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LEGUMINOS/E 



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The Tamarind (Figs. 28 and 29) and the Carob give us 

 yet another departure, we have a lomentum-like fruit but 

 with fleshy pericarp and indehiscent. 



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Fig. 27. Twisted fruits of Leguminosse. H, Medicago scutellata, 

 All. I, Medicago orbicularis, All. var marginata, (Willd) Benth. L, 

 Medicago obscura, Retz. M, Cyclocarpa stellaris, Afz. (E and P). 



Again, many Leguminosge with many-seeded fruits 

 have a more or less prominent longitudinal septum pro- 

 jecting into, but not completely invading, the cavity, from 

 the dorsal {Astragalus) or the ventral (Oxytropis) suture. 



In Entada (Fig. 30), the huge flattened lomentum-like 

 pod breaks in such a manner that the separate closed 

 compartments fall out and leave the coalesced dorsal and 

 ventral sutures behind like a frame; and this is even 

 more evident in some species of Mimosa, Schrankia, 

 Lysiloma. 



In Hcematoxylon the dehiscence of the pod is by lateral 

 slits down the centre of each valve. 



All the above remarks apply to forms which are, after 

 all, at least pod-like in form, though the transverse section 

 varies from circular (e.g. Cassia) or square (some species 



