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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



KEY TO THE SOPHORAS IN CULTIVATION 



* Leaves deciduous ; 

 in late summer. 



flowers in terminal compound clusters (panicles), 

 (A.) 



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

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

 50 feet. Japan Pagoda Tkee (125) — Sophora japonioa. 



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

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

 Pagoda Tree — Sophora platycS,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 ^-f inch 

 thick ; small tree or shrub with slender trunk and upright 

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

 (126) — Sophora secundifl6ra. 



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



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

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

 flowers IJ inches long. Pelh Tree — Sophora tetriptera. 



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

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

 plant densely hairy. Large-fuuited Sophora — Sophora 

 macrocd,rpa. 



Fig. 127. — Furze. 



Fig. 128. — Scotch Broom. 



