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213. Petals all disconnected. 



Herbs or oftener shrubs, rarely trees; leaves simply pinnate 

 or rarely reduced to dilated leafstalks ; flowers often large 

 and provided with conspicuous stalklets ; upper petal 

 inside before expansion; stamens usually ten or fewer. 

 Figure 49. Cassia. 950 



The two lowest petals usually connate. 



Upper petal outside before expansion ; stamens ten, curved 



upwards. Figures 45 to 48 ... ... ... ... 214 



214. Stamens all disconnected ... ... ... ... 215 



All or nine of the stamens connate ... ... ... 226 



215. Lobes of the calyx contiguous before expansion ... 216 

 Lobes of the calyx overlapping before expansion ... 217 



216. Seeds two. 



Shrubby plants, sometimes tall ; leaves almost obliterated ; 

 lobes of the calyx elongated; petals yellowish, rarely pink; 

 fruit compressed, without any dissepiment. 



Jacksonia. 955 



Seeds several. 



Almost herbaceous or shrubby plants ; leaves three -foliolate 

 or pinnate, rarely simple; petals yellowish or red, the two 

 lowest often darker ; fruit almost globular, without any 

 dissepiment. Gompholobium. 956 



217. Fruit with a longitudinal dissepiment. 



Shrubby plants, from dwarf to tall ; leaves simple, usually 

 scattered or ternately whorled ; petals yellowish or of 

 species elsewhere blue; fruit turgid; seeds several. 

 Figure 45. Mirbelia. 958 



Fruit without any dissepiment ... ... ... 218 



218. Seeds several or numerous. 



Shrubby plants, from dwarf to tall; leaves simple, generally 

 opposite or whorled; petals yellowish, seldom reddish; 

 fruit turgid. Oxylobium. 959 



Seeds two 219 



