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Sophora Tiann. 
Sophora tomentosa Linn.; Forspes et Hemsu. Ind. FI. Sin. I. 
p. 203. 
Has. Kotosho, leg. G. Naxanara, Mart. 1906. 
Distrip. Very widely dispersed on the sea-shores of the 
tropics. 
OzssERV. Shrubby, profusely branched, velvety pubescent all 
over the plant; leaves pinnate, 7-8 juged, imparipinnate, 15 cm. 
long, leaflets oblong, round at both ends, 3 em. long, 2 em. broad, 
silky pubescent on both surfaces, at length glabrous on the upper 
surface, pale yellow in a dry specimen; racemes terminal ; 
flowers 14 cm. long; calyx campanulate, silky pubescent, nearly 
truncate or shortly dentate. 
Gleditschia LINN. 
Gleditschia formosana Havyara sp. nov. Ramuli graciles, glauco- 
rubescentes spinosi. Folia alterna pari-pinnata, in ambitu angustata, 
54 em. longa, 2 cm. lata, 8-juga, pinnis superioribus majoribus oblique 
rhomboidalibus vel rhomboideo-oblongis, 13 mm. longis, 6 mm. 
latis, apice truncatis minute mucronatis basi cuneato-acutis, 
obliquis latere superiore latioribus margine crenulatis, prope basin 
latere superiore integris, catrum crenulatis, oppositis, sessilibus 
vel brevissime petiolulatis, petiolulis brevissime pilosis, rachibus 
pilosiusculis, supra sulcatis, pinnis inferioribus superiore con- 
formibus sed paulo minoribus, petiolis brevibus 3 mm. longis. 
Spinee ramos, supra-axillares, 2 cm. longe, fulvo-rubescentes. 
Legumina complanata, lineari-angustata, 21 em. longa, 24 cm. lata, 
fulvo-rubescentia apice acuta, stylis persistentibus coronata, basi 
