XXV. LEGUMINA‘CEE: SOPHO'RA. 195 
CaraGAwa Lam. Legume rather cylindrical. Leaf abruptly pinnate. 
Ha.imope’npron Fisch, Legume stipitate, inflated, bladdery. Leaf 
abruptly pinnate. 
Cato’puaca Fisch. Stamens with the filaments of 9 connate, that of one 
distinct. Legume sessile, with concave valves bearing hairs, some soft, 
some rigid and glanded. 
Couu‘rEA R. Br. Legume stipitate, much inflated, glabrous. 
Astra’aaLus Dec. Legume with its lower suture so bent in towards the op- 
posite one as to cause the legume to seem, more or less, 2-celled. 
Sect. II]. Hepysa‘rea&. 
Sect. Char. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens usually with the filaments 
connate in one of three modes; the 10 connate; 9 connate and one 
distinct ; or connate by fives: in a few cases all are distinct. Legume 
dividing transversely into 1-seeded joints, called loments. Embryo with 
the radicle beside the edges of the cotyledons, which are flattish, and, in 
germination, are converted into leaves furnished with stomata. Leaves 
simply pinnate, or simple. 
Coronr’Lia Neck. Calyx campanulate, usually shorter than the claws of the 
petals. Carina acute. Stamens diadelphous. Seeds ovate, or cylindrical. 
Sect. IV. PHaseo‘LEz. 
Sect. Char. Corolla papilionaceous, Stamens usually with 9 filaments 
connate, and one distinct. Legume not jointed, including many seeds, 
that are separated from one another with a cellular, transverse, membrane- 
ous partition, that is in some cases not complete. Embryo with the 
radicle beside the edge of the cotyledons, which are thick, and, in ger- 
mination, either remain under ground, or are changed into thick leaves 
that scarcely have stomata. Leaves simply pinnate, or simple. 
Wisra‘ri4 Nutt. Leaf impari-pinnate. 
Sect. V. CassiE‘&. 
Sect. Char. Corolla, in most of the species, of equal petals; in some sub- 
papilionaceous. Stamens with the filaments distinct. Leaves doubly 
or triply pinnate ; in some simple. 
Giepi’tscui4 L, Sexes diceciously polygamous. Corolla of 3—5 equal 
petals. Legume in most long and narrow. Seeds compressed. Leaves 
compoundly divided. Bearing prickles in most. 
Gymno’cLtapus Lam. Sexes, by defect, dicecious. Corolla of 5 equal petals. 
Legume compressed and broad. Seeds scarcely compressed. Leaves 
compoundly divided. : = 
Ce’rcis L. Sexes hermaphrodite. Corolla sub-papilionaceous, of 5 unequal 
petals the side ones, or wings, longer than the others. Leaves sir»ple. 
Sect. J]. SoPHO'REZ. 
Genus I. 
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SOPHO'RA R. Br. Tue Sopuora. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia, 
Identification, R. Brown in Hort. Kew., ed. 2. ; Dec. Prod.,2. p. 95.; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 109. 
Synonyme. Sophore spec. Lin. Gen, No. 508. x é 
Derivation. tered from sophero, the Arabic name of a papilionaceous flowering tree. 
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