Calpumia.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 253 



12-20-flowered erecto-patent axillary racemes about equalling the 

 leaves. Pedicels }-| in. long-, slender, spreading-, with a minute ovate 

 bract at the base. Calyx 4-5 lines deep, membranous, obliquely cam- 

 panulate, glabrous or slightly silky, the teeth reaching- a third of the 

 way down, the upper blunt, the lower ones deltoid. Corolla bright 

 yellow, twice as long as the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. long, § in. broad, 

 membranous, short-stalked, acute, the valves finally glabrous, the upper 

 suture with a narrow erect wing under 1 line broad. Seeds 5-6. — Vir- 

 gilia aurea, Lam., DC. Prod. ii. 98 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 234. Poda- 

 lyria aurea, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 502. RoUnia subdecandra, L'Herit. Stirpes, 

 t. 75. Calpumia lasiogyne, E. Meyer, Com. 2 ; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap! 

 ii. 267. 



Nile If and. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon and Petit. Roth ! 



Native name, Hezautz. A showy shrub, often cultivated. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Huilla, and Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



* 86. SOPHORA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 555. 



Calyx-teeth short. Standard obovate or orbicular, erect or spreading ; 

 wings oblong, oblique ; keel oblong, nearly straight, its petals usually 

 imbricated or coherent along the back. Stamens perigynous or nearly 

 hypogynous, free or rarely slightly connate at the base ; anthers versa- 

 tile. Ovary short-stalked, multiovulate ; style incurved ; stigma minute, 

 terminal. Pod moniliform, terete or slightly compressed, coriaceous 

 and indehiscent in our species. Cotyledons thick, the radicle sometimes 

 straight and short, sometimes longer and inflexed. — Trees or shrubs 

 with imparipinnate leaves. 

 A moderately small genus, dispersed through the Tropics. 



Calyx with the stamens from the base. 



Petals very narrow, not imbricated 1.8. zamhesiaca. 



Petals imbricated, those of the keel connate 2. 8. tomentosa. 



Calyx with the stamens from a third of the way up 3. 8. oligophylla. 



1. S. ? zambesiaca, Baker. A tree of moderate size, the branchlets 

 slender, woody, terete, finely grey-downy. Petioles % in. long, rachis 

 3 or 4 in., both grey-downy ; leaflets 11-15, the lateral ones alternate, 

 on petiolules a line long*, the upper ones oblong, lj-l^in. long, 

 bluntish, the base slightly rounded, subcoriaceous, upper surface glossy 

 with raised veinlets, lower paler, the veinlets also raised, the midrib a 

 little downy. Flowers in 12-20-flowered axillary and terminal racemes 

 1J-2 in. long, the lateral ones in our specimen simple, the terminal one 

 slightly compound. Pedicels 1J-2 lines long, downy, not bracteated. 

 Calyx campanulate, truncate, grey-downy, | in. broad and deep. Corolla 

 \ in. long, the petals distant, the standard \ in. and the other petals 

 not more than a line broad. Ovary stipitate, linear, densely grey-silk v, 

 with 4 or 5 ovules. Fruit a 1 -seeded drupe. 



South Central. Highlands of the Batoka country, Dr. Kirk! 



This does not agree with Sophora in the petals, but we have not seen good flowers, 



