<jy BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. IVoi. xvi, 



75. SOPHORA, L. 



FJowers "■recnish-white, yellowish or violet-puri)le, in terminal racemes 

 or panicles. Stamens free. Ovary stalked. Pod wingless, moniliform. 



I. Flowers in long racemes, 



A. Perennial lierhs. Leatlets 15-31, oblung. Flowers yellowisb. 

 Aomori ; Kinshin Formosa. 



(i' ^ ■•) S. Jiavescens, Ait. 



Flowers violet-pni])le. 



( A 7 -tf" ^ i' 9 ■• ) vur. (jekgoiden, Pall. 



B. (Small tree. All parts white.-tomentose. Leaflets 1.5-11), 

 roundish or elli})tiual. Liukiu. 



( 'f y 7 t') S. tomentosa, L. 



II, Flowers in panicles. Leaflets 11-13, glaucous below; stipels 

 glandular A large tree. Cult, from China, 



(x :/-:>' a.) g^ j'aponica, L. 



76. CAESALPINIA, L. 



Flowers yellow or reddish-yellow, racemed or jianicled. Calyx deeply 

 cleft, tlie lobes imbricated. Stamens 10, free, declitiate. Ovary sessile, 

 Shrubs, or woody })rickly climbers. 



I, Pod prickly, I'etals narrow, 



A. Pod roundish-elliptical. Seeds spherical. Leaves stipulate ; 

 leaflets rather downy below. Bonin ; Liukiu ; Formosa, 



(■yn:^-/) C. Bond ac el I a, FiMD. 



B. Pod o1jlong-ellii)tical. Seeds ellipsoid. Leaves exsti[)u]ate. 



Fornws;i. 



(^-^ y> i ij :y'y) C. Bund tec, llu^h. 



II, Pod naked. Petals broad. 



A. Flowers racemed, Leallets obtuse, 



1, Petals reddish-yellow, crisped. Calyx erect. Fila- 

 meuts 3-4-times longer tlian the petals, Liukiu ; 

 Fctrmusa, C ult, 



(V'f;=tr7^ C. pulcbcrrlina, Sw, 



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