Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



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A. Suborder I. Pafilionace^, Calyx segments united beyond the 

 disc. Petals imbricatedj the tipper external. Radicle injiexed accumhent 

 orj rarely, very short and straight. 



Tribe I. ViciEiE. Dwarf herbs or climbers. Leaves usually even- 

 pinnate, the petiole produced in a spine or tendril, leaflets entire ex- 

 stipellate ; stipules often foliaceous. Flowers solitary or racemose. 

 Stamens diadelphous (9 + 1). Pod dehiscent. 



1. Abrus. 



Tribe II. Geniste^. Shrubs, sometimes tree-like, or non-climbing 

 herbs. Leaves simple or digitately 3-oo -foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate ; 

 stipules small, free. Flowers in racemes or spikes. Stamens mon- 

 adelphous : anthers almost always 2-morphous. Pod dehiscent. 



2. Crotalaria. 



Tribe III. Phaseolej:. Climbing or creeping herbs, rarely erect 

 and shrubby, very rarely trees. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely 1- 

 or 5-7-foliolate, leaflets entire or lobed, almost always stipellate. 

 Bracts 2 opposite persistent stipular or caducous. Stamens monadel- 

 phous, but if so the upper filament always free at the base ; or 

 diadelphous (9 + 1) by more or less complete detachment of the upper ; 

 anthers uniform very rarely (Mucuna) 2.morphous. Pod dehiscent. 

 Leaves gland-dotted beneath ... .., ,,. ^. Cajanese. 



Leaves not gland-dotted beneath : — 



Style bearded and bracts very small or deciduous ... B. Euphaseolese, 



Style beardless, or if bearded ,( Clitoria) with bracts per- 

 ■istent : — 



Rachis of inflorescence not swollen at nodes (style bearded 



in Clitoria) ... ... ... .,, ^^ q Qiydnex. 



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