Sophora.] I. LEQUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 249 



capitate. Pod monilifonn, sublignose or membranous in our species, usually 

 indehiscent, the joints turgid, terete or in Edivardsia furnished with four 

 wings. DISTRIB. Species above 20, widely spread in warm countries. 



Eusophora. Pod wingless. Keel obtuse, without a mucro. 

 * Stipules persistent, spiny. Pod finally dehiscing. 



1. S. DXoorcroftiana, Benth. MSS. Astragalus Moorcroftianus, Wall. 

 Cat. 5933. Caragana Moorcroftiana, Benth. in Royle III. 198. 



Western Tibet. LADAK, Moorcroft. NUBRA valley, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Thomson. 

 KASHMIR, Bellew. DISTRIB. Kashgar, Bellew. 



A low copiously-branched shrub, with densely grey-downy branches, armed with 

 fine pungent spines, which are the stipules that persist, as in Caragana, long after 

 the leaves fall. Leaves 1| 2 in. long; leaflets 11-17, caducous, obovate, obtuse, with 

 a long awn, \-^ in. long, subcoriaceous, pale green, finely grey-silky on both surfaces, 

 finally nearly glabrescent. Flowers in copious sparse axillary racemes ; pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx. Calyx \ in., densely grey-silky ; teeth short. Corolla, 

 yellow, more than twice the length of the calyx ; blade of standard oblong. Pod 

 thinner than in the other species, 3-4 in. long, 5-6-seeded, densely pubescent. 



** Small spineless trees with usually indehiscent pods. 



2. S. tomentosa, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 95; leaflets 15-19 obovate 

 obtuse densely grey-downy beneath, pedicels as long as the densely grey-downy 

 calyx, flowers yellow, pod finely grey-downy. Wall. Cat. 5333 ; Roxb. Fl. 

 2nd. ii. 316 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 179 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 89. S. glabra, Hassk. ; 

 Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 125. 



Shores of the EASTERN and WESTERN PENINSULAS, and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Cosmo- 

 politan in the Tropics. 



Branchlets virgate, thinly persistently grey-downy. Leaves |- ft. long ; leaflets 

 flexible, subcoriaceous, 1-2 in. long, dull grey-green, thinly downy above, the veins 

 immersed on both surfaces. Racemes terminal, ^ ft. long ; pedicels densely silky, articu- 

 lated a little below the calyx. Calyx |-f in., nearly truncate, very oblique. Corolla 

 |-| in. ; blade of standard round, veined. Pod \-^ ft. long, 6-8-seeded, the oblong 

 hoary joints separated by a narrow neck as long as themselves. 



3. S. violacea, Thwaites Enum. 94; leaflets 19-21 oblong obtuse 

 glabrous, pedicels as long as the subglabrous calyx, flowers violet, pod glabrous. 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 90. 



CEYLON ; Galle district, Thwaites. 



A middle-sized shrub. Branches slender, virgate, obscurely silky at first. Leaves 

 -| ft. long ; leaflets subdistant, membranous, glabrous, ^-1 in. long, bright green 

 above, glaucous beneath. Racemes axillary, close, short-peduncled, 3-4 in. long ; 

 pedicels very slender, articulated below the apex. Calyx -very oblique, both at the 

 base and throat ; teeth obscure. Corolla twice the length of the calyx ; blade of 

 standard oblanceolate-spathulate, ^ in. broad, with a very long claw. Pod 34 in. 

 long, 4-6-seeded ; joints oblong, veined, hard, with a narrow neck between them. 



4. S. glauca, Leach.; DC. Prodr. ii. 95; leaflets 21-25 acute densely 

 silky beneath, pedicels shorter than the densely silky calyx, flowers purple, pod 

 persistently velvety. Wall. Cat. 5334 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 179 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 979 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 89. S. velutina, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1185. Edwardsia 

 maderaspatana, Wight Ic. t. 1054 (except the pods). 



Hills of the WESTERN PENINSULA. 



Branches clothed with dense persistent grey or brown velvety pubescence. Leaves 

 $ ft. ; leaflets oblong, not acuminate, rarely subobtuse, f-1 in. long, subcoriaceous, 



