LEGUMINOS^. 237 



1. Sophom tomentosa. Wooly So'phora, 



Fruticose, leaflets 6-7-paired ovali-subrotund emar- 

 jrinate incano-velutino-tomentose beneath, racemes 

 terminal of the same length as the leaves. 



Arbori coral affinis non spinosa, fraxiiii folio rotundiore, foliis 

 et raniulis pubescentibus, Sloane, II. 40. t. 178. f. 3. — Galega, 

 No. 1. Broivne, 289, t. 31. f. I. — Corallodendron foliis subtus 

 tomentosis^ore luteo, Plum. Spec. 21. — Sophora occidentalis, 

 Swartz, Obs. 154. — S. tomentosa, Z)e Cund. Prod. II. 95. 



HAB. On rocks and sandy places near the sea-shore. On 

 rocks below the Battery at Tichfield, Port Antonio. 



FL. May — September. 



Shrubby, usually 4-feet in height; stem subslmple, terete and 

 incano-velutino-tomentose towards the apex. Leaves towards 

 the end of the stem, impari-pinnate, about 10 inches in length : 

 leaflets 7-paired, shortly petiolulated, ovali-subrotund, usually 

 emarginate at the apex, subcordate at the base, glabi'ous above, 

 hoary and velutino-tomentose beneath : petiole terete, incras- 

 sated at the base, hoary, velutino-tomentose. Racemes terminal, 

 many-flowered, 8-10 inches long: peduncle terete. Flowers 

 shortly pedicelled, approximating, rather large, showy, yellow. 

 Calyx externally pubescent, 5-toothed; the 2 upper teeth obtuse, 

 afterwards obsolete ; the 3 lower ones persistent. Standard 

 longer than the other petals : wings and keel each of two 

 petals, equal, linear, clawed, slightly agglutinated at the base. 

 Stamens 10, slightly cohering at the base ; 5 of them rather 

 longer than the rest. Ovary stipulate, terete, incano-pubescent : 

 style subulate: stigma simple. Legume 5 inches long, stipitate, 

 moniliform, at first pubescent, afterwards glabrous. Seeds 

 subreniform. 



This is rather a handsome shrub, and has of late been culti- 

 vated in our gardens. 



II. Ormosia. 



Calyx with the upper lip bilobed, the under 3-par- 

 tite. Standard subrotund scarcely longer than the 

 wings and keel. Stamens 10 ; filaments dilated at 

 the base. Style incurved : stigmata approximate, 

 obtuse, with one of them unilateral. Legume woody, 

 compressed, 2-valved, 1-3-seeded (when young 5-^- 

 ovuled). — De Cand. 



Name, from op[/jOc, a necJdace, for making which, the showy 

 scarlet seeds with a black eye of the following species, are well 

 adapted. — Etic. of PL 



