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1. Sophora tomentosa. PVooly Sophora. 
Fruticose, leaflets 6-7-paired ovali-subrotund emar- 
ginate incano-velutino-tomentose beneath, racemes 
terminal of the same length as the leaves. 
Arbori coral affinis non spinosa, fraxini folio rotundiore, foliis 
et ramulis pubescentibus, Sloane , II. 40. t. 178. f. 3. — Galega, 
No. 1. Eroione, 289, t. 31. f. 1. — Corallodendron foliis subtus 
tomentosis, flore luteo, Plum. Spec. 21. — Sophora occidentals, 
Swartz, Obs. 154 — S. tomentosa, De Cand. Prod. II. 95. 
HAB. On rocks and sandy places near the sea-shore. On 
rocks below the Battery at Tichfield, Port Antonio. 
FL. May — September. 
Shrubby, usually 4-feet in height; stem subsimple, terete and 
incano-velutino-tomentose towards the apex. Leaves towards 
the end of the stem, impari-pinnate, about 10 inches in length : 
leaflets 7-paired, shortly petiolulated, ovali-subrotund, usually 
emarginate at the apex, subcordate at the base, glabrous above, 
hoary and velutino-tomentose beneath : petiole terete, incras- 
sated at the base, hoary, velutino-tomentose. Racemes terminal, 
many-flowered, 8-10 inches long: peduncle terete. Flowers 
shortly pedicelled, approximating, rather large, showy, yellow. 
Calyx externally pubescent, 5-toothed; the 2 upper teeth obtuse, 
afterwards obsolete ; the 3 lower ones persistent. Standard 
longer than the other petals : wings and keel each of two 
petals, equal, linear, clawed, slightly agglutinated at the base. 
Stamens 10, slightly cohering at the base; 5 of them rather 
longer than the rest. Ovary stipulate, terete, incano-pubescent : 
style subulate: stigma simple. Legume 5 inches long, stipitate, 
moniliform, at first pubescent, afterwards glabrous. Seeds 
subreniform. 
This is rather a handsome shrub, and has of late been culti- 
vated in our gardens. 
II. Ormosia. 
Calyx with the upper lip bilobed, the under 3-par- 
tite. Standard subrotund scarcely longer than the 
wings and keel. Stamens 10; filaments dilated at 
the base. Style incurved : stigmata approximate, 
obtuse, with one of them unilateral. Legume woody, 
compressed, 2-valved, 1-3-seeded (when young 5-6- 
ovuled ). — De Cand. 
Name, from o^ao; a necklace, for making which, the showy 
scarlet seeds with a black eye of the following species, are well 
adapted. — Enc. of PI. 
