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trees ; Ivs. coriaceous, fls. large, white. Pod 1-seeded, drupaceous, 

 large. 5 spec, N. Brazil, Guiana. 8. Swartzia. Large trees, timber 

 valuable. Lvs. imparipinnate or 1-foliolate ; petals 1-2-3 ; pods small, 

 several-seeded. 60 spec, all (but one) trop. Am. S. tomenttsa, PXlo 

 SXnto. 60° high ; trunk buttressed ; heart-wood red ; exudes a blood- 

 red resin. French Guiana. S. madagaaeariensis, only spec, not Am. 



Tribe 2. Trees or shrubs, erect or climbing ; rarely small or sub- 

 herbaceous. Lvs. pinnately 5- oc -foliolate, or 1-3-foliolute. Sta. 10, 

 free. 1. Virgilia capensis, handsome tree, 20° high ; fls. pink, racemed. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 2. Cladr^stis tinctbria (Virgilia lUtea), Ybl- 

 Low-wooD ; elegant tree, 2.j°-40° high ; fls. cream-white, panicled ; 

 heart-wood yellow. B. Ky., S. 3. Sophora. Trees, shrubs, herbs. 

 S. speciosa, showy evergreen tree ; 30° high ; fls. racemose, blue, very 

 fragrant; pod large, tough, constricted ; sds. red. W.Texas. S.ja- 

 ^d/iica, fls. white, panicled ; tree 30°-50° high. Japan. 4. Castano- 

 spermum ausirdle, only spec, Australian Chestnut. Tree 50° 

 high ; fls. yellow, racemed ; pod with usually 4 very large, chestnut- 

 like, edible sds. Moreton Bay, Austral. S. Myroxylon toluiferum, 

 tree, Colombia, 8. Am., yields Balsam Tolu. 6. Camoensia (after 

 the Portuguese poet Camoens?) maxima, magniflcent climber; fls. 

 yellow, S'-IO' long, racemed. Tropical W. Af. 



Tribe 3. Erect or climbing trees or shrubs. Lvs. pinnately 1-3-5- 

 oo-foliolate. Sta. mon- or diadelphous. Pod indehisc 1. Loncho- 

 carpus, trees 40° high or high-climbing shrubs; fls. pui-ple or white, 

 racemed ; pods long. Many spec, trop. Am., Af 2. Piscidia Ery- 

 thnna, Jamaica Dogwood ; similar, but pod 4-winged ; small tree, 8. 

 Fla., W. Ind. 3. Dalb^rgia, large timber trees, or climbing shrubs; 

 pod 1- or several-seeded. Numerous spec, trees furnish Rosewood ; 

 trop. Am., Af., Asia; best wood that of D. nigra, Brazil. 4, Ma- 

 cha^rium, similar in timber, habit, etc. ; Cent, and 8. Am., many 

 spec. M. Schomburgkii, Tiqee-wood; tree; wood elegantly mottled. 

 Brit. Guiana. 5. Dipteryx (Dipterix). Calyx 2-lipped; pod 1- 

 seeded, drupaceous, like an almond, but larger. 8 spec, large trees, 

 wood valuable ; Brazil, Guiana. D. odordta, 60°-80° high ; sd. 

 fragrant, the Tonka Bean of commerce. Fig. 198. Cayenne. 



Tribe 4. Herbs, usually twining ; or shrubs or trees. Lvs. usually 

 pinnately 3- (rarely 1-7-) foliolate. Pod 2-valved. 1. Rhynchosia ; 

 fls. yellow, racemed, or clustered ; pod flat, short, often falcate ; 1-2- 

 seeded. Many spec, 8. Asia, Austral., W. Ind., Am. 'R. tom^inibsa, 

 twining, Maryland, 8. R. gaZactoldes, bushy, 4° high, Ala., 8. R. 

 precaioria, tall-climbing ; sds. small, half-black, half-scarlet, made 

 into rosaries. Mex., Panama. 2. Dolichos ; few spec-, 70 varieties, 

 twiners, often showy ; both worlds ; pod long, flat ; green pod and ripe 

 beans edible. D. sesguipeddlis, pod 12'-18'' long, beans red. Trop. 

 Am. D. lignosus, evergreen ; fls. purple ; B. Ind. D. muUifibrus, fls. 

 purple; Ga , "W. 3. Liblab (Lablavia, Dolichos Ldblab), fls. pur- 

 ple or white; showy twiners'; fls. racemed; pods flat, long; beans 

 edible, of various colors. Ind. 4. Phas^olus, Kidney B. Keel 

 spirally twisted. Twiners. Many spec, beans edible. P. Caraedlla, 

 Caracol, Snail-flower B., showy, ornamental ; Brazil. P. mul- 

 tiflbrus, Scarlet Runner, fls. scarlet or white ; S. Am. P. vul- 

 gdris. Haricot, Pole B., fls. usually white. Young cells. Fig. 213. 

 Var. : P. lundtus, Lima B., Butter B., twining; P. nana. Bush, 



