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SOPHORA* velutina. 
Velvety Bastard Sophora. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosm. § Sophoree. 
SOPHORA Linn. — Calyx 5-dentatus, basi campanulata y. subat- 
tenuata: Petala carinalia sepits apice concreta. Zegumen moniliforme, 
apterum, polyspermum. - Arbores frutices aut herbee, foliis zmpari-pin- 
natis, sepits exstipulates, racemis terminalibus simplicibus paniculatisve. 
Dec. prodr. 2. 95. 
§ Disemazs. Vexillum bifidum, petala imbricata, calyx 5-dentatus 
equalis. 
S. velutina; fruticosa, foliolis 23 ellipticis mucronatis, utrinque ramis 
pedunculisque velutinis, racemis cylindricis terminalibus, petalis imbri- 
catis: vexillo bifido. 
- Caulis fruticosus, dense velutinus. Folia exstipulata, impari-pinnata, 
velutina, utrinque concolora; foliola 23, elliptica, mucronata. . Racemi 
terminales, cylindracei, foliorum fere longitudinis, villosi. Bractee 0, 
v. citissime decidue. Calyx velutinus, tubo brevi, turbinato, persistente, 
limbo campanulato, membranaceo, 5-dentato, dentibus subequilongis, 4 su- 
perioribus subrotundo-ovatis, supremis paululum connatis, nferiore acumi- 
nato. Petala fauce tube calycis inserta, libera, imbricata. Vexillum 
lineari-oblongum, bifidum, incumbens, bast carnosum, tomentosum. Ale 
falcata, obtuse, ascendentes, auriculate ; carina paulo brevior, abrupte 
‘unguiculata, obtusa. Stamina 10, fauce tubi calycis imserta; filamenta 
distincta, equalia, bast latd tomentosa leviter et inequaliter monadelpha. 
Antherz parve, oblonge. Ovarium stipitatum, lanatum, lineare, polysper- 
mum, in stylo glabro, ascendente, attenuatum. Stigma simplex. Legumina 
erecta, teretia, moniliformia, utrinque acuminatissima, velutina, 1-3-sperma. 
A fine greenhouse shrub, which well deserves a trial 
-as a hardy plant: it is a native of Nipal, and was raised 
some years since from seeds received from Mr. Clark by 
* A slight alteration of Sophera, a name employed by Alpinus for 
Cassia Sophera, 
