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XLVII. LEGUMINOSiE. 



[Sophora. 



40. SOPHORA, Linn. 



Shrubs (or trees). Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers showy, yellow 

 (white or purple), racemed (or panicled). Calyx oblique, campanu- 

 late, teeth short. Corolla much exsert; standard broad; petals 

 equal clawed. Stamens free nearly to base. Ovary stalked. Pod 

 moniliform, joints turgid. Species 25, whole world tropics. 



(i) S. tomentosa Linn. Sp. PL 373 ; Prain, I.e. 146. 



Seashore shrub, grey tomentose. Leaves 6 to 12 in. long; 

 leaflets 11 to 17, elliptic-ovate obtuse, i to i'5 in. long, -5 to '75 in. 

 wide, glabrous above, tomentose beneath. Racemes 6 in. long. 

 Calyx obliquely truncate. Corolla '35 in. long, bright yellow. Pod 

 6- to 8-seeded, 4 to 6 in. long, hoary, each joint separated by a stipe 

 as long as itself. Seed black. Hah. Sandy sea-coasts ; not com- 

 mon. Bindings, Lumut. Lankawi, Burau Bay. Adang islands, 

 Pulau Butang. Distrib. Ceylon, Andamans, Burma, Malaya, 

 Polynesia. 



41. ORMOSIA, Jacks. 



Trees (one a climbing shrub). Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers 

 in panicled racemes. Calyx campanulate, deeply 5-lobed, two 

 upper teeth connate into upper lip. Corolla exsert ; petals short- 

 clawed, white, standard orbicular, keel-petals free, oblong blunt. 

 Stamens free or connate at base only, exsert, incurved. Ovary 

 sub-sessile ; style filiform. Stigma oblique. Pod fleshy or woody 

 turgid, dehiscent. Seeds red. Species 25, cosmopolitan. 



Climber. Panicle of racemes lax. . . . . 



Trees. 



Seeds large, black and red, solitary. 

 Panicles large, dense ; flowers pink ; pod 3 in. 

 across ....... 



Panicle lax; flowers yellow; pod i'25 in. across 



Flowers racemed ; ovary golden-silky ; pod 



unknown ...... 



Seeds small, all red ; pod "6 in. long. 



Leaves glabrous beneath .... 



Leaves pubescent beneath. 



Leaflets petiolulate ; pod valves thin. 

 Leaflets 9 to 13 acuminate, 2"5 in. long 

 Leaflets 4 in. long, acute or blunt thinly 



pubescent beneath ; panicles lax 

 Leaflets pubescent beneath ; panicles dense . 

 Leaflets sessile ; pod-valves woody 



(i) 0. scandens 



(2) 0. macrodisca 



(3) 0. gracilis 



(4) 0. penangensis 



(5) 0. nitida 



(6) 0. parvifolia 



(7) 0. sumatrana 



(8) 0. microsperma 



(9) 0. venosa 



(i) O. scandens Prain, I.e. 147. 



Wood}^ climber over 100 ft. long, 6 to 8 in. through, glabrous. 

 Leaves 12 to 15 in. long; leaflets 5 to 7, ovate-oblong, acuminate 

 coriaceous, base round 6 to 9 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. across; nerves 

 13 to 18, slightly elevate, reticulations small, distinct. Racemes 

 panicled 12 in. long, 6 in. across, tawny-silky; pedicels "2 in. long. 



