Gymnocladus LEGUMINOSAE Maackia 



7. Gymnocladus Lam. JM^JH (Fei Tsao Chia Shu) 

 Unarmed deciduous trees with stout almost naked brs. and bipinnate lvs.: fls. 

 nearly regular, in terminal clusters, dioecious or polygamous; petals 5; stamens 10, 

 distinct: pod broad-oblong, somewhat flattened, pulpy within between the few large 

 seeds. 2 species, 1 in eastern North America and 1 in China. (Greek: gymnos, naked; 

 and klados, branch; referring to the stout brs. which are nearly without twigs.) 



1. Gymnocladus chinensis Baill. m%^i (Fei Tsao Chia; Fat Gleditsia Pod) (R.M. 

 487). Tree, to 20m.; fls. lavender, IV; fr. VIII-X. China; locally in An., Che., 

 Ku. Woodland. Fig. 170. 



III. Papilionoideae Bean Subfamily ^faMM (T'ieh Hua Ya K'o) 

 Trees, shrubs or herbs with digitate or pinnate lvs. : fls. nearly always papilionace- 

 ous (bilaterally symmetrical); petals imbricate, the upper one (the standard) outside. 



8. Sophora Linn. ^ffJH (Huai Shu Shu) 

 Deciduous woody plants, or sometimes herbaceous, with pinnate lvs.; Ifts. mem- 

 branous: fls. in racemes or panicles; calyx with 5 short teeth; stamens equal ', distinct 

 or united at the base: pods constricted between the seeds. About 25 species, in Asia 

 and North America; 12 in China. (From Sophera, the Arabian name for a tree with 

 pea-shaped flowers.) 



Key to the Species 



Plant shrubby or subherbaceous when young: lfts. not apiculate: fls. in 



racemes: pods constricted but not moniliform 1 • S. flavescens 



A tree: lfts. apiculate: fls. in panicles: pods moniliform 2. S. japonica 



1. Sophora flavescens Ait. ^# (K'u Shen; Bitter Ginseng) (DC. P. 2:96). Suffrutes- 

 cent, to lm.; fls. white, in racemes, VI; fr. VII-VIII. Eastern Asia; locally in 

 An., Che., Ku. Grassland. 



2. Sophora japonica Linn. Pagoda Tree #t|$f (Huai Shu) (R.M. 489). Tree, to 20 

 m.; fls. white, in panicles, VI-VII; fr. X. China, Japan; locally in An., Che., 

 Ki., Ku. Woodland and planted, ornamental. Fig. 171. 



9. Ormosia Jacks. Necklace Tree HM^fH (Hung Tou Shu Shu; 



Red-bean Tree Genus) 



Trees with coriaceous pinnate lvs.: fls. white, lilac or black-purple, in large clus- 

 ters; calyx 2-lobed; stamens free, unequal: po d flattened, not constricted between the 

 bright red seeds. 40 species, in tropical regions; 10 in China. (From the Greek term 

 meaning "necklace".) 



1. Ormosia taiana Chiao Tai's Red Bean Tree XL%%LMM (Chiang Yin Hung Tou 

 Shu) (Si. 3:349). Tree, to 10m.; fr. VIII. China; locally in Ku. Planted, orna- 

 mental. 



10. Maackia Rupr. and Maxim. mMHBi (Kao Li Huai Shu; 

 Korean Pagoda-tree Genus) 

 Deciduous trees or shrubs with membranous pinnate lvs. and white fls. in dense 

 erect racemes: stamens 10, equal, more or less united: pods compressed, 1-5-seeded. 

 6 species, in eastern Asia; 3 in China. (Named after Richard Maack, Russian natural- 

 ist, 1825-1886.) 



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