CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINACEX. SOPHO‘RA. 563 
Sect. 1V. PHasEo ‘Lem. 
Sect. Char. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens usually with 9 filaments 
connate, and one distinct. Legume not jointed, including many seeds, 
that are separated from one another with a cellular, transverse, membrane- 
ous partition, that is in some cases not complete. Embryo with the 
radicle beside the edge of the cotyledons, which are thick, and, in ger- 
mination, either remain under ground, or are changed into thick leaves 
that scarcely have stomata. Leaves simply pinnate, or simple. 
Wisra‘rz4 Nutt. Leaf impari-pinnate. 
Luri‘xus Tourn. Leaf digitate. 
Sect. V. CassiE‘&. 
Sect. Char. Corolla, in most of the species, of equal petals; in some sub- 
papilionaceous. Stamens with the filaments distinct. Leaves doubly 
or triply pinnate; in some simple. 
Guepi’tscui4 L. Sexes diceciously polygamous. Corolla of 3-—5 equal 
petals. Legume in most long and narrow. Seeds compressed. Leaves 
compoundly divided. Bearing prickles in most. 
Gymno’ctapus Lam. Sexes, by defect, dicecious. Corolla of 5 equal 
petals. Legume compressed and broad. Seeds scarcely compressed. 
Leaves compoundly divided. 
Cr’rcis L. Sexes hermaphrodite. Corolla sub-papilionaceous, of 5 
unequal petals; the side ones, or wings, longer than the others. Leaves 
simple. 
Sect. I. SopHo‘reEa. 
Genus I. 

SOPHO‘RA R. Br. Tur Sopnora. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogyna. 
Identification. R. Brown in Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol. 3. p.2.; Dec. Lég. Mém.,5.; Prod., 2. p. 95. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 109. 
Synonyme. Sophore spec. Lin. Gen., No. 508. 
Derivation, Altered from sophero, the Arabic name ofa papilionaceous flowering tree. 
Description. The only hardy species is a deciduous tree, a native of Japan 
or China, and it is highly ornamental. Itis propagated by seeds, which are 
ripened in abundance in thesouth of France and Italy. The two varieties of 
this species (S. japonica) are propagated by grafting. All the sorts will grow in 
any soil which is dry; but in Britain, north of London, they are rather tender. 
On the Continent, however, where the summers are hotter than in England, 
and the winters colder, as at Vienna, for example, these trees are quite 
hardy. 
* 1. S.sapo’ntca L. The Japan Sophora. 
Identification. Lin. Mant., 78.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 98.; Don’s Mill.,2. p. 109. 
Synonyme. SS, s{nica Rosier Journ. Phys., 14. p.248, Dec. Légum., t.4. f. 1. 
Engravings. Red. in N. Du Ham., 3. t. 21.; Dec, Légum., t.4. f. 1.; and the plate of this species 
in our Second Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves pinnate, with 11—13 leaflets, which are oblong- 
ovate, acute, and smooth; panicle loose, terminal; pods smooth. A tree, 
a native of Japan, growing to the height of 40 ft. or 50ft., and producing 
large bunches of rather small cream-coloured flowers in August and Sep- 
tember. Introduced in 1763. 
Varieties. 
¥ S.j. 2 variegdta Hort. has the leaves variegated, but is not worth 
cultivating as an ornamental plant. 
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