Sophora. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 265 
ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Leaflets small, 6-10-16-jugate. —— 
Thinly pubescent, becoming glabrous ; adult leaves and 
legumes Wh i gad aes ... (1) armata, 
Fulvo-villous ; adult leaves and legumes rusty-pubescent (2) multijuga. 
Leaflets large, 2—3-jugate ; legumes rusty-pubescent ... ... (3) obovata, 
1. D, armata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 152); branches spinous ; leaves 
6—12-jugate, leaflets subopposite or alternate (small), oblong, obtuse at 
each end, paler beneath, becoming glabrous; young petioles and inflo- 
rescence thinly-velvetty; panicles pedunculate, corymbose, shorter than 
the leaves, axillary or subterminal; calyx puberulous, its two upper 
lobes short, obtuse, 3 lower deltoid, subacute ; legumes oblong, obtuse, 
tapering at base, glabrate. D. myriantha, Meisn.! in Lond. Jrn. 2. p. 100. 
Has. Between Omtendo and Omsamculo, and near Port Natal, Drege! Krauss / 
220, Gueinzius/ gc. (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.) 
A tree with dark-coloured bark, not always spiny. Common petiole 2-24 inches 
long, at first rusty-pubescent, afterwards glabrous. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1-14 
lines wide, the young ones thinly silky beneath, older quite glabrous, thick in sub- 
stance and glossy, all midribbed and minutely marginate. Flowers very small, in 
dense corymbs on a peduncle 1 inch long, either from the axils of the upper leaves, 
or ends of the twigs. Legumes 1-14 inches long, 5-8 lines wide, sometimes sub- 
truncate and very obtuse, sometimes tapering to a subacute point, always tapering at 
base and stipitate. 
2. D. multijuga (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 153); leaves 10-16-jugate, 
leaflets alternate (rather small), oblong, obtuse at each end, mucronulate, — 
paler beneath, with recurved margins, pubescent ; twigs and petioles 
densely fulvo-villous; racemes short, terminal and axillary, crowded 
toward the end of the branches (Z. MJ.) ; legumes broadly lanceolate, 
netted with veins, rusty pubescent. : Ser age Ree ke 
Has. Morley, at the end of the wood, 1000-1500 f., Drege! (Herb. Bth.) 
A tree. Twigs and petioles densely and persistently fowy, with close, short, erect 
hairs. Common petiole 4-5 inches long. Leaflets 5-7 lines long, 2-2} wide, rather 
roughly though thinly pubescent. Legumes 2 inches long, 8-9 lines wide in the 
middle, acute or subacute, fulvous. : aie 
3. D. obovata (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 152); leaves bi-tri-jugate, leaflets 
alternate, oblong or obovate, coriaceous, reticulated, glabrous ; (young) 
petioles and inflorescence velvetty 5 panicle dense, its branches corym- 
bose ; calyx puberulous, its two upper lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, 
three lower narrow, acute; legumes broadly lanceolate, netted with 
veins, rusty-pubescent. Podiophyllum reticulatum, Hochst. Flora, 1841, 
p. 658. ee Eats 
: a River Basche and near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss! 193. (Herb. Hk., Bth., 
ra _ Bark dark-coloured. Common petiole 2-3 inches long, at first densely 
pubescent, afterwards subglabrous, bearing 5 or 7 alternate leaflets, each about 1% 
inch long, ? inch wide, netted on each side and glossy. Panicles terminal and axil- 
lary, much branched, the branches fasciculato-corymbose. Flowers not 2 lines long. 
Legumes 14-1} inch long, 6-8 lines wide, acute, tapering at base into a short stipe, — 
strongly netted in the middle. ‘Leaflets much larger and fewer than in the otherS. 
African species. lg aie - 
LXIV. SOPHORA. “<2 
Calya widely campanulate, obliquely truncate, obsoletely or shortly 
