188 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
tions. Among the arboreous forms the wood in some is of hardest and most durable description, 
y reverse is the case, as in 
@ afford edible nutritious 
s or Cesalpineas are distin- 
purgative and astringent properties, the leaves of Senna for 
gi properties: gum arabic, gum tragacanth, 
in their properties are all the produce 
From a species of Alhagi a kind of Manna i 
$ procured, while the leaves of 
Agati grandiflora, are bitter and tonic. 
Such area few of the anomalies and contradictions presented by this order, enough I 
presume to show the difficulty or rather impossihj]; 
ders of these eminent Botanists to the rank of orders 
one which I intend partially to follow her 
of the» in less space, than if I attempted it in the mass. Before however pro- 
ceeding to characterize in detail the suborders referable to the Indian flora I shall extract from — 
DeCandolle’s Prodromus, a table, (see below) h 
» perhaps an unnecessary innovation, bu 
SUBORDINES, TRIBUS. 
{Legumen continuum. ‘ 
 cieetion libera. ...... I, SopMonEs, 
Pa egumen continuum. 
Bese gee Stamina _ filamentis 11 Seetdh 
cetyledonibus folia-* CONCretA. eeessese eee . ‘ 7 
ceis, | Legumen transversé ar- 
ticulatum in 4 
; ré sem 
as ee neers | filamentis concreta. . III. HepysaRBS 
Pilget obi distineti, Legumen polyspermum 
la ween dehiscens. © Folia cir- 
Papilionacea, thosa, primordialia 
alterna.............. [V. Vicik& 
. Legumen polyspermum 
Bape a 4 Sancotonan 4 dehiscens. "Folia aan . 
3 . i 1 la~ eee 
Sp rong cotyledonibus | fia opposith ns. V. Puassottia” 
: | misuram inflexd, eeu crasso-carnosis, if Fe Pie 
ote ie _£ leurorhizer, : ; - : Es 
LEG UMINOs x, j Swartziz ie . non cirrhosa..,..... VI. DaLBERGIE: : 
Calycis vesiceeformis lobj indistinctj ; 
ce 2 stincti. 
ay L aut petalis paucis on hypogyna. Corolla o Vil, Sua 
: : IMOSE A. P % . . iin oe Se ey eer eese . 
ake Recremnrta, { Sepala et petala anta explicationem yalvata. Stamina hypogyna... VIII, Mimose#. 
| embryonis radicula | og etpetala per ( Stamina filamentis varie 
ae Gs aA tee 4 ZSALPINER, avationem ia) es FFREE- 
: t —-Feeta, 1 Petala Per. westivatio- ee Mee J, Conmexac. oe 0... I = eho: 
of : 7nem jt i pie ia 4 eats . a CSRS Rg aig, aad rage: 
{ minaque perigyna” { Sepeleante sp ligatcuem indistincta. Calyx 
Vesicweformis, Petala Soeees Xl, Detamibes 
