192 MANN, FLORA OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



inside, above tlie claw. Wings and keel of nearly the same length. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Ovary with several ovules. Style thickened 

 above the middle. Pod flattened, marked with oblique indented lines 

 between the seeds. Racemes axillary. Bractlets none. 



Genus of one species. 



1. C. Indicus Spreng. (Enum. No. 117.) An erect undershrub 

 2° -3° high, more or less covered with a short soft tomentum. Leaf- 

 lets 3, broadly lanceolate or oblong, acute, li'-3' long. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate, deciduous. Peduncles axillary, bearing at the summit a short 

 raceme of flowers, either entirely yellow, or the standard veined out- 

 side with purple. Pedicels about 6" long. Pod 2' -8' long, with an 

 incurved point, more or less glandular and hairy. 



Around habitations. Probably introduced, but widely scattered throughout the trop- 

 ics. Otten cultivated for its fruit, the dhal of the East Indians, which make a good substi- 

 tute for green peas. 



Tribe VII. SOPBORE^. 



Trees, shrubs, or very rarely herbs or undershrubs. Leaves pinnate, of 5 or more, 

 very rarely 3 or 1, leaflets. Stamens all free. Pod continuous (not jointed), but some- 

 times torose, indehiscent or 2-valved. 



16. SOPHORA Linn. [Mamani.] 



Calyx campauulate, shortly 5-toothed. Standard rather broad. 

 Keel petals equal to, or rather longer than the others, scarcely coher- 

 ing on the outer edge. Stamens free. Ovary short-stalked, many- 

 ovuled. Style glabrous with a minute terminal stigma. Pod cylindri- 

 cal or slightly compressed, fleshy, or hard and woody, much con- 

 tracted between the seeds, and usually indehiscent. Radicle curved. 

 — Trees, shrubs, or very rarely herbs. Leaves pinnate, the leaflets 

 usually opposite, with a terminal odd one. Racemes simple, or several 

 forming a terminal panicle. Bracts minute or none. 



A genus of several species, found in the hot regions of the globe. 



1. S. (Edwardsia) chrysophylla Seemann. (Enum. No. 118.) A 

 small tree (with very hard and durable wood) 20° - 30° high, variable 

 in its foliage, pubescence, &c. Leaflets oval or oblong, 5-10 pairs, 

 often alternate, obtuse, and at the apex usually retuse, 5" -15" long, 

 3" -7" wide, on the upper surface soon glabrous and shining, beneath 

 silky pubescent, the pubescence with either a tawny or a silvery hue. 

 Flowers on few - many-flowered short axillary peduncles, or pedicels 

 7" -8" long, the peduncles, pedicels and calyx, finely tomentose. Ca- 

 lyx about 3" long; lobes very broad and obtuse. Petals 1' long, yel- 

 low, the broad standard recurved. Stamens as long as the keel. 

 Ovary tomentose. Pod 4' -6' long, often very much constricted be- 

 tween the seeds, with 4 narrow wings 1" or more broad, 2-valved at 

 [To be continued.] 



