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very slender filiform style, however, is longer tlian the carina and pro- 

 trudes beyond it more or less, even before the flower opens, and con- 

 tinues exserted. It is evidently a case of proterojiyny. Ahhough 

 the ten anthers are nearly alike in size ami shape, the alternate ones 

 are shorter as well as somewhat differently affixed. The ovary is not 

 " pluri-ovulatum." That is probably a misprint of " 2-3-ovulatam." 

 At least I find only three ovules ; and, answering to this, the loment is 

 at most three-jointed. Instead of " subreniform," the seed is obovate 

 and the radicle is projecting and straight, as described by Mr. Benthani 

 himself in Linn. Trans. 18, p. 162. There may be a slight inflection, 

 but it seems to be in the incumbent direction. The stipules, unlike 

 those of Stylosanthes, are nearly or quite free from the petiole. 



