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writes under Sophora: »pod . . . indehiscent or 2-valved, each seed enclosed in 

 a separate cell*, and, under S. tetraptera: » valves hardly dehiscent». I have seen 

 opened pods in several species; a diagrammatic section is given in fig. II, h. 



68. S. fernandeziana (Phil.) Skottsb. — Fig. 12 a. 



Arbor plurimetralis robusta, cortice obscuro cinereo-fusco sat tenui parum 

 striato, vetusto quasi squamoso. Folia 6 — 8 cm longa, rhachide sat dense rufo- 

 vel cinereohirsuta paulo complanata et sulcatula; foliola 8— 12( — 14) paria, ellip- 

 tica vel elliptico lanceolata, basi et apice obtusa, interdum minute emarginata, 

 8 — 12( — 15) mm longa et 3,5 — 4( — 6) lata, obscure viridia, subtus pallidiora, 

 supra pilis brevibus cinereis vel rufescentibus inspersa, subtus magis sericea, 

 serius utrinque glabrata. Flores quam in S. tetraptera e Novozelandia orta 

 minores, sec. 'specimina Philippiana a cl. GERMAIN lecta infra depicti. Calyx 

 obliquus, 10 mm diam. et ad 13 mm longus, dense rufosericeus. Vexillum late 

 ovatum, acutatum, limbo 27 mm longo et 20 lato, ungue cochleato et incras- 

 sato, 8 mm longo; alae leviter curvatae limbo ad 25 mm longo et 6 mm lato, 

 ungue 7 mm longo. Carinae petala falcata, limbo 30 mm longo et 5 l J2 mm 

 lato, ungue ad 9 mm. Stamina ad 30 mm longa, antheris linearibus, 2 mm 

 longis. Ovarium sericeum circ. 2 cm longum leviter curvatum; stylus 1 cm, 

 glaber recurvus. Legumen immaturum in specim. nostris num. 322 2 — 6-locel- 

 latum, exalatum. Philippi folia mox caduca solum vidit et ilia glabriuscula 

 dixit, sed in ejusdem typo foliola satis villosa sunt. 



Masatierra: BERTERO no. 1516! Germain! Scattered in the forest belt 

 from near the sea level to a few hundred meters. — Pto Frances (Johow); Pto 

 Ingles, central ridge, 380 m (unr. fr. 19 /i 17, no. 322). The following localities 

 belong to this or to one of its forms: NE. slope of Damajuana, c. 450 m; V. 

 Colonial, O. del Monte Maderugo, steep rocks, 390 m. 



var. Reedeana (Phil.) Skottsb. - - Plate 20, fig. 1; text fig. 1 1 c, 12 b, 13 b. 



Foliola 8 — u-paria, elliptica, obtusa, vulgo 10—12 X 5 — 6 mm, sed usque 

 ad 17x8 mm visa, utrinque, subtus praesertim, dense villosa. Flores sec. speci- 

 men Philippianum a cl. Reed lectum solum descripti. Calyx ut in typo sed 

 minus obliquus, ad 11 mm longus et 10— 11 mm diam. Vexillum limbo sub- 

 orbiculato, obtusissimo, 20 mm longo et 19 lato, ungue crasso lineari 6 mm 

 longo. Alae limbo oblique lanceolato, basi subcordato, 21 X 6,5 mm, ungue 

 7 mm longo. Carinae petala minus falcata, limbo 24 X 7,5 mm, ungue 7 mm. 

 Stamina ad 28 mm longa, antheris anguste ovatis 2,5 mm longis. Ovarium ut 

 in typo. Legumen maturum in specim. nostris 599 nee non 1238 inventum, 

 magnum, durum, fuscum nee non pilosiusculum, ad 19.5 cm longum (pedicello 

 2,5 cm), locellis ellipticis 9 — 10 mm longis compressis, alis destitutum sed anguste 

 4-limbatum. Semina pro genere magna, elliptica, compressa, 8 mm longa, 4 — 5 

 lata et 3—4 crassa, castanea, nitidula. 



Masatierra: Reed! — La Vaqueria, c. 250 m, many large trees in the 

 bottom of the valley in dry open forest (fr. ,J /4 17, no. 599); Q. del Juanango, 

 c. 200 m (fr. 9 /4 17, no. 1238). 



f. graciliov n. f. ad int. — Fig. 11 a — b, 13 a. -- Specimina sterilia foliis 

 adultis solum visa; a ceteris differunt ramulis gracillimis nee non rhachide 



