Society, and named by him in honour of our botanical 

 draughtfman, Mr. Sydenham Edwards; and Edwardsia 

 has been fince adopted in the new edition of the Hortus 

 Kewenfis. Sophora tetraptera, No. 167 of this work, is 

 another fpecies, and is now called Edwardsia grandifiora ; 

 teiraptera being the generic character of the fruit, and equally 

 applicable to the whole genus. 



The prefent fpecies is not quite fo hardy as the other j at 

 leaft it does not flower fo well when cultivated in the open air, 

 which perhaps is owing to its difpofition to put forth its blofloms 

 fomewhat more early in the fpring. It anfwers belt therefore 

 to treat it as a hardy greenhoule fhrub. Our drawing was 

 taken from a fine old tree, which has for many years produced 

 abundance of flowers every fpring, in Mr. Malcolm's green- 

 houfe at Kenfington, and the fruit added from a fmall Ihrub at 

 Meffrs. Whitley and L'o. now of the Fulham nurfery. 



Native of New-Zealand, where it was difcovered by the 

 Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. and introduced 

 at the fame time with Edwardsia grandifiora, than which the 

 flowe*s are fcarcely lefs fhewy, but (hotter and lefs pointed* 



