105- LEGUMINOSAE 257 



105. Stamens 4-5. Filaments very short. Anthers attached by the base, 



opening at the top ; 2-3 of them united. Ovary 4-winged. Ovules 2. 



Stigma terminal. Calyx-lobes 4, unequal. Petals 5, shorter than the 



calyx, unequal, red. Leaves pinnate. (See 56.) Duparquetia Baill. 



Stamens 8—10. [Tribes SOPHOREAE and PODALYRIEAE] . . 106 



iü6. Leaves simple and undivided or unifoliolate. Corolla papilionaceous. 107 



Leaves pinnate or palmately trifoliolate 112 



107. Calyx shortly toothed, not slit. Corolla whitish ; petals of the keel 

 slightly cohering. Ovules few. Shrubs with arched or climbing 

 branches. Stipules ovate or lanceolate. Flowers in racemes or panicles. 

 Bracteoles large, enclosing the flower, persistent. — Species i. West 



Africa. Dalhousiea Grab. 



Calyx shortly toothed but slitting as the flower expands, on one or both 

 sides, or deeply cleft. Bracteoles not enclosing the flower, rather large 



but deciduous, or small 108 



roS. Calyx shortly toothed, but deeply slit in one or two places. Corolla white 

 or yellow ; petals of the keel free or nearly so. Ovules few. . . log 

 Calyx subequally 4 — 5-cleft. Stipules awl-shaped or wanting . .110 

 loq. Anthers longer than the filaments. Ovary long-stalked. Calyx slit 

 on one side. Corolla white ; petals of the keel free. Fruit long-stalked, 

 falcate-ovate, turgid. Seeds oblong, with a thick aril. Flowers in 

 panicles. Bracteoles small. — Species i. West Africa. 



Leucomphalus Benth. 

 Anthers shorter than the filaments. Ovary nearly sessile. Fruit com- 

 pressed. Seeds ovate or orbicular. — Species 50. Tropical and South- 

 east Africa. Some of them yield timber (camwood), dye-stuffs, or 

 edible fruits. (Including Bracteolaria Höchst.) . . . Baphia Afz. 

 no. Petals of the keel free. Flowers in 5^10-flowered racemes. — Species i. 



West Africa Ormosia Jacks. 



Petals of the keel united. Flowers solitary or in 2 — 4-flowered fascicles, iii 

 rii. Corolla yellow ; keel shortly beaked. Fruit compressed. Leax'es sessile, 

 without stipules. Flowers solitary. — Species 10. South Africa. The 

 leaves are used as a substitute for tea or as a medicament. 



Cyclopia Vent. 



Corolla red or reddish-white ; keel blunt. Ovary sessile. Fruit turgid. 



Leaves short-stalked, with deciduous stipules. Hairy plants. — Species 



20. South Africa Podalyria Lam. 



112. (106.) Leaves palmately trifoliolate. Corolla papilionaceous . .113 

 Leaves pinnate 115 



113. Petals subequal, yellow, those of the keel united Ovary sessile or nearly 



so. Fruit oblong, not septate. Erect shrubs. Leaves sessile, leathery, 

 exstipulate. Flowers soHtary, axillary, with bracteoles. (See in.) 



Cyclopia \'ent. 



Petals of the keel free. Ovary stalked. Fruit linear. Leaves stalked, 



stipulate. Flowers in racemes. 114 



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