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SOPHORA AuSTRALIS. BLUE SoPHORA. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Decandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-dentatus, fupcrne gibbus. Cor. papilionacea ; alis Iongi- 

 tudine vexilli, Legumen. 



Specific Char abler and Synonyms. 



SOPHORA aufiralisy foliis ternalis fubfeffilibus glabris, ftf- 

 pulis enfiformibus. Syft.Vegetab.^t. Ait.Keiv* 

 2. p. 45. 



PODALYRIA anjiralisy foliis terriatis petiolatis, foliohs ob- 

 ovato-lanceolatis obtufis j ftipulis lanceoiatis 

 acutis petiolo duplo longioribus. Spec. Plant. 

 tVMdenozv, p. 503. 



This is an hardy herbaceous perennial, growing well in a 

 light foil and open fituation, and flowering about the beginning 

 of June. 



It is a native of Carolina, and an old inhabitant of our 

 gardens, having been cultivated by Mr. Philip Miller 

 in 1758. 



Its near refemblance in habit to fome of the Lupins, has 

 oecafioned it to be fometimes miftaken for the Sophora hi- 

 pinoides of Linnaeus, which has yellow flowers. 



