loo-i A CONSrhXTrs OF THE LKUrMrNOS^V.. 1()L 



B. Flowers largs'r, clustered abovc^ the axils of tlie leaves. 

 Petals much exceeding tlu' sepals. Stamens 10. Cult, in 

 r.. G., inhoil. tVfUi X. Am. 



( t ;k ^« :>- -? A ?• t) C. vli en a a' crista, L. 



79. CERATONIA, L. 



Fl(»\vr'rs pol3'i;ainoiis or dioecious, in short racemes. Calyx-tuhe shortly 

 turhiuate ; se^-ments ~), inihricated, deeidiiciis. Petals none. Stamens .t ; 

 anthers longitudinally dehiscent. A disc horizontidly ex[)anded. Ovary 

 with nnnierou-! oviiL-'. P"d elongate, flat, iudehiscent. Leaves abruptly 

 ])innate, .')-4-paired ; s{i[inle-! minute or none. A Ruiali, evergreen tree. 

 Cult, in P,. (1., from Pur. Fl. Nov. 



( -f :»-::.• -r > j (/. sHiqna, L. 



80. BAUHINIA, L. 



Flowers greenish or white, in racemes. Stamens 10, or reduced to 

 .") or 3; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary sessile or stalked, 3-8- 

 seeded. Pod continuous within. Leaves sim[)le, usually deeply cleft from 

 the tip. Erect trees or elind)ers with circinate tendrils. 



L Fertile stamens 10. Flowers white, large, in corymbose racemes. 

 Calyx-limb spathaceous. Petals glalirous, without a claw. Pod 

 glabrous, stipitate, many seeded. Leaves slightly cordate, 7-9- 

 nerved, without stipules. Cult, in 15. G. 



( =E ? p >- V- ^ ) ]>_ acuminata, L. 



n. Fertile stamens '.). Flowers gr<'enish, small, in l(»ng racemes. 

 Calyx at first cupular, then liattish. Petals subtonn-ntose, long 

 clawed. Pod tomentose, ahno;4 sessile, few-seeded. Leaves 

 cordate, 7-! l-:ierved, with deciduous stipules. So\ithern Japan — 

 Kii ; Linkiu. 



( >^ ^7 -7 ;<7 i-* V ) /;. Japonico, Maxim. 



81, CERCIS, L. 



Flowers red-purple in umbel-lik(^ clusters rdong th(! branches of the 

 precceding years, ap[tearing hAow the leaves. Corolla imperfectly papilio- 



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