254 xlvii. $ papilionaceje (baker). [Sophora. 



and the -structure of the fruit is uncertain. The pod has probahly often more than oue 

 seed developed, but whether in that case it is moniliform we cannot say. 



2. S. tomentosa, Lin?/. , DC. Prod. ii. 95. A robust erect shrub, 

 10-15 ft. high, the branchlets densely argenteous. Petiole an inch 

 long-; rachis 4-8 in. ; leaflets 15-19, nearly sessile, oblong-, 1J-2 in. 

 long-, slightly mucronate, the base slightly rounded, subcoriaceous, both 

 sides densely and permanently coated with adpressed grey-silvery tomen- 

 tum. Flowers in lax 12-30-flowered axillary and terminal racemes. 

 Pedicels J-^ in. long, argenteous, with a lanceolate or linear bract at 

 the base. Calyx campanulate, 3-4 lines deep, subtruncate, argenteous. 

 Corolla bright yellow, f in. deep. Pod 5-6 in. long, with 5-8 coria- 

 ceous globes 3-4 lines thick, connected by narrow necks.— S. crassifolia, 

 Duham, and S. littoralis, DC. ii. 95. S.'nitens, Schum. et Thonn. PL 

 Gum. 201. S. inhambanensis, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 26. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea proper, Thonning, Vogel! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Sofala, Dr. Peters! Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 



Extends southward to Natal, and widely diffused through Tropical Asia and America. 



3. S. oligophylla, Baker. A shrub 3-4 ft. high with firm woody 

 terete glabrous branches. Petioles 1-1£ in. long, firm, glabrous ; rachis 

 3 in. long ; leaflets 5, oblong, 6-8 in. long, 2J-3 in. broad, with a long 

 cuspidate point, the base rounded, the lateral ones alternate, on indu- 

 rated petiolules 2 lines long, coriaceous, glabrous, the main veins raised 

 beneath. Flowers in dense 12-20-tiowered capitate racemes not more 

 than an inch deep. Pedicels 2 lines long, slender, fragile, articulated 

 above the middle. Calyx | in. deep, the stamens adnate to it one-third 

 of the way up, and the calyx expanded and curved at the point, from 

 which they spring, thin but tough in texture, quite glabrous, with a 

 shallow slit at the apex and three small deltoid teeth below. Corolla 

 an inch long, the standard f in. broad, completely enveloping the rest 

 of the flower, the other petals not more than a line broad, those of the 

 keel close but not connate. Pod 3-4 in. long, 6-7 lines thick, dis- 

 tinctly stalked, glabrous, carnoso-coriaceous, 2-4-seeded, the necks 

 sometimes obliterated. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Mann ! 



87. ORMOSIA, Jacks ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 556. 



Calyx campanulate with the two upper teeth subconnate and often 

 incurved. Standard suborbicular ; wings oblique, obovate-oblong ; keel 

 with the petals free. Stamens free, unequal, all or all but one or two 

 perfect ; anthers versatile. Ovary subsessile, bi- or multiovulate ; 

 style filiform, involute at the apex ; stigma introrse, lateral. Pod ob- 

 long or rarely linear, compressed, coriaceous fleshy or woody, not 

 winged, 2-valved, continuous or septate between the seeds. — Trees with 

 imparipinnate or abruptly pinnate leaves, coriaceous leaflets and flowers 

 in copious terminal panicles or racemes. 



