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LEGUMINOSJZ. II. SOFHORA. 



Clt. 1828. Shrub 6 feet. 

 FIG. 22, 



usually confounded in gardens with the preceding. Tj . H. Na- 

 tive of China. 



China Sophora. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 17C3. Tr. 30 to 40 ft. 



3 S. GLAU'CA (Lesch. ined. D. C. ann. sci. nat. 4. p. 98.) 

 shrubby; leaflets 19-23, elliptic, mucronate, velvety, and glau- 

 cous on the upper surface, but villous beneath ; racemes ter- 

 minal, crowded. 17 . S. Native of the East Indies, on the 

 mountains of Nelligery, where it is called by the natives lloulibey. 

 Branches, petioles, and peduncles velvety. Flowers purplish. 



Glaucous Sophora. Clt. 1818. Shrub 7 feet. 



4 S. TOMENTOSA (Lin. spec. 533.) arboreous ; leaflets 15-19, 

 oval-roundish, clothed with hoary tomentum on both surfaces, 

 as well as the calyxes ; racemes terminal, elongated. Tj . S. 

 Native of the Caribbee Islands and the East Indies ? Lam. ill. 

 t. 325. f. 2. S. occidcntalis, Lin. spec. 533. Plum, ed Burm. 

 t. 101. Trew. ehr. t. 59. Browne, jam. 289. t. 31. f. 1. 

 Sloane, jam. 2. p. 40. t. 107. f. 3. Flowers yellow. 



Tomentose Sophora. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1739. Sh. 7 to 8 ft. 



5 S. CRASSIFOLIA (Jaum, in Dull. ed. nov. 3. p. 87.) arbo- 

 reous ; leaflets 15-19, oblong, obtuse, oblique at the base, di- 

 lated on the inner side, pubescent beneath ; racemes terminal, 

 elongated. Jj.S. Native of Senegal. Very like S. tomentdsa. 

 Leaves coriaceous, pale. 



Thick-leaved Sophora. Clt. 1818. Tree. 



6 S. HAVANE'NSIS (Jacq. amer. 118. t. 173. f. 1. a flower) 

 shrubby ; leaflets 25, oblong-ovate, obtuse, emarginate, and are 

 ;ts well as the branches villous ; raceme terminal, elongated. 



t? . S. Native of Cuba, about the Havannah, in bushy places. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Havannah Sophora. Fl. Aug. 



7 S. SECUNDIFLORA (Lag. ill 



D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 148.). 

 shrubby; leaflets 9-1 3, elliptic-ob- 

 long, obtuse, coriaceous, smooth- 

 ish ; racemes terminal, crowded 

 with secund flowers. Tj .S. Native 

 of New Spain. Broussonetia se- 

 cundiflora, Ort. dec. 5. p. 61. t. 7. 

 Virgilia secundiflora, Cav. icon. 

 5. t, 401. Flowers rather large, 

 blue. Legume, according toLagas- 

 ca is moniliform. A beautiful shrub. 

 Side-flowered Sophora. Clt. 



1820. Shrub 6 feet. 



8 S. MACROCA'RPA (Smith, in 

 Rees' cycl. no. 6.) arboreous ; 

 leaves with 13-19 elliptic-oblong, 



obtuse, coriaceous leaflets, which are silky beneath ; racemes 

 short, axillary. T? . G. Native of Chili, where it is called Mayo. 

 Lodd. hot. cab. t. 1125. Legume silky, wingless. An elegant 

 shrub with yellow flowers. Allied to Edmardia. 



Long-fruited Sophora. Clt. 1822. Shrub 8 to 1 feet. 



9 S. LITTORALIS (Schrad. in Neuw. reis. no. 9. goett. anz. 



1821. p. 709.) shrubby ; leaflets few pairs, roundish-elliptic, gla- 

 brous above, but strigosely-canescent beneath; racemes termi- 

 nal. Tj.S. 'Native of Brazil. Pluk. aim. t. 104. f. 3. S. are- 

 nicola, Nees, in flora, 1821. p. 297. Flowers probably yellow. 



Sea-shore Sophora. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 



10 S. HEPTAPHY'LLA (Lin. spec. 533.) arboreous ; leaflets 7, 

 glabrous. Jj.S. Native of the East Indies. This is a very 

 obscure species and perhaps the same as S.jlavescens. Rumph. 

 ainb. 4. p. 50. t. 22. Flowers yellow. 



