CHAP. XLf. LEGUMIXa'cE.E. SOPHORA. o6S 



Sect. IV. Piiaseo'le.e. 



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. 



WisTA^R/.-/ Nutt. Leaf impari-pinnate. 



Z<L"Pi'nus Tourn, Leaf digitate. 



Sect. V. Cassie\e. 

 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, 

 GLEDi'TscH/.tj L. Sexes dioeciously polygamous. Corolla of 3 — 5 equal 

 petals. Legume in most long and narrow. Seeds compressed. Leaves 

 compoundl}' divided. Bearing prickles in most. 

 Gymno'cladus Lam. Sexes, by defect, dioecious. Corolla of 5 equal 

 petals. Legume compressed and broad. Seeds scarcely compressed. 

 Leaves compoundly divided. 

 Ce'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^BE^. 



Genus I. 



SOPHO^RA R. Br. The Sophora. Lin. St/st. Decandria Monogyna. 



Identification. R. Brown in Hort. Kew., ed. 2. vol 3. p. 2. : Dec. Leg. Mem., 5.; Prod., 2 n 95 ; 

 Don's Mill., 2. p. i09. < v ■> 



Synonyme. Soph&m spec. Lrn. Gen., No. 508. 

 Derivation. Altered from sop/iero, the Arabic name of a papilionaceous flowering tree. 



Description. The only hardy species is a deciduous tree, a native of Japan 

 or China, and it is highly ornamental. It is propagated by seeds, which are 

 ripened in abundance in the south 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. 



'i I. S. japo'mca L. The Japan Sophora, 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 7S. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 98. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 109. 

 ^nonyme. S. sinica Hosier Journ. Phys., 14. p. 2i8, Dec. Legum., t. 4. f. 1. 



Engravings. Red. in X. Du Ham., 3. t. 21. ; Dec. Legum., t. 4. f. 1. : and the plate of this species 

 in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., Src 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 oOft., and producing 

 large bunches of rather small cream-coloured flowers in August and Sep- 

 tember. Introduced in 1763, 

 Varieties. 



5f S.j. 2 variegdta Hort, has the leaves variegated, but is not worth 

 cultivating as an ornamental plant, 

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