Tab. 8047. 

 sophora macrocarpa. 



Chile. 



Leguminosae. Tribe Sophoueae. 

 Sophora, Linn. ; Bcntlu et Hoolt.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 555. 



Sophora macroearpa Smith m Bees Cycl. vol. xxxiii. no. 6; Lodd. Bot, 

 Cab t. 1125 ; DC Prodr. vol. 11. p. 96 ; Castillo et Bey, Jeoa. Vea Mo 

 Vakhv. vol. , p. 67 fig. 36 ; ab affim S. tetraptera, Ait., fo liolis major bus 

 legumimbus haud alatis facile distinguenda. ^ majonous, 



Arbor parva ; ramuli crassi, breviter adpresse albo-pubescentes. Folia pinnata 



S3? 15 J m - l0n ^P Gti0 l° 2 ^.longobasiconspicueincrassSo cum 

 rhachi subtus paupenus breviter adpresse pubescente supra jnabre- 

 scente nisi m canaliculo lato haud alto ubi subsericeo suffulta; stipulae 

 angustae 4 mm longae; foliola utrinsecus 9, opposita vel subopposita, 

 oblongo-lanceolata vel fere oblonga, apice rotundata, emarginulatl basi 

 rotundata vel cuneato-rotundata, usque ad 3'5 cm. longa et 14 cm lata 

 pagina supenore nitida, laete viridia, glabra, inferiore subglauca,' pilis 

 paucis adpressis instructa, nervis lateralibus utrinsecus circiter 8 supra 

 parum immersis subtus conspicuis intra marginem anastomosantibus, 

 i-eticulatione laxa subtus conspicua, petiolulo 1-5-2 mm. longo suffulta 

 Macemt axdlares, 6-9 cm. longi, pedunculo communi quam petiolo 

 oreviore mcluso, rhachi pedicellisque plus minusve breviter adpresse pube- 

 scenttbus; flores penduli, cuiusque racemi circiter 10, pedicellis 25 cm 

 Jongis suffulti ; bracteae post flores expansos deciduae, obovatae, breviter 

 acummatae, 8 mm. longae, 5-5 mm. latae, dorso dense adpresse brunneo- 

 pubescentes, intra medio glabrae sedet apicem et basin versus adpresse 

 brunneo.pubescentes. Calyx circiter 1 cm. longus, vix 1 • 2 cm. latus, extra 

 piliset brunneis brevibus adpressis et albis longioribus ornatus, dente 

 lntenore 2 mm. longo, superioribus brevissimis. Vrxillmn 3 cm. longum, 

 * ^ cm. latum, m unguem brevem latum angustatum ; alae 3 cm. longae, 

 u b cm. latae, ungui brevi suffultae ; carinae petala apice libera, vix 3 cm. 

 longa, 0-6 cm. lata. Filamcnta usque ad 3 '2 cm. longa, apice angustata, 

 glabra. Ovarium 1-5 cm. altum, cum stipite 6 mm. longo breviter 

 aapresse pubescens, stylo 1-7 cm. longo superne glabro.— Edwardsia 

 ciUensis, Miers, Trav. vol. ii. p. 531, nomen tantum ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 ™1. xxi. t. 1798.— W. G. Craib. 



, Two distinct species of Sophora from Chile, which are 

 m cultivation in Europe, exhibit a striking resemblance 

 as regards their flowers. One of the two, S. tetraptera, 

 Ait., which also occurs in New Zealand, was figured at 

 t. lb/ of this work over one hundred and twentv years 

 ago. The other, S. macrocarpa, Sm., the subject" of our 

 illustration, was first introduced by Mr. Loddiges in 1822 

 and was figured by him in the Botanical Cabinet at 



February, 1916. 



