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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



KEY TO THE SOPHORAS IN CULTIVATION 



* Leaves deciduous ; flowers in terminal compound clusters (panicles), 



in late summer. (A.) 



A. Leaves of 5-21 blades 1-2 inches long; flowers yellowish white 

 i inch long in loose clusters 10-15 inches long ; shrub or tree to 

 50 feet. JAPAN PAGODA TREE (125) Sophora japonica. 



A. Leaves of 11-17 blades 2-;j| inches long; flowers white, over 

 i inch long ; pod 1-5-seeded and flattened; tree. FLAT-PODDKD 

 PAGODA TREE Sophora platycarpa. 



* Leaves evergreen ; hardy only South ; flowers in early spring. (B.) 



B. Flowers violet in terminal racemes, very fragrant ; the 3-4 seeds 

 bright scarlet in white hairy pods 1-7 inches long and J-f inch 

 thick ; small tree or shrub with slender trunk and upright 

 branches ; blades 7-13, leathery, i inch long. CORAL BEAN 

 (126) Sophora secundiflora: 



B. Flowers yellow in axillary racemes. (C.) 



C. Pod 4-winged, 7 inches long ; blades of the leaves very numer- 

 ous, nearly orbicular, \-\ inch long ; racemes pendulous of 2-8 

 flowers \\ inches long. PELU TREE Sophora tetraptera. 

 C. Pod rounded and not winged, 1-4-seeded ; blades 21-45, f-1 

 inch long ; flowers f-1 inch lung in short racemes ; entire 

 plant densely hairy. LARGE-FRUITED SOPHORA Sophora 

 inacrocarpa. 



FIG. r_>7. Furze. 



FIG. 1128. Scotch Broom. 



