SOPHOnE.E ^% 



rum quamplufima extricatu diiricillima , Jlvisus iu 4* 

 subordines et ii. tribus plus minusve naturales (V. 

 tab: synopticam in DC. Prodr: II. p. 94- )• Arbores, 

 frutices, aut berbse, foliis sa^pius alternis 2-stipulatis, 

 simplicibus aut varie compositis, petiolis interdum ol> 

 foliolorum abortum in limbum foliaceum (Plijlloduun 

 DC.) dilatatis, floribus plerumque racemosis, pedicel- 

 lis saepius articulatis. 



Trib: I. 



SOPHORE/E 



» Cor: papilionacea. Stam: lo. libera vel raro sub- 

 » diadelpba. Legum: continuum. Cotji: foliacese (3o- 

 » genera ex DC). » 



I. SophorA Lin: gen: n. 5o8. = Lam: ilb t. 826. (^Dec: 

 monog: L.). 



» Cal: 5-dentatus persistens. Pet: carinalia ssepius 

 » apice concreta. Legum: moniliforme apterum poly- 

 » spermum. » 



Obs: Genus constans 10. stirpibus staminibus om- 

 nibns liberis 2-3-sub-diadelpbis. Arbores, frutices aut 

 lierbse exoticse foliis impari-pinnatis saepius exstipu- 

 latis, floribus racemosis. 



I. S. tomentosa = L. sp: 533. (Ind: orient: et oc- 

 cid:). Cult: in H. Ripul: sub nomine S. occidentalis 

 L. , quse vix varietas tomentosce considerari potest. 

 Frutex in calid: 1-2-pedalis, racemi terminales, sta- 

 mina omnino libera. zz: 1. S. macrocarpa = Smith 

 in Rees cycl: n. 6. Specim: optima ex Bertero lecta 



