250 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Sophora. 



green, glabrescent above, densely grey-silky beneath, finally nearly glabrescent, the 

 hairs on the midrib brown, the veinlets immersed. Racemes dense, terminal, short- 

 peduncled, -^ fc. long ; pedicels densely silky. Calyx % in. ; teeth distinct. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx ; blade of standard ,obo vat e, in. broad. Pod 3-4 in. long, 

 moderately firm, 5-6-seeded, finally dehiscing, but little moniliform when all the 

 seeds are matured. 



5. S. heptaphylla, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 96; leaflets 7-13 oblong 

 acuminate glabrescent beneath, pedicels exceeding the finely silky calyx, corolla 

 small yellow, pod glabrous. Am. Pug. 10; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 89, ex parte. 



CEYLON, alt. 4-7000 ft. DISTRIB. China. 



Eranchlets at first brown-silky. Leaves \-% ft. ; leaflets conspicuously alternate, 

 subcoriaceous, bright green above, 2-3 in. long, the veins rather raised on both siirfaces, 

 glaucous beneath, rounded at the base. Racemes short-peduncled, moderately close, 

 - ft long ; pedicels -3 in., articulated at the middle, thinly silky, the lower in 

 pairs. Calyx in., thinly silky at first. Corolla twice the length of the calyx. Pod 

 2-3 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, 2 4-seeded, the joints oblong, ^--| in. broad, with a 

 broad neck between them when theseeds all mature, the faces distinctly veined. 



6. SlVgrlitii, Baker ; leaflets 11-15 oblong acuminate thinly pubescent 

 beneath, pedicels exceeding the finely silky calyx, corolla middle-sized yellow, 

 pod glabrous? S. heptaphylla, Wight Ic. t. 1155 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 79 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 89, in part, non Linn. 



Hills of the WESTERN PENINSULA, Mysore, Clcghorn. 



Branchlets persistently brown-velvety. Leaves ^ ft. long ; leaflets subcoriaceous, 

 23 in. long, bright green above, very glaucous with a thin coating of bright brown 

 pubescence, especially on the midrib beneath, the veinlets on both sides rather raised. 

 Racemes lax, axillary, short-peduncled, as long as the leaves ; pedicels twice the 

 calyx. Calyx % in., oblique at the mouth, persistently brown-silky ; teeth obscure. 

 Corolla more than twice the length of the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. long, firm, indehis- 

 cent ; joints oblong, distinctly veined on the faces with a deep constriction between 

 them. 



7. S. acuminata, Benth. MSS. ; leaflets 15-19 oblong acuminate 

 obscurely silky beneath, pedicels shorter than the finely silky calyx, corolla 

 yellow middle-sized, pod glabrous. Ormosia acuminata, Wall. Cat. 5973. 



EASTERN BENGAL and the EASTERN HIMALAYAS, tropical zone, ascending to 4000 ft. ; 

 KHASIA, ASSAM, BHOTAN, MISHMI. 



Branchlets thinly grey-silky at first, soon glabrescent. Leaves f-1 ft. ; leaflets 

 subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, narrowed to a very long point, the upper cuneate, the 

 lower rounded at the base, bright green above, glaucous beneath, with a few obscure 

 adpressed hairs. Racemes peduncled, moderately close, axillary much shorter than 

 the leaves. Calyx \% in., very oblique, membranous, thinly grey-silky ; teeth 

 obscure. Corolla bright yellow, more than twice the length of the calyx. Pod 3-5 

 in. long, 3-4-seeded, moderately firm, indehiscent, with deep constrictions between the 

 oblong strongly -veined joints. 



G-oebelia, Bunge in Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 628, Gen. Pod wingless, inde- 

 hiscent. Keel appendiculate, with a mucro like Oxytropis. 



8. S. alopecuroides, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 96. Goebelia alopecu- 

 roides, Bunge loc. cit. 



WESTERN TIBET, temperate region, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Thomson, Falconer. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan, Orient. 



An undershrub, with virgate branches, clothed with short adpressed grey pubes- 

 cence. Leaves ^ ft. long; leaflets 15-25, pale green, oblong, subcoriaceous, obtuse, 

 |-1 in. long, thinly grey-downy above, densely beneath. Flowers in dense terminal 

 racemes ft. long ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx - in., very oblique, 



