- 71 NATURAL ORDERS, 



LEGUMINOS/E. Trees, shrubs, and herbs. Leaves alternate, stipulate, generally 

 compound. Inflorescence racemose. Flowers actinomorphic or more often zygomorphic. 

 Floral formula K (5), C 5, A 10, G 1. The stamens are sometimes indefinite. Fruit a 

 legume or lomentum. 



127. Leaves. -Draw a leaf of an Acacia, showing the stipulate, compound, and pinnate 

 form. 



128. Flowers. Draw the flowers of Acacia and Cassia, showing different types of 

 leguminous flowers. (The bean is an additional example.) Draw a median longitudinal 

 section of each and then construct floral diagrams. 



129. Fruit.- -Draw an example of a lomentum, (See para. 119 (b) for legume.) 



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