105. LEGÜMINOSAE — I06. PANÜACEAE — IO7. GERAXiACEAE 289 



Leaflets opposite. Petals not gland-dotted. Fruit more or less leathery 

 and flattened. Inflorescence terminal. (See 35O.) 



Millettia W ight & Arn. 

 375. Calyx-teeth very short or wanting. Corolla red or white ; standard 

 distinctly clawed ; petals of the keel free. Ovary stalked. Fruit 

 drupe-like with a woody endocarp and a more or less fleshy exocarp. 

 Seed r. Inflorescence terminal. — Species 2. West Africa. They 

 yield timber and are used in medicine. {Voiiacapoua .\ubl.) 



Andira Lam. 



Calyx-teeth distinctly developed. Corolla yellow or white, sometimes 



marked with red or violet. Fruit more or less distinctly winged, with 



a membranous or leathery pericarp. Leaflets alternate or sub- 



op])osite. (See 247.) Pterocarpus L. 



ORDER PANDALES 

 FAMILY 106. PANDACEAE 



Trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers in fascicled racemes, or in false racemes 

 formed of fascicles, or in panicles, unisexual. Calyx small, slightly toothed. 

 Petals 5, large, oblong, red. Stamens 10. Ovary .superior, slightly lobed, 

 3 — 4-celled. Ovule I in each cell, pendulous, straight. Stigmas 3 — 4, sessile 

 or nearly so, oblong. Fruit a drupe ; stone with many pits and cavities, 

 3— -4-5eeded. Seeds with a large axile embryo and an oily albumen. 



Genus i, species i. Equatorial West Africa. The seeds yield oil. [Por- 

 phyranthns Engl.) Panda Pierre 



ORDER GERANIALES 



SUBORDER GERANIINEAE 



FAMILY 107. GERANIACEAE 



Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs. Leaves stipulate. Flowers hei-maphrodite. 

 Sepals 5, imbricate, rarely 4, valvate in bud. Petals 2 — -8, more or less dis- 

 tinctly perigynous, imbricate in bud. Stamens twice or thrice as many as 

 the petals, some frequently sterile, the outer opposite the petals. Anthers 

 opening inwards. Ovary lobed, 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, rarely 

 .S-celled with i-ovuled cells. Fruit beaked, the carpels separating at maturity. 

 Seeds albuminous. — Genera 6, species 350. (Plate 68.) 

 J. Sepals 4, valvate in bud. Petals 8, white. Stamens 8, opposite the 

 petals, free. Ovary 8-celled, with i ascending ovule in each cell. Tails 

 (awns) of the carpels not recurved at maturity. Shrubs. Flowers 

 solitary, with 4 bracteoles. — Species i. Island of Socotra. [Tribe 



DIRACHMEAE.] Dirachma Schweinf. 



Sepals 5, imbricate in bud. Petals 2 — 5. Stamens 10 or 15, some fre- 

 quently sterile. Ovary 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Tails (awns) of 



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