XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. 



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Leaves stipellate. 



Pods twisted up ; shrublets . 



Pod not twisted. 



Pod flat ovate indehiscent i-ovuled, climber 



Pod joints turgid ; erect or prostrate herb 



•Pod joints flat; herbs or slirubs 



. SoPHORE^E. Stamens free nearly to base. 

 Shrub ; pod moniliform ; seeds numerous . 

 Trees ; pod short, broad thick ; seed i 



36. Uraria 



37. Phylacium 



38. Alysicarpus 



39. Desmodium 



40. SOPHORA 



41. Ormosia 



(B) Caesalpinieae. Trees or shrubs climbing or erect. Calyx 

 segments free to disc (rarely gamosepalous, some Bauhinias). 

 Petals imbricate 5 to o, sub-regular, no standard or keel. Stamens 

 nearly always free. 



Anthers basifixed. 



Petals 5 ; leaves even-pinnate ; shrubs or trees ; 

 fruit a pod ...... 



Petals 5 ; stamens 5 ; leaves odd-pinnate ; 

 flowers regular ; gigantic trees ; fruit a 

 samara ....... 



Petals 2 or o ; stamens 2 ; fruit baccate globose 

 or ovoid ; big trees ..... 



Anthers .versatile. 



Leaves bilobed or nearly entire. 



Petals 5, showy ; fruit a pod 

 Leaves odd pinnate ; trees. 



Petals 5 ; cymes small ; fruit fleshy ; trees 

 Leaves even-pinnate. 



Petals 3 ; leaflets numerous ; tree . 



Petal I ; sepals sub-valvate ; pod orbicular 



often spiny ; seed i . 

 Petal I ; sepals imbricate ; pod smooth, 

 oblong ; seeds 2 or more .... 



Petals o ; calyx showy red or orange pink ; 



stamens 3 to 8 

 Petals 2, small; stamens. 2 .... 



Leaves odd-pinnate. 



Petals o ...... . 



Petals 5. 



Fruit a samara, winged all round ; tree, lower 

 sepal large, hooded ..... 



Fruit a samara, winged on upper edge ; thorny 

 climber ....... 



Fruit a samara, winged at tip only 

 Thorny climbers (or bushes) ; a pod 



42. Cassia 



43. Koompassia 



44. DiALIUM 



45. Bauhinia 



46. Cynometra 



47. Tamarindus 



48. Sindora 



49. Afzelia 



50. Saraca 



51. Leucostegane 



52. Crudia 



53. Peltophorum 



54. Mezoneuron 



55. Pterolobium 



56. C^salpinia 



(C) Mimoseae. Flowers regular 4- to 5-merous ; stamens twice 

 as many or numerous. 



Leaves bipinnate. 



Flowers in balls pendent on long peduncles ; 



tree ....... 57. Parkia 



Flowers yellow, capitate; aquatic herb . . 58. Neptunia 



Flowers racemose ; tree ;, pods small ; seeds red 59. Adenanthera 



Flowers racemose ; climber; pod very large . 60. Entada 



