GENERA AND SPECIES. 57 
1. Cone-valves prominent, with a dorsal appendage. 
Trees. 
Branchlets slender, erect, dark-green; leaf-scales 6 to 8; 
cones ovoid-globular, dorsal appendage thick ... ... suberosa 
Branchlets ribbed, erect ; leaf-scales 10 to 12. Cones large, 
ovoid- globular, dorsal appendage aii into a long 
rigid point... ees iS 2 vd ... bicuspidata 
1m. Cone-valves scarcely or not at all protruding ; 
winged appendage of the seed-like fruit 
rounded at the end. 
Branchlets nearly round, rigid; leaf-scales 4 to 5. Cones 
24 in. long, cylindrical; protuberance conical, furrowed. 
Tree... . Decaisneana 
Branchlets ribbed : ie gales oe cones ac Peden. 
ance of valves divided into small tubercles; fruits 
black. Shrub. iy : a2 ae ee ... humilis 
Branchlets erect ; leaf-scales 6 ¥ 8. Moonee ovoid-oblong, 
protuberance short, smooth; fruits dark-brown. Shrub distyla 
Sub-Class II.—Choripetaleae Perigynae. 
ORDER LEGUMINOSAE. 
Sub-Orders. 
Flowers irregular; stamens 10 or rarely less, free or 
united; petals imbricate. 
Upper petal or standard outside, the lowest 
petals united; stamens 10, united into one 
or two bundles, or all free; radicle curved 
accumbent ... a ys “iti ve .. Papilionaceae 
Upper petal inside; petals all disconnected; ' 
stamens 10 or fewer, all free; radicle straight Caesalpinieae 
Flowers regular in dense globose or opti dwiced spikes; 
petals valvate, free or united; stamens usually 
indefinite, free; radicle straight .. i ... Mimoseae 
Rea vaitiathe tpapinedkedaes 
I. Stamens all free; leaves simple or absent, 
rarely pinnate. 
Standard small or narrow, ovules 4 or more ... .. Brachysema 
Standard orbicular or renate, large; ovules 4 or more. 
Calyx-lobes much longer than the tube. 
Lobes imbricate ; ovary sessile; pod oblong- 
linear; leaves simple me & ... Isotropis 
Lobes Piivates mya stalked ; ie globular; 
leaves ternate ... Gompholobium 
