XXV. LEGUMINA^CE^ : SOFHO'RA. 195 



Caraga'^na Lam. Legume rather cylindrical. Leaf abruptly pinnate. 



Halimode'ndkon Fisch. Legume stipitate, inflated, bladdery. Leaf 

 abruptly pinnate. 



Calo'phaca Fisch. Stamens with the filaments of 9 connate, that of one 

 distinct. Legume sessile, with concave valves bearing hairs, some soft, 

 some rigid and glanded. 



ColuVea B, Br. Legume stipitate, much inflated, glabrous. 



j^stra'galus Dec. Legume with its lower suture so bent in towards the op- 

 posite one as to cause the legume to seem, more or less, 2-celled. 



Sect. in. i/EDYSA^RE^. 



Sect. Char. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens usually with the filaments 

 connate in one of three modes; the 10 connate; 9 connate and one 

 distinct ; or connate by fives : in a few cases all are distinct. Legume 

 dividing transversely into 1 -seeded joints, called loments. Embryo with 

 the radicle beside the edges of the cotyledons, which are flattish, and, in 

 germination, are converted into leaves furnished with stomata. Leaves 

 simply pinnate, or simple. 



Coroni'lla Neck. Calyx campanulate, usually shorter than the claws of the 

 petals. Carina acute. Stamens diadelphous. Seeds ovate, or cylindrical. 



Sect. IV. PhaseoYejE. 



Sect. Char. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens usually with 9 filaments 

 connate, and one distinct. Legume not jointed, including many seeds, 

 that are separated from one another with a cellular, transverse, membrane- 

 ous partition, that is in some cases not complete. Embryo with the 

 radicle beside the edge of the cotyledons, which are thick, and, in ger- 

 mination, either remain under ground, or are changed into thick leaves 

 that scarcely have stomata. Leaves simply pinnate, or simple. 



WisTA^R/^ Nutt. Leaf impari-pinnate. 



Sect. V. Cassie^.*. 



Sect. Char. Corolla, in most of the species, of equal petals ; in some sub- 

 papilionaceous. Stamens with the filaments distinct. Leaves doubly 

 or triply pinnate ; in some simple. 



Gledi'tsch/^ L. Sexes dioeciously polygamous. Corolla of 3 5 equal 



petals. Legume in most long and narrow. Seeds compressed. Leaves 



compoundly divided. Bearing prickles in most. 

 Gymno'cladus Lam. Sexes, by defect, dioecious. Corolla of 5 equal petals. 



Legume compressed and broad. Seeds scarcely compressed. Leaves 



compoundly divided. 

 Ce'rcis L. Sexes hermaphrodite. Corolla sub-papilionaceous, of 5 unequal 



petals the side ones, or wings, longer than the others. Leaves siriple. 



Sect. I. SOPHO^RE.^. 



Genus I. 



Nk 



SOPHO^RA R. Br. The Sophora. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia 



I Identification. R. Brown in Hort. Kew., ed. 2. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 95. ; Don's Mill., 2 p. inq 

 \Synonyrne. Sop/idrte spec. Lin. Gen. 'So.^OS. 



i Derivation. Altered from sophero, the Arabic name of a papilionaceous flowering tree 

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