256 105- LEGUMINOSAE 



95. Petals more or less im'.qual, white or yellowish. Stamens 5 or 10. Fruit 



dehiscent. Bracteoies enclosing the bud. (See 92.) Berlinia Soland. 



Petals subequal, red. Stamens 10. Fruit winged, indehiscenl^. Seeds 



pendulous. — Species i. Madagascar .... Bathiaea Drake 



96. Fertile stamens 3. Petals unequal, 3 of them larger than the other two. 



Trees 97 



Fertile stamens 10 or more 98 



97. Filaments united nearl}^ half their length. Petals yellowish or red-striped. 



Fruit indehiscent. Leaves with many pairs of leaflets. Bracteoies 

 narrow, falling off earlj'. — Species 3. Tropics. They yield timber, 

 tanning and dyeing materials, edible fruits from which drinks and 

 medicaments are prepared, and oily seeds . . . Tamarindus L. 

 Filaments free. Fruit dehiscent. Bracteoies large, enclosing the bud, 

 (See 67.) Macrolobium Schreb. 



98. Stamens numerous, united at the base. Anthers linear. Petals subequal. 



Bracteoies enclosing the bud. Trees. — Species i. West Africa. 



Polystemonanthus Harms 

 Stamens 10. ... • 99 



99. Bracteoies large, enclosing the bud 100 



Bracteoies small, not enclosing the bud, falling off early loi 



100. Petals very unequal, 3 large, 2 very small. Filaments united at the base. 



Ovules numerous. Leaves with several pairs of leaflets. Flowers in 

 panicles. — Species 3. West Africa. They yield timber and resin. 



(Under Daniella Benn.) Cyanothyrsus Harms 



Petals subequal. Ovules few. Shrubs. Leaves with i — 2 pairs of 

 leaflets. Flowers in racemes. Bracteoies petaloid. (See 73.) 



Plagiosiphon Harms 



loi. Filaments, excepting one, united high up. Petals pink, narrow ; blade 



passing gradually into the claw. Sepals unequal, subvalvate in bud. 



Receptacle very short. Flowers in racemes or panicles. Leaflets 7 — 9, 



alternate. — Species i. Equatorial West Africa. Tessmannia Harms 



Filaments free or united at the base 102 



102. Petals sessile or nearly so, subequal, red. Leaves with 2 — 16 pairs of 



leaflets. Flower in panicles. (See 84.) .... Schotia Jacq. 

 Petals with a long or rather long claw. Trees 103 



103. Sepals slightly imbricate. Petals subequal. Filaments, excepting one, 



united at the base. Leaves with i — 4 pairs of leaflets. Flowers large, in 

 racemes. — Species 7. West Africa to the Great Lakes. Baikiaea Benth. 

 Sepals much imbricate. Petals white. Filaments free. Ovules few. 

 Leaves with one pair of leaflets. Flowers in panicles. — Species 2. 

 Tropics. They yield timber and resin (copal) which is used for turnery 

 and carving and for making lacs and varnishes. (Under Hymenaea L.) 



Trachylobium Hayne 



104. (28.) Filaments free or nearly so. Shrubs or trees 105 



Filaments, all or all excepting one, united into a tube or sheath . . 126 



