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(III) Stamens All Free 



* Anagyris FOETIDA. 12. May-Junc. D. Ls. 3-fol.; Iflts. ov., lane, 2 1, entire, 

 greyish green, downy below. Fls. i, yellow, in short racemes on previous year's 

 wood. Pod 5 X f , curved, pointed at both ends. Mediterranean region. (Fig. i L.) 



* Calpurnia aurea. 20. D. Branches slender, downy. Ls. alternate, pinnate, 

 stalk channelled; Iflts. ov., 2, rounded or notched at end. Fls. i, yellow, in axillary 

 racemes. Pod 2 X i, thin, 5-6-seeded. South Africa. 



CLADRASTIS. Yellow Wood. Buds completely enclosed in swollen base of 

 l.-stalk. Ls. pinnate; Iflts. alternate, ov., 4, entire, pointed, terminal one the 

 largest. Fls. white or pinkish, in terminal panicles. Pod flattened, narrow oblong, 

 3-6-seeded. 



C. platycarpa {Platyosprion platycarpum). 60. July. D. Ls. 7-1 5-fol.; Iflts. 

 narrow ov., lane, 4, with stipules. Fls. ^, white, with yellow spot at base 

 of standard, in erect panicles. Pod 3, winged. Japan. 

 C. sinensis. 70. July. D. Ls. 9-13-fol.; Iflts. lane, 5, downy. Fls. \, pinkish 



white, panicles erect. Pod 3, hairless. West China. 

 C. tinctoria (C. lutea, Virgilia lutea). 40. July. D. Ls. 7-9-fol.; Iflts. broadly 

 ov., 5, hairless. Fls. i, white, fragrant, in drooping panicles. Pod 4. 

 East United States. (Fig. 13 b.) 

 C. Wilsonii. 50. July. D. Ls. 9-15-fol.; Iflts. narrow ov., 3, downy. Fls. i, 

 white, fragrant, in lax panicles. Pod 2, downy. West China. 



Maackia amurensis (Cladrastis amurensis). 40. July. D. Bark peeling. 

 Ls. pinnate; Iflts. opposite, ov., 3, blunt-ended, hairless. Fls. h, white, in dense 

 erect racemes. Pod 3 X |, flat, seam slightly winged. North China. (Fig. 13 c.) 



PiPTANTHUS nepalensis. Evergreen Laburnum. 10. May-July. E. Ls. 3-fol., 

 long-stalked; Iflts. lane, 4, entire, pointed, glaucous below, stalkless. Fls. i, 

 yellow, in stiff, erect, terminal racemes. Pod 5 X f . Himalaya. (Fig. 3 B.) 



*PoDALYRiA SERICEA. 3. November-February. E. Ls. alternate, ov. or obov., 

 2, tapering base, covered on both sides with silky silvery hairs. Fls. rosy purple, 

 solitary in l.-axils. South Africa. (Fig. 115 K.) 



SOPHORA. Branchlets jointed. Ls. pinnate. Fls. in racemes or panicles. 



Pod cylindrical, constricted between seeds (like a string of beads), style persistent. 



S.japonica. Pagoda Tree. 80. September. D. Lflts. ov., lane, 2, pointed, 



rounded base, dark green and glossy above, grey below. Fls. |, creamy 



white, in terminal panicles. Pod 3, hairless. China. (Fig. 14 c.) 



S. tetraptera. 40. May. E. Young branchlets zigzagged, covered with 



tawny down. Lflts. ov., \, entire, often very numerous. Fls. i, yellow. 



Pod 8, 4-winged. New Zealand. 



Yaviety grandifiora {Edwardsia grandiflora). Fls. ih (Fig. 10 c.) 

 Variety microphylla {Edwardsia ?nicrophylla). Lflts. smaller and more 

 numerous, 

 S. viciifolia. 8. June. D. Branches spiny, downy. Lflts. ov., |, entire, silky 

 on both sides, common l.-stalk channelled. Fls. |, blue and white. 

 Pod 2|, 1-4-seeded, long-beaked. China. (Fig. 14 D.) 



