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DESCRIPTIONS OP THE SHRUBS 



KEY TO THE SOPHORAS IN CULTIVATION 



* Leaves deciduous 



in late summer. 



A. 



flowers in terminal compound clusters (panicles), 



(A.) 

 Leaves of 5-21 blades 1-2 inches long ; flowers yellowish white 

 I inch long in loose clusters 10-15 inches long ; shrub or tree to 

 50 feet. Japan Pagoda Tree (125) — Sophora japonica. 



A. Leaves of 11-17 blades 2-3 J inches long; flowers white, over 

 ^ inch long ; pod 1-5-seeded and flattened ; tree. Flat-podded 

 Pagoda Tree — Sophora platyc^rpa. 



* Leaves evergreen ; hardy only South ; flowers in early spring. (B.) 



B. Flowers violet in terminal racemes, very fragrant ; the 3-4 seeds 

 bright scarlet in white hairy pods 1-7 inches long and J-f inch 

 thick ; small tree or shrub with slender trunk and upright 

 branches ; blades 7-13, leathery, J inch long. Coral Bean 

 (126) — Sophora secundiflbra. 



B. Flowers yellow in axillary racemes. (C.) 



C. Pod 4-winged, 7 inches long ; blades of the leaves very numer- 

 ous, nearly orbicular, J-^ inch long ; racemes pendulous of 2-8 

 flowers 4 inches long. Pelu Tree — Sophora tetrdptera. 



C. Pod rounded and not winged, 1-4-seeded ; blades 21-45, |-1 

 inch long ; flowers f-1 inch long in short racemes ; entire 

 plant densely hairy. Large-fruited Sophora — Sophora 

 macrocd,rpa. 



Fig. 127. — Furze. 



Fio. 12.S. — Scotch Broom. 



