IiEGUMINOS^J 203 



nulate : teeth S-angnlar j petals nearly of equal length ; ovary glalroiu. — Lam. III. t. 604. 

 /. Z. — A. Aubletii, Bemh. in PI. Ka^l.-{non Benth). Gebfflroya pubescena, Mch. — Our 

 specimens differ slightly from , former' descriptions by the persistent down and the number, of 

 the leaflets; corolla violet, 7'" long; "legume very large, irregular, corky" (fir, in lit.).— 

 Hab. Trinidad !, Cc. ; [Guiana 1], 



51. GEOFFROYA, Jacq. 



Calyx oblique, 6-dentate : tube turbinate. Carinal petals distinct. Ovary sessile or 

 shortly stipitate, few-ovulate. legume " drupaceous, ovoid, 1-seeded." — Trees ; leaves 

 impari-pittnate : leaflets Usually alternate ; flowers in simple racemes, yellow. 



129. G. Sieberi, Benth. " Leaflets 4i-5-jugal, oval or oblong, blunt or retuse, glabrous, 

 pale beneath ; racemes tomentose-pubescent ; standard glabrous ; ovary shortly stipitate, 

 pubescent."' — Not known but from Sieber's specimen. " Leaflets li"-3" long, X"-\\" broad ; 

 flowers 10"'-11"' long."— Hab. Trinidad (&'rf. Tr. 313). ^ 



SuBTKiBE 8. SOPBOBEjS!. — Stamens distinct. — Stem usually woody ; leaves impari- 

 pinnate, (rarely 1-foliolate). 



52. OKMOSIA, Jac&s. 



Calyx bilabiate. Standard roundish : carinal petals connected. Stigma lateral. Legume 

 woody, few- or 1-seeded, wingless, at length 2-vsdved. Bmtryo straightish, hard. — Tiees; 

 leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets opposite ; panicle terminal. 



130. O. dasycarpa, Jachs. Leaflets 5-jugal, oblong, pointed, glabrous; panicle large, 

 rusty-tomentose, calyx rusty-tomentose : lobes blunt; legume obliquely rhomboid-ovoid, 

 stipitate, tomentose, 1-seeded. — Sophora monosperma, .S(». — A timber tree; leaflets 4"-3"; 

 long, 20"'-12"' broad; flowers blue, 8"'loiig; legume 14" long, 1" broad: stalk 4'" long, 

 thickish : seed compressed-globose, red, with a black blotch. — Hab. Montserrat, Dominica !, 

 Imr., in mountain woods, S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Guadeloupe !]. 



53. SOPHOEA, L. 



Calyx obliquely subtruncate. Standard tapering at the base : carinal petals distinct at 

 the top. Legume moniliform, wingless, iudehiscent, many-seeded. — ^Lea.ves impari-^nmate : 

 leaflets opposite j flowers racemose. . 



131. S. tomentosa, L. Shrubby; leaflets 6-12-jugal, oval or oval-roundish, hq^ry- 

 tomentose beneath or on both sides : stipules none ; raceme terminal, elongated, velvety,; 

 calyx campanulate.; standard ovoid-oblong ; stamens included ; legume djy, glabrescent,. 

 5-6-seeded.— ;»;. t. 178. /. 3. Br. Jam. t. 31./. I, Besc. M. 7- t. 375.— S. occidentalis, 

 L. S. havanensis, Jacq. Astragalus lanuginosus, Besc. — i' high ; flowers pale yellow, 

 1" long; seeds brownish-red, globose: embryo hard, straight. — Hab. Jamaica!, Bist., 

 March, on the seashore ; Antigua !, WullscAl^; [Cuba to Brazil !, trop. Africa !, East 

 Indies I, trop. Australia !, Pacific Islands ! ; alon^ all tropical seashores]. 



54. DIPLOTROPIS, Benth. 



Calyx bilabiate. Four inferior petals nearly alike, with the carinal ones distinct or 

 connected bdow : vexillar petal larger. Stamens alternately of unequal length. Legume 

 1-3-seeded, compressed, leathery, indehiscent. "Embryo straight." — Leaves impari-pin- 

 nate : leaflets opposite; racemes compound. 



132. D. brachypetala, Tul. leaflets large, leathery, 2-3-jugaI, elliptical, oblong, or 

 obovate-oblong, glabrous ; panicle sericeous, many-flowered : branches distant, peduncled : 

 flowers pendidous, subunilateral ; calyx obliquely turbinate, divided to the middle, pubescent '. 

 upper Kp broad-ovate, blunt, subentire, 3 inferior lobes 3-angular, bluntish, smaller ; petals 

 shortly exserted : standard roundish, carinal petala distinct ; " legumelarge, ovoid-oblong " 

 (ex herb. Hook). — ^Leaflets 10"-4", pedicela,2''', jcaljtx 4'", corolla 5'" long : " legume ishortly- 

 stipitate, 4" long : seeds 2-1." — Hab. S. Vincent !, fimW.; Trinidad'!,, Or. ;.|Gniana].. 



