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Sophora.] L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 251 



densely pubescent; teeth distinct, deltoid. Corolla bright yello^', 3 times the lergth 

 of the calyx. Pod | in. broad, sublignose, finely downy, 6-12-seeded, the seeds close 

 and constrictions slight except -where the ovules do not develop. 



§§§ Edwardsia, Salisb. Pod furnished with four distinct win^s.— Z'ey- 

 mmgia, Bunge. 



9. S. mollis, Grah. in Wall Cat. 5335 ; flowers smaller developed before 

 tne leaves in short crowded racemes. Edwardsia mollis, Roxjle III. t. 32, fig. 2. 

 ^phora Iloughiana, Wall. Cat. 5336 B. 



Plains and low hills of the north-west ; Hazaea and the Salt eange to Kumaon 

 and^iPAL, ascending to 4000 ft. 



A low spineless shrub, with finely grey-downy branches, the flowers developed 



rst in copious short simple ascending racemes, the leaves appearing with the fruit, 



«i'f5 |- ft. long ; leaflets 21-25, rigidly coriaceous, pale, grey green, |-| in. lor^g, 



^use, emarginate, prominently veined, finely grey-downy. Racemes 2-3 in. long; 



P**dicels equalling or exceeding the calyx. Calyx ^-\ in., very oblique, finely grey- 



IHtlT ^^^^/^^ yellow, l-f in. Pod glabrous, 3-4 in. long, o-6-seeded, the joints 



th four distinct crustixceous wings and separated by distinct constrictions. 



vAfi. hydaspidis ; leaves and calyx more densely and persistently silky, flowers 



Wer.-^Salt Eange, Punjab. 



\^- S. interrupta, Bedd. Ic PL Ind. Or. t. 105; Fl. Sylv. 90; 

 J ^* Gm. t 12, fig-. 6 ; flowers larger developed at the same times a^ the 

 ih^T -^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^' Edwardsia maderaspatana, Wiffkt Ic. t. 1054, as regards 



Hills of Mysore, alt. 2500-3000 ft., Wight, Bcddome. 

 in 1 " ^T^^*^ f^hrub. Leaves ^-| ft. long; leaflets 19-29, obtuse, emarffinafe, f-1^ 

 jj ' 7?^^' ^^i^ner than in the last, with a few obscure hairs beneath. Baceims dis- 

 Cal f^^^^^^^^^^^ shorter than the leaves ; pedicels twice the length of the calyx. 

 IhT \ *°" ^^^^ oblique, obscurely silky. Corolla bright yellow, J-^ in. long; 

 t^kf * ^^'^^^^»^d round. Pod just liko that of S. mollis.— lh\s is doubtless the 



W T^"^^^^ by Wight, but all except the fruit in the plate appears to be drawn 

 ^^001 b. glauca. 



IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 



"vJt ^^'^"^ ^^°°^ ^^^ ^°P ^^ Parasnath, in Behar, seen in poJ only, doubtless a new 

 textn ' ^°^^^ nearest to S. Wiahtii, but the 13-15 leaflets are obtuse, with thinner 

 dpi,; f"'^ ^"<^r veininff, and" the ioints of the fruit smaller, with a tendency to 

 ''^li'sce down the suturesr 



93. CAZ.PTraH'XA, E. Meyer. 



Teiw"*^^ or trees. Leaves odd-pinnate, with numerous leaflets Flmcers 

 Conn' '■^^^i^ed or panicled. Cahjx broadly campanulate ; teeth deltoid. 

 Detail ^^"^^ exserted ; petals equal in length ; keel obtuse, rather incurved, its 

 SL'^^^"°o- SfMmms free ; anthers small, oblonpr, versatile. Omr// linear 

 niemK' ""^"^'-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. iV/ strap-shaped flat, 

 sut '! ^y*'' iiiany-seeded, indehiscent, with a narrow wing down the dorsal 

 •~~^i8TRiB, Species G, the others Cape and Abyssinian. 



"■"■'' "ied to Calpvmia. Is included 



in India. 



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'1 Hohf^* V-^^""'''*"*' ^''^^■' a well-known Cape plant, alii 

 'lenackers Nilghiry plants, but is only cultivated in 



Anli ^" *»»rea, Saker in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afric. ii. 2o2; Bedd Fl. 

 h-1. 1^;: *• 12, fig. 5. Virgilia aurea. Lam. ; DC. Frodr. u. 98 ; 

 ^ • -^ ' 9. Robinia Heynei, Wall. Cat. 5653. 



tain iS^^ Pkxinsula, near Courtallum, and on the Denkinacottah hills 

 °J"ngles.--DisTHiB. Abyssinia. 



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