Seven-leafletted Sophora. Shrub 6 feet. 



1 1 S. FLAVE'SCENS (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 43.) herbaceous ; 

 leaflets 9-13, ovate-oblong, smoothish ; racemes terminal. ^.H. 

 Native of Siberia. S. macrosperma, Jaume, in Duh. ed. nov. 3. 



p. 87. ex herb. Juss. S. glabra, Moench. ex Steud. Stipulas 

 awl-shaped. Flowers yellowish. Stamens distinct. Legume 

 slender, tomentose. 



Yellowish-fiowereA Sophora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1785. 

 PI. :> to ;; feet. 



12 S. GALEGOIDES (Pall, astrag. p. 118. t. 88.) herbaceous; 

 leaflets 9-13, ovate, acute, rather large, smoothish ; racemes 

 terminal. Ti. H. Native of Eastern Siberia, particularly 

 at Lake Baical. Flowers of a violet colour. 



Galega-like Sophora. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



SECT. II. DISEM* A (cis, dls, twice, and OTJJUO, sema, a stand- 

 ard ; vexillum bifid). Lindl. hot. reg. 1 185. Petals imbricate. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, equal. Stamens irregularly monadelphous at 

 the base. 



13 S. VELUTINA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1185.) shrubby; leaflets 

 23, alternate, elliptic, mucronate, velvety on both surfaces, as 

 well as the peduncles and branches ; racemes cylindrical, termi- 

 nal ; petals imbricate ; vexillum bifid. ^ . F. Native of Ni- 

 paul. Flowers in long racemose spikes, pale-purple. This 

 species being very shewy, it would be worth attention to graft it 

 on the common Sophora Japunica, by which means it would be 

 rendered so hardy as to stand our winters in open shrubberies, 

 for which purpose it would be a very desirable addition. 



Sophora. Fl. May, Jim. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



SECT. III. PSEUDOSOPHORA (from -d/tvc^s, pseuiles, false, so- 

 phora ; called false sophoras because the stamens are diadel- 

 phous, and not monadelphous, as in the preceding section). 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 16. Stamens 10, somewhat diadelphous, that 

 is 9 joined at the base and the tenth free. 



14 S. ALOPECUROIDES (Lin. spec. 533.) herbaceous ; leaflets 

 15-25, oblong, young ones silky on both surfaces, adult ones 

 only on the under surface ; racemes terminal. If. H. Native 

 of Siberia, Iberia, Tauria, and Persia. Pall. astr. t. 87. Dill. 

 hort. elth. f. 136. Buxb. cent. 3. t. 46. S. albicans, Jaume, in 

 Duh. ed. nov. 3. p. 86. There is a variety of this plant with 

 the leaves less villous. Racemes many-flowered. Flowers yel- 

 lowish. Legume moniliform, tapering to both ends, sometimes 

 only 1 -seeded from abortion. Root creeping much. The plant 

 seldom or ever flowers in England from the shortness of the 

 summer. 



Fox-tail Sophora. Fl. Sept. Oct. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



15 S. sERicEA (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 280.) herbaceous, 

 dwarf; leaflets 21, cuneate-oval, or subelliptic, silky below; 

 spikes nearly sessile. ]!/ . H. Native of elevated plains on the 

 banks of the Missouri. Astragalus carnosus, Pursh, fl. sept. 

 amer. 2. p. 740. ex Nutt. Patrinia sericea, Rafin. in journ. phys. 

 aug. 1819. p. 97. ? Calyx 5-toothed and stamens diadelphous. 

 ex Nutt. 4-toothed, and stamens free, ex Rafin. Keel mucro- 

 nate, Nutt. F'lowers white. 



Silky Sophora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 



f- .<4 sjjccies not sufficiently knonn. 



16 S. ACUMINA'TA (Desf. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 75.) leaflets 

 39-41, lanceolate, acute, pubescent, rather cinereous ; legume 

 tomentose, moniliform. Tf.. 7 .K. Native of North America. 



Acuminated-lezfteUcA Sophora. PI. ? 



Cult, The S. Japonica and S. C/iinensis are very hand- 

 some trees, well adapted to stand singly in lawns ; while 

 young they require a little protection in winter. These may 

 be raised from layers, but they are generally increased by 

 seeds. The stove species will thrive well in a light loamy soil, 

 and cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand- 

 glass placed over them, in heat. The hardy herbaceous kinds 

 will grow well in a dry light soil, and they are easily increased 



