LEGUMINOS/E. III. EDWARDSIA. IV. ORMOSIA. V. VIROILIA. 



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by dividing them at the root in spring, or by seed, which some- 

 times ripen. 



III. EDWA'RDSIA (in honour of Sydenham Edwards, a 

 celebrated English botanical draughtsman, who executed most 

 of the drawings in the first volumes of the Botanical Register). 

 Salisb. Lin. trans. 9. p. 299. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx obliquely 5-toothed, 

 with the upper side cleft. Petals 5, distinct, conniving into a 

 papilionaceous corolla. Keel long. Stamens 10, with the fila- 

 ments deciduous, according to Salisbury, and inserted into a 

 cup-shaped, 10 -angled torus. Legume moniliform, 1-celled, 2- 

 valved, 4-winged, many-seeded. Shrubs or little trees, with im- 

 pari-pinnate, exstipulate leaves, having numerous pairs of leaflets, 

 which fall off late in the autumn. Flowers golden, axillary, dis- 

 posed in short racemose spikes. 



1 E. MICROPHY'LLA (Salisb. I.e.) leaves with 12-15 pairs of 

 obovate-roundish, emarginate leaflets, smooth or pubescent be- 

 neath ; petals of keel elliptic, hooked on the back. T? . F. 

 Native of New Zealand. Sophora microphylla, Ait. hort. kew. 

 2. p. 13. Lam. ill. t. 325. Jacq. hort. schcenbr. t. 269. So- 

 phora tetraptera, Lin. fil. suppl. 230. Leaflets 25-41, 2-3 lines 

 long. This is a magnificent shrub when in flower, displaying 

 large pendulous bunches of golden flowers. 



Small-leaved Edwardsia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1722. Shrub 

 C to 10 feet. 



2 E. GRANDIFLORA (Salisb. 1. c.) leaflets 17-21, oblong-linear, 

 somewhat lanceolate, rather villous beneath ; petals of keel 

 broadly falcate, fj . F. Native of New Zealand. Sophora tetrap- 

 tera, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 43. Mill. icon. 1. Curt. bot. mag. 

 167. Lam. ill. t. 325. f. 3. Red. in Dull. ed. nov. 3. t. 20. 

 E. macrophylla, Wanderoth, 1. c. Leaflets 13-19, 5-10 

 lines long. This is an elegant tree when in flower, bearing large 

 pendulous clusters of golden flowers, which rise in spring before 

 the leaves. 



Great-flowered Edwardsia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1772. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



3 E. MYRIOPHY'LLA (Wanderoth, in Schlecht. Linnsea. 5. p. 

 202.) arborescent; leaves having 20 pairs of obovate, entire, 

 emarginate leaflets, the odd one emarginate, smooth, or pubescent 

 beneath. lj . F. Native of New Zealand. E. minima, Lodd. 

 cat. Flowers yellow. 



Many-leqflelted Edwardsia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4 E. CHRYSOPHY'LLA (Salisb. 1. c. t. 26. f. 1.) leaflets 17, obo- 

 vate, younger ones clothed with yellow pubescence ; petals of 

 keel elliptic, with the dorsal margin straight. ^ . G. Native 

 of the Sandwich Islands. Leaflets 8-10 lines long. Ker. bot. 

 reg. 738. Flowers smaller than those of the preceding species, 

 yellow. 



Golden-leaved Edwardsia. Fl. May, June. Clt. ? Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



5 E. MTIDA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 97.) leaflets 21-25, elliptic, 

 somewhat obovate, retusely emarginate, silky on both surfaces ; 

 wings of flower oblong, with the dorsal margin straight ; legume 

 villous. V} . S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. Sophora 

 nitida, Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 7. S. sericea, Jaume, in Duh. 

 ed. nov. 3. p. 86. 



Shining Edwardsia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 feet. 



6 E. DENUDATA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 97.) leaflets 17-21, ellip- 

 tic, obtuse, retusely emarginate, pale beneath, and clothed with 

 silky pubescence, smooth above, younger ones as well as branch- 

 lets sericeous. J? . S. Native of the Island of Bourbon. So- 

 phora denudata, Bory. voy. 2. p. 399. Sophora retusa, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 452. Calyx clothed with rusty shining wool, and 

 the legume tomentose. 



