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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Andira 



The timber is small but hard and takes a good polish. " The bark of 

 this tree has been employed as a vermifuge. It has a disagreeable smell, 

 and a sweet mucilaginous taste. Its effects are emetic, drastic, purgative, 

 and narcotic. In large doses it is poisonous, producing violent vomiting, 

 with fever and delirium" (Macfadyen). 



§ 11. Shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets in 

 4-12 pairs, opposite or nearly opposite. Stamens 10, 

 distinct. Pod 2-valved or not splitting open. 



28. SOPHORA L. 



Shrub (in West Indies). Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 opposite or nearly opposite. Racemes terminal. Calyx obscurely 

 toothed or with 5 short teeth. Standard elliptical or roundish. 

 Stamens distinct ; anthers versatile. Stigma minute, terminal. 

 Pod much constricted between the seeds (necklace-like), many- 

 seeded, not splitting but opening by decay. 



Species 25, natives of the tropics. 



S. tomentosa L. Sp. PL 373 (1753); Mac/. Jam. i. 237; 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Lid. 203; Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 314, 



Fig. 28. — Sophora tomentosa L. 



A, Leaf X J. 

 3, Flower X r>. 



C, Standard X ?>• 



D, "Wing X 3- 



E, Keel X «. 



F, Calyx, stamens, and pistil x 3. 



G, Pod partially decayed above, showing 



seeds, x g- 



