4 FLORA <>F JAMAICA Papilionato 



vie without haii 

 Calyx; with ! c-ntiiv lu: 



Pod narrow, linear 17. 



Pod broad; margins thickened, upper 



furrowed 18. 



Calyx with 5 lobes, or 4 with one 2- 



toothed 14. Teramnus. 



Calyx 2-lipped, upper large 19. Canavalia. 



*J. 1 lerbs or shrubs, erect or twining. Leaves pinnately 

 3-foliolate or digitately 1-3-foliolate ; leaflets with 

 glandular dots beneath, usually without stipeU. 

 Flowers in racemes. Pod 2-valved. 

 Erect undershrubs or shrubs. 



[Pod marked with oblique depressed lines, 



5-seeded Cajanus.'} 



[Pod short, 2-1-seeded. Bracts large Flemingia.] 



Twining undershrubs 22. Bhynchosia. 



10. Trees, or shrubs with trailing or twining branches. 

 Leaves imparipinnate with several leaflets, some- 

 times only 3 or 1 ; leaflets without stipels (except 

 rarely in Loncliocarpus and Andira}. Flowers in 

 axillary panicles or racemes, panicles terminal or 

 ^ubterminal in Andira. Pod not opening, mem- 

 branous, leathery, woody, or drupaceous. 



Leaflets alternate (or solitary). 



Leaflets 1 or 2-5. Pod with style terminal.... 23. Dalbergia. 



Leaflets 5-9. Pod with style lateral 24. Pterocarpus. 



Leaflets opposite. 



Flowers in axillary racemes. Pod flat, without 



wings 25. Lonchocarpus. 



Flowers in axillary panicles, appearing before 



the leaves. Pod with 4 wings 26. Piscidici. 



Flowers in terminal panicles. Pod drupaceous 27. Andira. 



11. Shrubs or trees. Leaves imparipiunate ; leaflets 

 in 4-12 pairs, opposite or nearly opposite. Pod 

 2-valved or not splitting open. 



Shrub. Leaflets in 5-12 pairs. Pod constricted 



between the seeds, not opening, 5-9-seeded... 28. Sopliora. 



Tree. Leaflets in 4-5 pairs. Pod 2-valved, 1-2- 



seeded 29. Onnosia. 



12. Trees. Leaves reduced to 1 leaflet. Calyx closed 

 before flowering, afterwards bursting into 2-4 

 irregular segments. Petals one the standard 30. Sioartzia. 



SUBFAMILY 2. CMSALPINIE&. 



Flowers irregular. Calyx imbricate (but subvalvate in 

 Poincifina and Parkinsonia, spathaceous in Bauhinia). Petals 

 imbricate, the uppermost inmost. Stamens usually distinct. 

 Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, or composed of 2 leaflets united into 

 a single 2-lobed leaf in Bauhinia. 