Naked Edwardsia. Shrub. 



Cult. This is a genus of elegant shrubs. The four first 

 species are hardy enough to survive our winters, in the open air, 

 when they are not too severe, but it is much better to protect 

 them under a frame in winter ; they are generally propagated 

 by seeds, which usually ripen ; they may also be increased by 

 young cuttings planted in sand, with a hand-glass placed over 

 them. The stove species, or those natives of the Island of 

 Bourbon, will grow freely in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, 

 and young cuttings of them will root readily if planted in a pot 

 of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them, in heat. 



IV. ORMO'SIA (from opynoe, ormos, a necklace ; the seeds 

 of O. coccinea, are strung for necklaces ; they are red, and have 

 a black spot at one end). Jacks, in Lin. trans. 10. p. 360. R. 

 Br. in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 3. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx bilabiate, upper 

 lip 2-lobed, lower one 3-parted. Vexillum roundish, hardly- 

 longer than the wings and keel. Stamens 10, with the filaments 

 dilated at the base. Style incurved, crowned by 2 approximate 

 stigmas. Legume woody, compressed, 2-valved, young ones 

 5-6-ovulate, 1-2-seeded. South American trees, with the 

 branches clothed with rusty villi. Leaves large, impari-pinnate, 

 usually with 4 or 6 pairs of leaflets. Stipulas distinct from the 

 petioles. Flowers panicled, blue, or purplish. 



1 O. DASYCA'RPA (Jacks. 1. c. t. 26.) leaflets acuminated, gla- 

 brous on both surfaces ; legumes tomentose. Tj . S. Native of 

 the Caribbee Islands. Sophora monosperma, Swartz. fl. ind. 

 occ. 2. p. 722. Podaly'ria, Poir. diet. 5. p. 440. Flowers large, 

 blue. Legume containing only 1 large, round, spherical, scarlet 

 seed, which has a large black spot at one end. Browne calls 

 the tree the Red Bead-tree. 



Thick-fruited Bead-tree. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1793. Tree 10 

 to 20 feet. 



2 O. cocciNEA (Jacks. 1. c. t. 25.) leaflets somewhat ovate, 

 thick, with revolute margins, glabrous on both surfaces ; legume 

 glabrous, shining. >7 . S. Native of Guiana and Brazil. Ro- 

 binia coccinea, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 773. Flowers blue. Seeds 

 scarlet, with a black spot at one end, as in the preceding. 



Scarlet-seeded Bead-tree. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Tree 

 10 to 20 feet. 



;! O. COARCTA'TA (Jacks. 1. c. t. 27.) leaflets unequal, glabrous 

 above, but covered with rusty hairs beneath. Jj . S. Native 

 of Guiana. Seeds colour and shape of those of the two pre- 

 ceding, but much smaller. 



Coarctate Bead-tree. Tree. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see stove species of Ed- 

 rvdrdsia. 



V. VIRGI'LIA (dedicated to the poet Virgil, whose Georgics 

 contain many things interesting to botanists). Lam. ill. t. 320'. 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 453. R. Brown, in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 4. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 

 5, about equal in length. Vexillum with the edges not reflexed. 

 Stigma beardless. Legume compressed, oblong, 2-valved, many- 

 seeded. Trees or shrubs with impari-pinnate leaves, and witli 

 the flowers disposed in racemes. 



1 V. CAPE'NSIS (Lam. ill. 326. f. 2.) stamens deciduous, 

 woolly at the base ; ovaries as well as legumes tomentose ; kei-1 

 acuminated ; leaflets numerous, opposite, linear-lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate, pubescent beneath. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Sophora Capensis, Burm. fl. cap. prod. 12. Lin. 

 mant. 67. Sophora oroboides, Berg. cap. 142. Hypocalyptus 

 Capensis, Thunb. fl. cap. 570. Galega sericea /3. Lam. ex 

 herb. Juss. Podalyria Capensis, Andr. bot. rep. 347. Virgilia 

 Capensis. Sims, bot. mag. 1590. Flowers large, pink, rather 



