( 3390 ) : 
SopHoRA TOMENTOSA, 6. Downy Sopnora, 
variety. 
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Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosa. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-dentatus, basi campanulata aut subattenuata. 
Pet. carinalia sepius apice concreta. Legumen monili- 
forme apterum, polyspermum.—Arbores, frutices aut herbe, 
Soltis impari-pinnatis sepius exstipulatis, racemis terminali- 
bus simplicibus paniculatisve. D C. i ; 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sopnora*tomentosa ; fruticosa, subsericeo-can escenti-pubes- 
"eens, foliolis suboppositis 7—9 jugis cum impari ova-. 
libus obtusis coriaceis reticulatis, racemis erectis elon-— 
gatis terminalibus demum lateralibus, bracteis sub- 
— ulatis deciduis, calycibus inflatis dentibus obsoletis, — 
*~ _ staminibus deciduis basi incrassatis pubescentibus. 
SopHora tomentosa. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 533. D C. Prodr. 
v. 2. p. 95. Spreng. Syst. 2.p.346. 
(8.) foliis ramulisque junioribus canescentibus, demum nu- 
~ diusculis lucidis. Tab. nostr. 3390. ‘ : 
Sopuora occidentalis. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 533. 
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The shining, dark green, handsome foliage of this plant, 
Contrasting with its bright yellow spike-like panicles of 
_ flowers, render it a very ornamental shrub ; but in Madeira, 
- (where our description was made by Mr. Lowe, and our 
| drawing 
* From its Arab name, Sophera. 
