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Properties under the several sjjecies, as far as India is concerned. : — 



A. CuRVEMBRi^. Radicle back upon ; j B. Rectembri^. Radicle bent 

 the cotj'ledons. straight. 



yi. PAriLioNE^. 

 Lobes of the 

 calyx distinct. 

 Stamens perigyn- 

 ous. Corol papi- 

 lionaceous. 



B. SWARTZIK.*:. 



Calyx bladder- 

 shaped, with in- 

 distinct lobes. 

 Stamens hypo- 

 gynous. Corol 

 none, or of one 

 or two petals. 



A. C^salpineje. 

 Petals before 

 opening imbricat- 

 ed. Stamens pe- 

 rigynous. 



a. Geoffrea. Fila- 

 ments various- 

 ly connected. 



b. Cassiea. Fila- 

 ments distinct. 



B. MlMOSE^. 



Sepals and petals 

 before opening 

 valvate. Stamens 

 hypogynous. 



§. Detariea:. 

 Petals none. Fruit 

 drupaceous. 



a. Phylloloh(B. 

 Cot}'^ledons pushed above ground, 

 becoming green and resembling 

 leaves. Very few bear seeds eaten 

 by man or animals. 



a. Sophore(B. Legume continu- 

 ous. Stamens distinct, 

 p. LotecE. Legume continuous. 



Filaments grown together, 

 •y. Hedysarea. Legume trans- 

 versely jointed. Filaments 

 neeiriy always grown together. 



Papilione^. 



I b. Sarcohbee. 



Germinate with their cotyledons 

 under ground. Among these only 

 pulse is found. 



I! 



a. Vicieee. Legume many-seeded, 

 opening. Leaves cirrhiferous ; 

 primordial ones alternate, 

 p. PhaseolecB. Legume many seed- 

 ed, opening. Leaves not cirrhi- 

 ferous, primordial ones opposite. 

 •y. DalbergiecE. Legume one or 

 1 1 two-seeded, not opening. Leaves 



1 1 not cirrhiferous. 



A. SoPHORE.ffi, Spreng. 

 (DC.pr. 2, p. 74. — W. and A.pr. \,p. 179.) 

 SoPHORA, L. {DC. 0. c.p. 95 ; — W. and A. I. r.) 



l.glauca, Leschen. {DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c.) S Neelgherries. Fl. 



middle-sized, white, tinged with rose, — H. and R. S. 

 2. tomentom, L. {DC. pr. 2, p. 95 ;— fT. and A. pr. \, p 179 ; — Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 2, p. 316 ;— y. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 44 -—Lam. ill. t. 325. /. 

 2; — Rumph. 4, t. 22.) 5 Moluccas. Mauritius. Ceylon. Both Penin- 

 sulas of India. Cultivated in Gardens. — Fl. largish, bright yellow, 

 fragrant, and fr. nearly the whole year. — Seeds very bitter, and ac- 

 cording to Rumphius, considered a specific in cholera : dose — three or 

 four rubbed up with water. A cold infusion of the root praised in 

 spurious plcuritis, and against all poisons produced from the sea. 

 ft. occidentalis; {B. M. 62, t. 3390.— S. occidentalis, L.) 5 W. Indies. 

 In H. C. G. 

 Edwardsia, Salisb. {DC. pr. 2, p. 97.) 



1 . mollis, Royle. {ill. t. 32, /. 2.— Sophora mollis. Wall. Cat.—S. 

 Houghiana, Wall. Cat.) t5 Hills in the Deyra Dhoon. Sahunsadhara. 

 Sirmore. Fl. middle-sized, yellow, R. S. 



