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202 Calopogonum. Calyx bractless, inclosing the corolla, leafy, indehiscent, 1-seeded. A climbing shrub, with abruptly 

 5-cleft ; segments elongated, rather unequal, pinnately bearded- or impari-pinnate leaves, and bluish flowers. 



Legume straight, depressed, rather hooked, pilose, 8-seeded. 

 A herbaceous twining plant, with trifoliate leaves. 



211 Ponga\mia. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals un- 

 guiculate. Stamens 10, monadelphous, with the tube cleft 



203 Caja'nus. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft. Segments awl- in front. Legume substipitate, compressed, indehiscent, beaked, 

 shaped. Vexillum large, bicallous at the base. Keel obtuse, 1-2-seeded. Trees, with impari-pinnate leaves, and white flowers. 



straight. Stamens diadelphous. Legume oblong, compressed, 



212 Dalbe'rgia. Calyx campanulate, 5 - toothed (f. 51. a.). 



torulose. Seeds each intercepted by a membrane. Shrubs, Stamens 8-10, monadelphous, with the tube cleft in front, some- 



with trifoliate leaves, and yellow flowers. 



times disposed in 2 equal bundles. Legume stipitate (f. 51. J.), 



204 LuPiNus. Calyx bilabiate. Vexillum reflexed on the membranous, compressed, tapering to both ends, 1-3-seeded 

 sides. Keel acuminated. Stamens monadelphous, the sheath (f. 51.c?.), Usually climbing shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves, 

 entire, bearing 5 small round anthers, and 5 oblong ones, which and red, white, or blue flowers- 



are later of coming to perfection. Style filiform, crowned by a 

 bearded roundish stigma. Legume coriaceous, compressed, 



213 Pteroca'rpus. Calyx 5-toothed. Stamens 10, mona- 

 delphous or diadelphous. Legume indehiscent, suborbicular, 



torulose. Erect herbs, with digitate leaves, composed of 5-9 girded by a wing, 1-seeded. Trees or shrubs, with impari-pin- 



leaflets, rarely simple, and racemose-spikes of blue, white, or nate leaves, and usually yellow flowers. 



yellow flowers. 214 Drepanoca'rpus. Calyx bibracteate at the base, 5- 



205 Cyusta. Calyx 4-cleft, larger than the corolla, upper toothed. Stamens 10, monadelphous, with the tube cleft in 



segment emarginated or bifid, lower one largest. Corolla shorter front or equally diadelphous. Legume compressed, indehiscent, 



than the calyx. Keel 2-edged. Stamens diadelphous. Legume 



2-seeded. Climbing shrubs, with trifoliate leaves, and yellow 

 flowers. 



wingless, falcate, 1-seeded. Shrubs, with impari-pinnate leaves. 

 215 Ecastaphy'llum. Calyx campanulate, somewhat bila- 

 biate, upper lip emarginate, lower one trifid. Stamens 8-10, 

 206 Erytiirina. Calyx tubular (f. 50. a.), with a truncate equally diadelphous. Legume nearly orbicular, membranous, 

 subdentate mouth (f. 50. a.) or spathaceous. Vexillum oblong indehiscent, 1-seeded. Shrubs, with impari-pinnate or simple 

 (f. 50. i.), very long. Wings and dipetalous keel shorter than leaves. 



the vexillum (f. 



50. 



c). Stamens diadelphous (f. 50. e.), 



216 Ameri'mnum. Calyx 5-toothed, somewhat bilabiate. 



straight. 



Legume long (f. 50. d.\ torulose, many-seeded (f. Stamens 10, monadelphous, with the tube cleft in front. Legume 

 50. rf.). Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, with trifoliate leaves, 2-valved, 1-seeded, with the upper suture straight, and a little 

 and racemes of scarlet flowers. winged. Shrubs, with simple leaves, and whitish flowers. 



217 Bry^a. Calyx .5-toothed. Stamens monadelphous. 



207 RUDOLPHIA. 



Calyx tubular, bilabiate, upper segment 



obtuse, lower one acute, 2 lateral ones very short. Vexillum ob- Legume 2-jointed ; joints 1-seeded. Trees with simple leaves. 

 long-linear, very long. Wings shorter than the calyx, very 218 Degue'lia. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip entire, lower one 



narrow. Stamens diadelphous. Legume compressed, many- trifid. Wings and keel equal in length, larger than the vexil- 



seeded. Climbing shrubs, with simple leaves, and scarlet lum. Stamens 10, diadelphous, one of which is free. Legume 



flowers. , globose, 2-valved, 1-seeded. Seeds covered with farina. A climb- 



208 Bu'tea. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, 2 upper teeth ing shrub, with impari-pinnate leaves. 



approximate. Vexillum lanceolate, spreading, equal in length 

 to the wings and keel. Stamens diadelphous. Legume stipi- 

 tate, compressed, membranous, 1-seeded at the apex. Trees, 

 with trifoliate leaves, and large scarlet flowers. 



Tribe VL 



Suborder II. or Tribe VII. 



SwARTZiE'iE. Sepals closely joined into a globose or oblong 



alabastruvi before eocpansion (f. 52, i.), but at length rtiptured^ 



valvately (f. 52. g.\ Petals fewy irregular (f. 52. c.) or wanting^ 



andarCy as well as the stamens, hypogynous (f. 52. J.). Radicle 



Dalbergie^^. Corolla papilionaceous {f, 51. b.), peri gy nous. incurved. Cotyledons thick. Germination unknown. Leaves 



Stamens variously connected. Embryo with the radicle bent simple or simply pinnate. This is a very distinct tribe, agreeing 



back upon the edge of the cotyledons (^^. 21. e.f). Cotyledons with Deta'rium in the vaheless calyx, with Mimo'se.e in the 



fleshy (f. 21. c). Legume l-S-seeded (f. 51. d.\ indehiscent. hypogynous stamens, and in habit with Dalbergie'^. 



Usually climbing shrubs, with impari-pinnate y rarely trifoliate 219 Swa'rtzia. Calyx ovate, globose, ruptured valvately. 



leaves, or reduced to the terminal leaflet. Petals few or wanting. Stamens 10-15-25, 2-4 of which are 



209 De'rris. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Keel lunate. Sta- larger and sterile, the rest connected at the base. Legume sti- 



mens 10, monadelphous. Legume membranous, compressed, pitate, 2-valved, few-seeded. Seeds arillate. Trees or shrubs, 



1-seeded. Climbing shrubs, with trifoliate or impari-pinnate with simple or pinnate leaves, and white flowers. 



leaves, and white flowers. 



220 Ba'phia. Calyx calyptriform, ruptured under the keel. 



210 Endespe'rmum. Calyx bibracteate at the base, bilabi- Vexillum spreading, somewhat roundish. Wings linear, length 

 ate, upper lip 2-lobed, lower one 3-toothed. Wings and keel of vexillum. Stamens 10, distinct. Legume falciform, 6-seeded. 



unguiculate. Stamens 9, 



monadelphous. 



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Legume 



stipitate, A tree, with impari-pinnate leaves, and white flowers. 



