ARTIFICIAL KEY. 



Small tree or shrub. Thorny. 



L. pinnately 2-foliolate 

 Herb with opposite pinnate 

 leaves (Fam, Zygophyllaceae) . 

 * tttt Leaves 2 pinnate 



Small cultivated tree 

 b. Stamens united at the base or 

 throughout into a tube. 

 i. Leaves simple, not gland-dotted 

 (external glands in Jatropha). 

 a. Ovary superior. 



Leaves entire alternate with 



one primary nerve 

 Leaves palmi-nerved, often 



deeply palmately lobed. 



Fls. 1 -sexual. Shrubs with 

 thick branches 



Fls. 2-sexnal 



j3. Ovary inferior, 

 site. 



Herbs 



Leaves oppo- 



Balanites 



(p. 239) 



Tribulus 

 Leucsena 



(p. 285) 



{vide p. 114) 



Erythroxylon 



(p. 236) 



Jatropha 



(p. 229) 



Sterculiaceae 



(p. 203) 



Shrubs or undershrubs 



ii. Leaves pinnate, alternate. 

 Leaves g 1 a n d-d o 1 1 e d. 



Stamens irregularly connate . 

 Stamens united at the base only. 



Styles 5. Cultivated tree 



Staminal tube long. Style 1 



iii. Leaves 2- pinnate. Corolla 

 UBually gamopetalous 



116 



Onagraceas 



(p. 356) 



Combretaceas 



(p. 359) 



Rutaceae (p.241) 



Averrhoa 



(p. 236. 

 Meliaceae 



(p. 248) 



Mimosaceae. 



(p. 284) 



