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LEGUMINOS^. 



257 HiEMATo'xYLON. Caljx 5-cleft. Petals 5, hardly longer clinate and monadelphous at the base, and pilose above, 3 hmt 



than the calyx. Stamens 10, pilose at the base. Legume com- ones longest and fertile, and 4 bearing barren 2-lobed antliersi 



pressed, acuminated at both ends, 1-celled, 2-seeded, with the Legume flat, tapering to both ends, many-seeded. Trees, with 



valves ruptured longitudinally in the middle. A tree, with abruptly pinnate leaves, winged petioles, and large flowers. 



abruptly pinnate or bipinnate leaves. 



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270 Amhe'rstia. Caly^ tubular, 5-toothed, with the stamem 



258 Pakkinsonia. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, upper one inserted in it near the apex, bibracteate at the base, valvateb 

 roundish, unguiculate. Stamens 10, declinate. Legume linear, aestivation. Petals unequal, upper one large, unguiculate, oi 

 acuminated at both ends, torose. A spiny shrub, with pinnate cordate, lateral ones wedge-shaped, 2 lower ones awl-shaped. 



leaves and yellow flowers. 



Stamens diadelphous, 9 joined, and 1 free, adhering to the pedi- 



259 Ca'dia. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, beset with glands eel of the ovary.. Anthers versatile. Legume stalked, flat; 



on the inside of the tube. Petals 5, equal, inserted in the calyx, oblong, few-seeded. A tree, with abruptly pinnate leaves, and 



Stamens 10, joined at the base. Legume linear, many-seeded, pendulous racemes of shewy scarlet flowers, some of the petals 



stipitate. An unarmed shrub, with impari-pinnate leaves and tipped with yellow, 

 whitish flowers. 271 Tamari'ndus. Calyx 5-cleft, unequal. Petals 3, 2 of 



2G0 Zucca'gnia. Calyx turbinate, 5-cleft, lower segment which are ovate, and the middle one cucuUate. Stamens 9-10, 



longest. Petals 5. Stamens 10, pilose at the base. Stigma 2 or 3 longer, monadelphous, and fertile, 7 short and sterile. 



funnel-shaped. Legume subovate, compressed, 1 -seeded, hairy. Legume stalked, acinaciform, compressed, 3-6-seeded, pulpy 



A clammy shrub, with abruptly pinnate leaves and red flowers. inside. Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves. 



«61 Ceratonia. Flowers polygamous or dioecious. Calyx 272 Ca'ssia. Sepals hardly connected at the base (f. 57. 4 



5-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 5. Stigma sessile, orbi- more or less unequal. Petals 5, unequal (f. 57. &«)• Stamens 



cular. Legume broad, indehiscent, many-seeded, transversely 10, free (f. 57. c. d.), unequal, 3 upper ones abortive (f. 57. rfj; 



many-celled, pulpy inside. Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves, anthers bursting by 2 pores at the apex (f. 57./). 



262 Castanospe'rmum. Calyx coloured, somewhat bila- compressed, transversely many-celled ; cells 1 -seeded. Shrubs 

 biate. Winffs and keel about equal in length. 



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Legwnie 



Stamens 10, or herbs, with abruptly pinnate leaves and yellow flowers 

 free. Legume large, 2-valved, 4-seeded, spongy inside, stipi- 273 Dela'ria. Calyx 5-toothed, spathaceous. Vexillum 



tate. Seeds large. A tree, with large impari-pinnate leaves, large, spreading. Stamens 10. Stigma acute. 

 and racemes of coloured flowers. 



263 Hardwi'ckia. Sepals 4-5, hardly connected at the base. 

 Corolla none. Stamens 8-10. Stigma peltate. Legume Ian- 



Legume elon- 



gated, few-seeded. Shrubs, with simple leaves. 



274 Cham^f/stxjla. The same as Cassia, but the legunie 

 is terete, and hardly dehiscent and pulpy inside. Trees ana 



ceolate, 1 -seeded, dehiscent at tlie apex. Trees, with abruptly shrubs, with abruptly-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers 



pinnate leaves and yellowish flowers. 



275 Cathartoca'rpus. The same as Ctissia, but differs ifl m 



2G4 JoNE^siA. Calyx bibracteate at the base, coloured, the long terete, woody, indehiscent pod, which is filled with pulp 

 funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Petals wanting. Stamens 8, some* inside. Tree^ ""*^^^ '^^ *^-' ---"-'^~ ' — ^ ««^omps of 



times only 6-7, exserted. Legume 4-8-seeded, compressed, yellow flowers. 



acinaciform. Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves, and orange- 276 Exostylis. Calyx clavate, 5-cleft, 3 of the segments 



revolute. Petals 5, nearly equal, imbricately conniving, inserte 



coloured flowers. 



265 Tachiga'lia. Calyx 5-cleft, unequal, obtuse. Petals in the middle of the calyx. Stamens 10, nearly equal, dilatefl 



5, inserted in the mouth of the calyx, unequal. Stamens 10, at the base ; anthers sagittate, cuspidate. Style elongated, sim' 



exserted, villous at the base, unequal. Legume compressed, pie. Legume thick, many-seeded. A tree, with impari-pinnaK 



membranous, indehiscent, 1 -seeded. Trees, with abruptly-pin^ leaves, and racemes of rose-coloured flowers, 

 nate leaves and yellow flowers. 



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with abruptly-pinnate leaves and racemes wi ^ 



277 Metrocy'ma. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 



10, 



266 BARYXYLtM. Sepals 5, hardly connected at the base, hairy. Legume short, somewhat reniform, 1 -seeded, wartedot 



equal. Petals 5, rather unguiculate. Stamens 10, unequal, plicate. A tree, with abruptly-pinnate leaves. 



hypogynous ? Anthers 4-celled. Legume rather terete, curved, 278 Afze'lia. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 4, unguiculate, upp^^ 



many-seeded. Trees, with abruptly-pinnate leaves and yellow one largest. Stamens 10, 2 upper ones sterile. Legume woody* 



A genus hardly known- 

 Petals 5, nedl 



flowers. 



267 MoLDENHAwE^RA. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, on long 



many-celled. Seeds arillate. 



279 Melanoxylon. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. 



claws. Stamens 10, smooth, one of which is sterile, longer, and equal. Stamens 10, hairy. Legume compressed, falcate. Seed« 



with winged aril. A tree, with impari-pinnate leaves, and pa^ 



furnislied with hairs. Legume linear-oblong. A tree, with pin- 

 nate and bipinnate leaves and yellow flowers. 



cled racemes of rusty flowers. 



268 HuMBOi.DTiA. Calyx 4-ckft. Petals 5, inserted in the 280 Aco'smium. Calyx campanulate, 4-5-cleft. Petals 5. 

 mouth of the calyx. Stamens 5, smooth. Legume oblong, com- spreading. Stamens 10, inserted in the bottom of the caljS- 

 pressed. Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves. Ovary elongated, perhaps a legume. A tree, with iraparl-pinnat* 



269 IIeteroste'mon. Calyx 4-cleft, bibracteate at the base, leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers. 



Petals 3, inserted in the mouth of the calyx. Stamens 8, de^ 281 Schotia. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, lateral ones incuiB' 



