194 LEGUMINOSAL. [chap. 



A tree with alternate, pinnate (tri- to septem-foliolate), 

 shining leaves, terminal panicles of small whitish floAvers, and 

 short, oblique, one-seeded legumes. 



A small Family, represented in India by several genera, 

 but the species are mostly Malayan : a few occur in Bengal 

 and the Peninsula. Their principal interest is in their con- 

 necting the large Family Leguminosae with some of those 

 which precede. They differ principally from Leguminosae 

 in usually having two or more distinct carpels, in the form 

 and position of the ovules, and in the absence of stipules. 

 The species which we employ as Type, and which is per- 

 haps the most widely-distributed member of the Family in 

 India, is exceptional amongst Connaracece in having usually 

 but a single carpel. If there be more carpels in the flower, 

 they are all suppressed excepting one, which forms a short 

 stipitate pod when ripe, very similar to that of some Legu- 

 minosDe. 



None of the species are of much economic value. 



Division— ZK\N(Z\Y\.O^A\. 



34. Natural Order, Legiwmiosce. 



Trees, shrubs, or herbs, usually with alternate, compound 

 (sometimes uni-foliolate) leaves. Flowers irregular (except 

 Mimoseae). Carpel solitary. 



This Family of flowering plants is numerically the largest, 

 next to the Composite Family, and includes very many 

 species of great importance to mankind. 



Three principal Types of floral structure require to be 

 noted, two of which are, at first sight, very dissimilar ; but 



