in the autumn. Flowers golden, axillary, dis- 

 posed in short racemose spikes. 



1 E. microphy'lla (Salisb. 1. c.) leaves with 12-15 pairs of 

 obovate-roundish, emarginate leaflets, smooth or pubescent be- 

 neath : petals of keel ellintlc. hooked on the back. h . F. 



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petals of keel elliptic, 

 Native of New Zealand. 



Sophora microphylla. Ait, hort. kew. 

 2. p. 43. Lam. ill. t. 325. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 269. So- 

 phora tetraptera, Lin. fil. suppl. 230. Leaflets 25-41, 2-3 lines 



long. 



a black spot at one end). Jacks, in Lin. trans, 10. p. 3G0. 

 Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 3. 



LiN. sYST. Decdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx bilabiate, upper 

 lip 2-lobed, lower one 3-parted. Vexillum roundish, hardly 

 longer than the wings and keel. Stamens 10, with the filaments 

 dilated at the base. Style incurved, crowned by 2 approximate 

 stigmas. Legume w^oody, compressed, 2-valved, young ones 

 5-6-0 vulate, 1-2-seeded. South American trees, with the 



This is a magnificent shrub when in flower, displaying branches clothed with rusty villi. Leaves large, impari-pinnate, 



large pendulous bunches of golden flowers. 

 Small-leaved Edwardsia. 



usually with 4 or 6 pairs of leaflets. Stipulas distinct from the 



Fl. May, June. Clt. 1722. Shrub petioles. Flow^ers panicled, blue, or purplish. 



6 to 10 kQt. 



2 E, GRANDiFLORA (Salisb, 1. c.) leaflets 17-21, oblong-linear, 

 somewhat lanceolate, rather villous beneath ; petals of keel 

 broadly falcate, T2 • F- Native of New Zealand. Sophora tetrap- 

 tera, Ait, hort. kew, 2. p. 43. Mill. icon. 1. Curt, bot. mag. 

 167. Lam. ill. t. 325. f. 3. Red. in Duh. ed. nov. 3, t, 20. 

 E. macrophylla, Wanderoth, 1. c. Leaflets 13-19, 5-10 

 lines long. This is an elegant tree w^hen in flower, bearing large 

 pendulous clusters of golden flowers, which rise in spring before 

 the leaves. 



1 O. dasyca'rpa (Jacks. 1, c. t. 26.) leaflets acuminated, gla- 

 brous on both surfaces ; legumes tomentose. Tj , S- Native of 

 the Caribbee Islands. Sophora monosperma, Swartz. fl. ind. 



occ. 2. p. 722. Podalyria, Poir, diet. 5. p. 440. Flowers large, 

 blue. Legume containing only 1 large, round, spherical, scarlet 

 seed, which has a large black spot at one end. Browne calls 

 the tree the Red Bead-tree. 



Thick-fruited Bead-tree. 

 to 20 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt, 1793. Tree 10 



2 O, cocciNEA (Jacks. 1. c, t. 25.) leaflets somewhat ovate, 



Greal-JloTvered Edwardsia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1772. Shrub thick, with revolute margins, glabrous on both surfaces ; legume 



6 to 10 feet. 



3 E. myriophy'lla (Wanderoth, in Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 

 202.) arborescent; leaves 



having 



glabrous, shining. ^. S, Native of Guiana and Brazil. Ro- 

 binia coccinea, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 773. Flowers blue. Seeds 



emarginate leaflets, the odd one emarginate, smooth, or pubescent 

 beneath. T2 • F* Native of New Zealand. E. minima, Lodd. 



20 pairs of obovate, entire, scarlet, with a black spot at one end, as in the preceding. 



cat. Flowers yellow, 



Many-leajletted Edwardsia. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Fl. May, June. Clt, 1818. 



4 E. ciirysopiiy'lla (Salisb. 1, c. t. 26. f. 1.) leaflets ,17, obo- ceding, but much smaller. 



A^car/^^-seeded Bead-tree. Fl, June, July. Clt. 1823. Tree 

 10 to 20 feet. 



3 O. coarcta'ta (Jacks. 1. c. t. 27.) leaflets unequal, glabrous 

 above, but covered with rusty hairs beneath. ^2,8. Native 

 of Guiana, Seeds colour and shape of those of the two pre- 



vate, younger ones clothed with yellow pubescence ; petals of 



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keel elliptic, with the dorsal margin straight. ^ 

 of the Sandwich Islands. Leaflets 8-10 lines long. 



Ker. bot. rvdrdsia. 



Coarctate Bead-tree. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of Ed- 



reg. 738. 

 yellow. 



Flowers smaller than those of the preceding species, 



V, VIRGIXIA (dedicated to the poet Virgil, whose Georgics 



Golden-leaved Edwardsia. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? Shrub contain many things interesting to botanists). Lam. ill. t. 326. 



6 to 10 feet. 



5 E. KiTiDA (D. C, prod. 2. p. 97.) leaflets 21-25, elliptic, 

 somewhat obovate, retusely emarginate, silky on both surfaces ; 

 wings of flower oblong, with the dorsal margin straight ; legume 

 villous, h . S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. Sophora 



Pers. ench. 1. p. 453. R. Brown, in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3, p. 4. 

 LiN. sYST. Decdndria. 



Monogy 



Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 



nitida, Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 7. 

 €d. nov. 3. p. 86. 



S, sericea, Jaume, in Duh. 



5, about equal in length. Vexillum with the edges not reflexed. 

 Stigma beardless. Legume compressed, oblong, 2-valved, many- 

 seeded. — Trees or shrubs with impari-pinnate leaves, and with 

 the flowers disposed in racemes. 



1 V. Cape nsis (Lam. ill. 326. f. 2.) stamens deciduous, 

 woolly at the base ; ovaries as well as legumes tomentose ; keel 



Shining Edwardsia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 icGt. 



6 E. denuda'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 97.) leaflets 17-21, ellip- acuminated ; leaflets numerous, opposite, linear-lanceolate, mu- 



tic, obtuse, retusely emarginate, pale beneath, and clothed with 

 silky pubescence, smooth above, younger ones as well as branch- 

 lets sericeous, T2 . S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. So- 

 phora denudata, Bory. voy. 2. p. 399. Sopliora retusa, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 452. Calyx clothed with rusty shining wool, and 

 the legume tomentose. 



cronate, pubescent beneath, Tj 



Native of the Cape of 



Good Hope, Sophora Capensis, Burm. fl. cap, prod. 12» Lin. 

 mant. 67. Sophora oroboides, Berg, cap. 142. Hypocalyptus 



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Capensis, Thunb. fl. cap. 570. 



herb. Juss. Podalyria Capensis, Andr. bot. rep. 347. Virgflia 



Capensis. Sims, bot, mag. 1590. Flowers large, pink, rather 



