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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



An/lira 



The timber is small but hard and takes a good polish. " The bark of 

 this tree has been employed as a vermifuge. It has a disagreeable smell, 

 and ;i sweet mucilaginous taste. Its effects are emetic, drastic, purgative, 

 and narcotic. In large doses it is poisonous, producing violent vomiting, 

 with fever and delirium" (Macfadyen). 



11. Shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets in 

 4-12 pairs, opposite or nearly opposite. Stamens 10, 

 distinct. Pod 2-valved or not splitting open. 



28. SOPHORA L. 



Shrub (in West Indies). Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 opposite or nearly opposite. Racemes terminal. Calyx obscurely 

 toothed or with 5 short teeth. Standard elliptical or roundish. 

 Stamens distinct ; anthers versatile. Stigma minute, terminal. 

 Pod much constricted between the seeds (necklace- like), many- 

 seeded, not splitting but opening by decay. 



Species 25, natives of the tropics. 



S. tomentosa L. Sp. PL 373 (1753); Macf. Jam. i. 237; 

 Grlsel. Fl. Br. W. Lid. 203 : Benth. in FL Bras. xv. pt. 1, 314, 



A, Leaf X A. 



B, Flower x ?. 



C, Standard x ". 



D, Wing x I 



Fig. 28. Sophora tomentosa L. 



E, Keel x 3. 



F, Calyx, stamens, and pistil x ?. 



G, Pod partially decayed above, showing- 



seeds, x 5. 



