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ORDER 50. LEGUMINOS. ve. prod. 2. p, 93. 
Tue Pea Trise, Lind. nat. syst. p. 87. 
Tribe 1. Papilionacee. 
Sub-Tribe 1. Sophoree. 
172. SOPHORA. L. Decandria Monogynia, 
Said to be from the Arabic sophero;—the name of a tree with pea flowers. 
Lam. t. 325, Gaert. 2. ¢, 149. 
319, S.Tomentosa. w. & a. 548. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 316. Rumph. Amb, 
4. t. 22, Bot. Mag..t. 3390. 
A shrub with pinnate leaves, and pretty yellow flowers in terminal race- 
mes; pod necklace-shaped; each bead--like knot containing one seed. In 
gardens, common. 
It is a very ornamental plant when in flower. 
173, VIRGILIA. Lam. Decandria Monogynia. 
~ The Poet Virgil, who wrote of rural affairs in his Eclogues and Georgics.. 
Lam. t. 326.- 
320. V. Aurga. w. & a. 549, Lam. ¢: 326. f. 1. 
Golden flowered virgilia.—a shrub with large drooping flowers; the bark 
affords a yellow dye, 
In gardens, Belgaum. (Mr. Law.) It is said to be a native of Abyssinia. 
321. V. Capensis. pc. prod. 2, p. 98. Bot. Mag. ¢. 1590. Bot. Rep. ¢. 347. 
A shrub; flowers pink colored;—Dapooree, intd, from the Cape. (Dr. Lush.) 
SusB-TRIBE 2. LOTEAE. 
174. HEYLANDIA. pc. Monadelphia Decandria, 
Heyland—an Artist, employed by Decandolle. 
322. HH. Latesrosa. w. & A, 550. Crotularia uniflora. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 
271. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 454, f. 8. 
Herbaceous procumbent plant, with small yellow flowers, and a lL or 2 
seeded legume.—On pasture grounds, 
175. CROTALARIA. L. Monadelphia Decandria. 
Krotalon—a rattle; (Nubes. 259.) the pods are inflated, and the seeds rattle 
when they are shaken. Gaert, ¢, 148, Lam, é: 617. 
323. C. ANTHYLLOIDES. w. & A. 554. 
Annual plant;—in the rains pretty common. 
.324. C. Futva.w.& A. 561. 
A shrubby plant, common on the Ram Ghaut. (Mr. Law.) 
325. C. Ramosissima. w. & A, 564. 
Suffrutescent, spreading; very villous and viscous; common in fields at 
Nalutwar ; stains the fingers of a yellow colour; perhaps it might be used in 
dyeing. (Mr. Law.) 
C. Juncea. w. & A. 570. Rox. Cor. ¢. 193. Bot. Mag. ¢. 490 and 1933. 
Sana. Asiat. Res, 4. p, 296. Rox. Flora, 3. p. 259. 
Tag, Ambaree.—Sun-hemp—annual erect species, much cultivated for the 
sake of its fibres, of which cordage is made. 
326, C. LESCHENAULTII? w.& a. 574. 
Dingala.—a shrub 3 or 4 feet high; flowers in terminal racemes, large, of a 
bright yellow; like the broom; they appear in October and November, when 
it is the greatest ornament of Mahableshwur where it grows common. (Dr. 
‘Murray.) Onthe Ram Ghaut. (Mr. Law.) Perhaps it is a new species. 
