242 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



SOPHORA, L. 



Calyx campanulate, obliquely truncated or 5-toothed; 

 stamens 10, free or cohering at the base ; style smooth ; 

 legume mouiliform, wingless, many-seeded, indehiscent ; 

 seeds subglobose. 



S. SPECIOSA, Benth. Leaves evergreen, smooth, pin- 

 nate ; leaflets^ 3-5-paired, ovate, obtuse, or subacuminate, 

 shining above, paler beneath; jloivers racemose, blue, or 

 yellowish-white tinged with blue, very fragrant; pods 

 large, constricted, tough, covered with a light gray pubes- 

 cence; seeds bean -like, red. Flowers in February and 

 March. Fruit-pods adherent during the summer, — A 

 small tree or shrub, on hills in Western Texas; Mount 

 Bonn ell, Austin ; also on the shores of Matagorda Bay, 

 where it is sometimes 30 feet high. Very ornamental. 



BRASILETTO FAMILY. Sub-order IL, C^salpikie^. 

 CIRCIS. Red-bud. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; petals all distinct, the 

 vexillum shorter than the wings; stamens 10, distinct; 

 legume oblong, compressed, many-seeded, the upper suture 

 winged. — Trees, with broadly-cordate, simple stipulate 

 leaves, and reddish-purple clustered flowers appearing 

 before the leaves. 



C. Canadensis, L. Flowers very mimerous from late- 

 ral buds.— TVe^, 15°-20° high. 



HOFFMANSEGGIA. 



Sepals 5, united into a short obconic base, somewhat 

 equal ; petals 5, obovate, on short claws, somewhat un- 



