CLASS X. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. : 
SOPHORA. Schreb. gen. N. 694. 
Calyx gibbous, five-toothed. Corol papilionaceous, 
wings length of the vexillum. Legume necklace-shaped. 
1. S. tomentosa. Willd. 2. 500. . 
Shrubby. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets about eight pait, 
between alternate and opposite, ovate, obtuse, hoary un- 
derneath. Legume necklace-shaped. | 
This large shrub, or small tree, is so far as I can learn, 
a native of Ceylon. From thence it was introduced into 
the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1798, by Dr, A. Berry. 
Flowering time in Bengal the rainy season, | 
Trunk erect, with expanding branches. Bark of ee 
old woody parts somewhat scabrous, of the young 
shoots hairy. Leaves alternate, pinnate, from six to tet 
inches long. Leaflets about eight pair, short- petioled, 
neither alternate nor opposite but between the two; ovate, - 
obtuse, entire, of a firm texture, smooth above and hoary 
underneath ; from an inch to an inch and a half long, 
and about one broad. Petioles and petiolets round, and je 
villous. Stipules none. Racemes terminal. Flowers nt 
merous, generally single, bright yellow, fragrant. Bractes — : 
solitary, one-flowered, caducous. Calyx villous, of a 
short urceolate shape, with the margin slightly five-tooth- 
ed, and incurved. Coro/ papilionaceous. Legume neck- — : 
lace-shaped, villous, composed of about five or six neal- 
ly round. protuberances,, with a single, round, Deg 
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