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XLVII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
[Sophora. 
40. SOPHORA, Linn. 
Shrubs (or trees). Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers showy, yellow 
(white or purple), racemed (or panicled). Calyx oblique, campanu- 
late, teeth short. Corolla much exsert; standard broad; petals 
equal clawed. Stamens free nearly to base. Ovary stalked. Pod 
moniliform, joints turgid. Species 25, whole world tropics. 
(1) S. fomentosa Linn. Sp. PI. 373; Prain, l.c. 146. 
Seashore shrub, grey tomentose. Leaves 6 to 12 in. long; 
leaflets 11 to 17, elliptic-ovate obtuse, 1 to X’5 in. long, *5 to 75 in. 
wide, glabrous above, tomentose beneath. Racemes 6 in. long. 
Calyx obliquely truncate. Corolla -35 in. long, bright yellow. Pod 
6- to 8-seeded, 4 to 6 in. long, hoary, each joint separated by a stipe 
as long as itself. Seed black. Hab. Sandy sea-coasts; not com¬ 
mon. Dindings, Lumut. Lankawi, Burau Bay. Adang islands, 
Pulau Butang. Distrib. Ceylon, Andamans, Burma, Malaya, 
Polynesia. 
41. ORMOSIA, Jacks. 
Trees (one a climbing shrub). Leaves odd-pinnate. Flowers 
in panicled racemes. Calyx campanulate, deeply 5-lobed, two 
upper teeth connate into upper lip. Corolla exsert; petals short- 
clawed, white, standard orbicular, keel-petals free, oblong blunt. 
Stamens free or connate at base only, exsert, incurved. Ovary 
sub-sessile; style filiform. Stigma oblique. Pod fleshy or woody 
turgid, dehiscent. Seeds red. Species 25, cosmopolitan. 
Climber. Panicle of racemes lax. . . . . (1) 0 . scandens 
Trees. 
Seeds large, black and red, solitary. 
Panicles large, dense; flowers pink; pod 3 in. 
across. (2) 0 . macrodisca 
Panicle lax; flowers yellow; pod 1*25 in. across (3) 0 . gracilis 
Flowers racemed; ovary golden-silky; pod 
unknown. (4) 0 . penangensis 
Seeds small, all red; pod ’6 in. long. 
Leaves glabrous beneath . . . . (5) 0 . nitida 
Leaves pubescent beneath. 
Leaflets petiolulate; pod valves thin. 
Leaflets 9 to 13 acuminate, 2 - 5 in. long . (6) 0 . parvifolia 
Leaflets 4 in. long, acute or blunt thinly 
pubescent beneath; panicles lax . . (7) 0 . sumatrana 
Leaflets pubescent beneath; panicles dense . (8) 0. microsperma 
Leaflets sessile ; pod-valves woody . . (9) 0 . venosa 
(1) O. scandens Prain, l.c. 147. 
Wood}' climber over 100 ft. long, 6 to 8 in. through, glabrous. 
Leaves 12 to 15 in. long; leaflets 5 to 7, ovate-oblong, acuminate 
coriaceous, base round 6 to 9 in. long, 2'5 to 3 in. across; nerves 
13 to 18, slightly elevate, reticulations small, distinct. Racemes 
panicled 12 in. long, 6 in. across, tawny-silky; pedicels *2 in. long. 
