t. 1125. Some time afterwards Professor Lindley also 

 figured it at t. 1798 of the Botanical Register, using for 

 the plant the name Edwardsia chilensis proposed by 

 Mr. Miers. As, however, the latter did not provide a 

 description of his species his specific name cannot now 

 be employed. A singular confusion between this plant 

 and the older S. tetraptera subsequently arose in collections, 

 though why this should have occurred is difficult to 

 explain, for the leaflets in S. macrocarpa are considerably 

 larger than those of S. tetraptera and in fruit the two 

 species differ markedly; S. tetraptera, as its name 

 indicates, has a strongly four-winged pod, whereas that 

 of S. macrocarpa is without any trace of wings. The 

 material for our figure of S. macrocarpa came from a tree 

 in the garden of Lady Ilchester at Abbotsbury near 

 Weymouth, where it blossoms in May. Unfortunately 

 the species is really hardy only in the mildest parts of 

 the kingdom, such as the southern and western maritime 

 districts. At Kew, in a sheltered spot, it may survive a 

 few mild winters, but it never thrives sufficiently well to 

 be worth cultivating out-of-doors, and has to be treated 

 as a plant for the winter garden or unheated conservatorv. 

 It likes a sandy loam and should, if possible, be propa- 

 gated by seeds, though cuttings of moderately ripened 

 twigs will take root if placed in a mildly heated frame. 



Description.— Tree of small stature; twigs stout, 

 shortly adpressed white-pubescent. Leaves pinnate, 

 about 6 in. long; petiole J in. long, thickened at the base, 

 shortly adpressed-pubescent on the lower side as 

 is the rachis, somewhat silky in the shallow but wide 

 channel on the upper side, otherwise glabrous ; stipules 

 narrow J m. long; leaflets 9-jugate, opposite or nearly 

 so, oblong-lanceolate or nearly oblong, rounded and 

 lamtly emarginate at the tip, rounded or somewhat 

 cuneate at the base, up to If in. long, over ± in.- wide, 

 bright green, glabrous and shining above, rather glaucous 

 and with a few adpressed hairs beneath ; lateral nerves 

 about 8 on each side, slightlv sunk above, distinctly 

 raised beneath, looping within the margin ; reticulation 

 lax and visible beneath; petiolules short. Racemes 

 axillary, about 10-flowered, including the peduncle which 



