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nulate : teeth 3 -angular; petals nearly of equal length; ovary glabrous. — Lam. III. t. 604. 

 /. 2.— A. Aubletii, Bernh. in PI. Kappl. (non Benth.). Geoffroya pubescens, Rich.— Our 

 specimens differ slightly from former descriptions by the persistent down and the number of 

 the leaflets; corolla violet, 7'" long ; " legume very large, irregular, corky" (Cr. in lit.).— 

 Hab. Trinidad!, Cr.; [Guiana!]. 



51. GEOFFROYA, Jacq. 



Calyx oblique, 5-dentate : tube turbinate. Carinal petals distinct. Ovary sessile or 

 shortly stipitate, few-ovulate. Legume "drupaceous, ovoid, 1-seeded."— Trees ; leaves 

 impari-pinnate : leaflets usually alternate ; flowers in simple racemes, yellow. 



129. G. Sieberi, Benth. " Leaflets 4-5-jugal, oval or oblong, blunt or retusc, glabrous, 

 pale beneath ; racemes tomentose-pubescent ; standard glabrous ; ovary shortly stipitate, 

 pubescent." — Not known but from Sieber's specimen. " Leaflets li"-2" long, l"-li" broad ; 

 flowers 10"'-11"' long."— Hab. Trinidad {Sieb. Tr. 313). 



Subtribe 8. S0PH0RE2E. — Stamens distinct. — Stem usually woody ; leaves iinpari- 

 pinnate, (rarely 1-foliolate). 



52. ORMOSIA, Jacks. 



Calyx bilabiate. Standard roundish : carinal petals connected. Stigma lateral. Legume 

 woody, few- or 1-seeded, wingless, at length 2-valved. Embryo straightish, hard. — Trees; 

 leaves ivipari-pinnate : leaflets opposite ; panicle terminal' 



130. O. dasycarpa, Jacks. Leaflets 5-jugal, oblong, pointed, glabrous ; panicle large, 

 rusty-tomentose, calyx rusty-tomentose : lobes blunt ; legume obliquely rhomboid-ovoid, 

 stipitate, tomentose, 1-seeded. — Sophora monosperma, Sw. — A timber tree ; leaflets 4"-3" 

 long, 20"'-12'"broad; flowers blue, 8'" long ; legume H" long, 1" broad: stalk 4'" long, 

 thickish : seed comjjressed -globose, red, with a black blotch. — Hab. Montserrat, Dominica !, 

 Imr., in mountain woods, S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



53. SOPHORA, L. 



Calyx obliquely subtruncate. Standard tapering at the base : carinal petals distinct at 

 the top. Legume moniliform, wingless, indehiscent, many-seeded. — Leaves impari-pinnate : 

 leaflets opposite ; flowers racemose. 



131. S. tomentosa, L. Shrubby; leaflets 6-12-jugal, oval or oval-roundish, hoary- 

 tomentose beneath or on both sides : stipules none ; raceme terminal, elongated, velvety ; 

 calyx campanulate ; standard ovoid-oblong ; stamens included ; legume dry, glabrescent, 

 5-6-seeded.— Si. t. 178. /. 3. Br. Jam. t. 31./. 1. Besc. Fl. 7. t. 375.— S. occidental, 

 L. S. havanensis, Jacq. Astragalus lanuginosus, Besc. — 4' high ; flowers pale yellow, 

 1" long ; seeds brownish-red, globose : embryo hard, straight. — Hab. Jamaica !, Bist., 

 March, on the seashore ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Cuba to Brazil !, trop. Africa !, East 

 Indies !, trop. Australia !, Pacific Islands ! ; along all tropical seashores], 



54. DIPLOTROPIS, Benth. 



Calyx bilabiate. Four inferior petals nearly alike, with the carinal ones distinct or 

 connected below : vexillar petal larger. Stamens alternately of unequal length. Legume 

 1-2-seeded, compressed, leathery, -indehiscent. "Embryo straight." — Leaves impari-pin- 

 nate : leaflets opposite ; racemes compound. 



132. D. brachypetala, Jul. Leaflets large, leathery, 2-3-jugaJ, elliptical, oblong, or 

 obovate-oblon<r, glabrous ; panicle sericeous, many-flowered : branches distant, peduncled : 

 flowers pendulous", subunilateral ; calyx obliquely turbinate, divided to the middle, pubescent : 

 upper lip broad-ovate, blunt, snbentire, 3 inferior lobes 3-angular, blnntish, smaller ; petals 

 shortly exserted: standard roundish, carinal petals distinct ; "legume large, ovoid-oblong " 

 (ex herb. Hook,).— Leaflets l0"-4", pedicels 2'", calyx 4"', corolla 5'" long : " legume shortly 

 stipitate, 4" long : seeds 2-1."— Hab.' S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Guiana]. 



