[ M42 ] 



Edwardsia microphylla. Small-leaved 

 Edwardsia. 



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CA7/} <z//i Order. 

 Decandria Monogvnia. 



Generic Character. 



CaL 5-dentatus. Cor. papilionacea. Lcgumen te t rapt e rum,, 

 polyfpermum. 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



EDWARDSIA microphylla ; foliolis (25 — 4i)obovatis. Hort. 



Kew, ed. alt. v. 3. p. 1. 

 EDWARDSIA microphylla. Salijb. in Linn.Soc. Tranf. vol. 9. 



P* 2 99- 

 SOPHORA microphylla. Willd. Sp. PL 2. p. 499. Jacq. Hort. 



Schoenhr. 3. p. 10. /. 269. Lamarck ill. gen. t. 325./". 1. 



SOPHORA tetrapiera. ForJ}. Prod. n. 183. Linn. Sup. 230. 



The germs Sophora, as conftituted by Linn.eus, ferved 

 for fome time as a common receptacle for almoft the whole of 

 the papilionaceous plants, having their itamens all diftinct ; and 

 thefe not being very numerous, no particular inconvenience 

 arofe from the affemblage. But when the great number be- 

 longing to this natural order, natives of Auftralfia, began to 

 be known, it became neceffary to feparate the genera which 

 were united by this one character only. With refpeQ. to the 

 papilionaceous genera of New- Holland, this talk was ably 

 commenced by the President of the Linnean Society, 

 J n the firft volume of the Annals of Botany, and is now 

 carrying on with more ample materials, by Mr. Robert 

 Brown. The prefent genus was framed by R. A. Salisbury, 

 Efq. in the 9th volume of the Tranfactions of the Linnean 



Society, 



