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LEGUMINOS^. 



221 Zolle'rnia. Calyx entire, cleft laterally, reflexed (f. 



228 Darlikgtonia. Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals 5, dis 



52. g.). Petals 5, nearly equal (f. 52. c). Stamens 9 (f. 52, tinct. Stamens 5. Legume lanceolate, few-seeded. Herbs, 

 d.) -13. Legume stipitate (f. 52. e.), 1-celled, 2-valved (f. 52. with bipinnate leaves, and heads of white flowers. 



A.), few-seeded. Trees or shrubs, with simple leaves, and axil- 

 lary racemes of yellow flowers. 



Division IL 

 RECTE'MBRTiE. Radiclc and cotyledons straight (f. 21. i. k* L m.) 



229 Desma'nthus. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed, 

 Petals 5, distinct. .Stamens 10, rarely 5, in the lower flowers 

 sterile, membranous or filiform. Legume 2-valved. Herbs or 

 shrubs, with bipinnate leaves, and pedunculated spikes of white 

 flowers with yellow filaments. 



230 Adenanthe^ra. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5, sessile. Stamens 10 ; anthers each tipped with 

 a deciduous pedicellate gland. Legume compressed, transversely 

 many-celled, rather torulose, membranous. Trees or shrubs, 



little above the lobes. Flowers regular (f. 53. a.), usually poly ^ -with bipinnate leaves, and racemose spikes of flowers. 

 gamous{f. 53. b.)y rarely allhermaphrodite (f. 54f. b.). Sepals 4-5y 231 Prosopis. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. Pe- 



equalj valvate in aestivation, usually connected at the base into a tals 5, free. Stamens 10, hardly connate at the base. Legume 

 ^-S-toothed calyx (f. 54. a.). Petals 4-5, equal (f. 53. a.), also filled with pulp, torulose. Unarmed or prickly trees or shrubs, [ 

 valvate in cestivation, usually hyjyogy nous. Stamens inserted with with bipinnate leaves, and loose spikes of yellow flowers. 



Suborder III. or Tribe VIII, 



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of the calyx, sometimes fi 



232 Lagony'chium. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-tootb- 



less connected at the base, ed. Petals free. Stamens 10, free. Legume stipitate, inde- 



fqual in number to the petals, or multiple that number (f. 53. b.). hiscent, subdidymous, filled with pulp. A prickly shrub, witk 

 Embryo straight. Funicle usually twisted. Leaves abruptly- bipinnate leaves. 



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foliaceous, except in En- 



233 Aca'cia. Flowers polygamous (f. 53. c. f. 54. b.} 

 Calyx 4-5-toothed (f. 54. a.). Petals 4-5, connected or free 



222 Enta^da. Flowers polygamous. Petals 5, distinct, (f, 53. a.) Stamens from 10 to 200. Legume dry, 2-valved. Un- 

 Stamens 10-25. Anthers glandular at the apex. Legume com- armed or prickly trees or shrubs, with very variable leaves, and 

 pressed, 2-jointed; joints 1 -seeded. Cotyledons fleshy. Climb- spikes or heads of white or yellow, rarely red, flowers. 



. 234 Erytiirophle'um. Flowers hermaphrodite, regula 

 leaves, with the rachis usually ending in a tendril, and numerous Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, equal. Stamens perigynous. 



ing unarmed shrubs, with bipiimate or conjugately-pinnate 



spikes of white flowers. 



r. 



Legumer. 



compressed, 2-valved, many-seeded. Large unarmed trees, vsitn 



223 Mimosa. Flowers polygamous. Corolla 4-5-cleft, fun- bipinnate leaves, and terminal racemes of flowers. 



nel-shaped. Stamens 4-5-10-15, inserted in the bottom of the 

 corolla, or in the stipe of the ovary. Legume compressed, one 

 or many jointed; joints 1 -seeded. Leaves conjugatcly digitate, 

 or doubly pinnate. Flowers white or red, in small round heads. 



224 Gagnebina. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5, distinct. Stamens 10. Legume flat, indehiscent, 

 winged on the sutures, transversely many-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. 

 Elegant shrubs, with bipinnate leaves, and axillary cylindrical 

 spikes of yellow flowers, 



225 Tnga. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 

 5-cleft. Stamens indefinite, exserted, monadelphous. Legume 

 compressed, 1-celled. Seeds covered with pulp or farina. 

 Trees or shrubs, usually unarmed, with variously pinnate leaves, 

 and spikes or heads of red or white flowers. 



226 Pa'rkia. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx tubular, bila- 

 biate, imbricate in aestivation. Petals 5, nearly equal, rather 

 imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Legume 

 compressed, many-seeded. 



substance. Trees, with bipinnate leaves, and pendulous glo- 235 Ara'^chis. 



bular heads of crimson flowers. 



Suborder IV. 



C^salpi'ne^. Flowers more or less irregtdar, sometime 



paiilionaceous, but usually regular (f. 55. c. f. 5Q. b.). P^^^*' 



irregularly imbricate in cestivation, sometimes wanting, alitaf 



free (f. 55. c. f. 5G, b.). Stamens more or less un 



filaments cojicrete, as in tribe Geoffi 

 (f. 21. g. h. L m.\ with a large plumule. 



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ly with tkt 



Tribe IX. 



Seeds covered with farinaceous embryo being strai^rht. 



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. Geoffrey. Petals perigynous, unequal, disposed in a p^^f 

 lionaceous manner (f. 55. c), imbricate in cestivation. StiXff^ 

 monadelphous or diadclphous. Cotyledons fleshy or oily (f. 2l« '-r 

 This is an artifcial tribe, and 2^erhaps should have been ^''^"^ i 

 in among /^e Papilioxa'ce.e, but it agrees with CahsisX^i^ 



Calyx tubular, bilabiate. Corolla resupij 



227 Schra'nkia. Flowers polygamous. Petals connected 



nate. Stamens inserted in the calyx with the petals, 9 join 

 and 1 free, the last is sterile. Legume ovate-oblong, obtuse, ^ 



together into a 5-cleft corolla. Stamens 8-10, free. Legume dehiscent, 2-4-seeded. Seeds thick. Herbs, with abrup^J 

 echlnated, tetragonal, and as if it were 4-valved, the valves sepa- pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers. 



ratmg lengthwise. Seeds numerous. Herbs, with bipinnate 

 leaves, and globose heads of rose-coloured flowers. 



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23 6 VoANDZE^iA. Flowers polygamous. Calyx c 

 late. Wings horizontal. Stamens diadelphous. Legume roun 



dish' 



