122 LEGUMINOS. [Swainsona. 
SourH Istanp: Nelson— Mountains flanking the Clarence Valley, Travers, 
T. F.C. Marlborough—Kaikoura Mountains, Buchanan! Canterbury—Kowai 
River, Haast! Coleridge Pass, Enys! Kirk! Otago— Mount St. Bathan’s, 
Petrie ! 2000-5000 ft. December-January. 
6. CANAVALIA, D.c. 
Climbing or prostrate herbs, often of large size. Leaves 3-folio- 
late, stipellate. Flowers rather large, in axillary racemes. Calyx- 
limb 2-lipped ; the upper lip large and projecting, entire or 2-lobed ; 
the lower shortly 3-toothed. Standard broad, reflexed; wings 
shorter, oblong or linear, faleate or twisted; keel incurved, obtuse 
or obtusely rostrate. Stamens all connate into a tube; anthers 
uniform. Ovary shortly stipitate; ovules numerous ; style filiform, 
beardless ; stigma terminal. Pod large, oblong or linear, 2-valved, 
with a distinct rib on each valve near the upper suture. Seeds 
rounded or oblong, compressed ; hilum linear. 
Species about 12; 2 or 3 of them, including the New Zealand one, widely 
spread in the tropics, the remainder mostly American. 
1. C. obtusifolia, D.C. Prodr. 1. 404.—Stems long, trailing, 
glabrous or the young shoots silky-pubescent. Leaflets 2-4 in. long, 
broadly obovate or orbicular, obtuse or emarginate, texture firm. 
Racemes few-flowered, on stout erect peduncles 6-10 in. long, 
usually overtopping the leaves. Flowers pinkish. Standard orbi- 
cular, in. diam. Pod 4-5in. long by 1 in. broad, the longitudinal 
wings very narrow. Seeds 2-8.—Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 256; Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 121. 
KermaDrEc Isuanps: Scrambling over rocks and shrubs on Meyer Island, 
TY HESGe A common plant on the shores of almost all tropical countries. 
7. SOPHORA, Linn. 
Small trees or shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers in 
racemes or panicles, large, showy. Calyx oblique, broadly cam- 
panulate ; teeth very short. Standard broadly obovate or orbicu- 
lar, erect or spreading ; wings oblong, oblique, shorter than the keel. 
Stamens 10, free or rarely obscurely connate at the base; anthers 
versatile. Ovary shortly stipitate; ovules numerous; style in- 
curved; stigma minute, terminal. Pod moniliform, elongated, 
terete or 4-winged or -angled, fleshy or coriaceous or woody, inde- 
hiscent or 2-valved, each seed enclosed in a separate cell. Seeds 
oblong to globose, few or many. 
Species about 22, found in most warm countries. The New Zealand species 
belongs to the section Hdwardsia, characterized by the short standard, exserted 
stamens, and 4-winged pod. 
1. S. tetraptera, J. Mull. Ic. Plant. t. 1.—A very variable shrub 
or small tree 15-40 ft. high, with a trunk 6-24 in. diam. ; branches 
of young trees slender, flexuous, often interlaced; young shoots, 
leaves, inflorescence, and calyces more or less clothed with silky 
