Sophora 



LEGUMINOSiE 



t. 124 ; Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 280. S. foliis pinnatis kc. Plum. PL 

 Amer. (Burin.) 91, t. 101 & Ic. ined. v. 294. S. occidentalis 

 L. Syst. ed. 10, 1015 (1759); Sw. Obs. Bot. 154. Arbori Coral 

 affinis non spinosa, fraxini folio rotundiore, foliis et ramulis 

 pubescentibus Sloane Cat. 144 & Hist. ii. 40, t. 178,/. 3. Galega 

 fruticosa &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 289, t. 31, /. 1. Type in Herl). 

 Hermann in Herb. Mus. Brit. & in Herb. Linn. (Fig. 28.) 



Seashore ; Sloane, Herb. vi. 13 ! Browne ! WrigJit 1 Shakspear I Masson ! 

 Port Antonio, Macfadycn ; Distin ! March ! Montego Bay, Fawcett ! — 

 Tropical and subtropical regions. 



Shrub 4-10 ft. high, more or less tomentose. Leaflets nearly opposite, 

 in 5-9(-12) pairs, roundish-elliptical or elliptical, 2*5-4 cm. 1.; stipules 

 none. Baccvie 1-4 dm. 1. Flowers pale yellow. Calyx campanulate ; 

 mouth truncate, obscurely toothed, '1-1 cm. 1. Standard elliptical, 

 tapering to the base, folded lengthwise, 2-3 cm. 1. ; wings and keel nearly 

 as long. Pod 5-9-seeded, '5-1 "5 dm. 1. Seeds subglobosc, yellow or 

 brownish, about 6 mm. 1. 



29. ORMOSIA Jack. 



Trees. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets opposite. Flowers 

 generally in terminal panicles. Calyx with the 2 upper lobes 

 to some extent united. Standard roundish. Stamens distinct. 



Fi;,'. 29.— Oj-wosirt. 



A,' Leaf of 0. jamaicensis Uib. D, Valve of pod with seeds of 0. jamai- 



B, Flower of O. dh-color Spruce X 3. censin L'rb. X s. 



Ditto cut lengthwise with petals re- E, Seed from same showing black spot 

 moved. above hihim x s- 



(B, C, after Flora BrasUiemis.) 



