116 LEGUMINOS2E. 



E. HARDWICKIA GROUP. 



Pores isolated, not enclosed in patches of soft tissue, though they are 

 generally surrounded by narrow rings. Concentric bands of soft tissue 

 are either wanting entirely, or very scanty. The medullary rays are 

 generally undulating. To this group belong Xylia dolabriformis , Hard- 

 wickia, Adenantkera, Pipfadenitt, Mimosa, Acacia arabica, modesta 

 and ferruginea, Ccesalpinia Sappan and echinala (Brazil or Pernambuco 

 wood) . 



Jp F. ALBIZZIA GROUP. 



Pores isolated, generally large, not enclosed in patches of soft tissue. 

 None or very few concentric lines of soft tissue. To this group belong 

 all species of Albizzia, Acacia dealbata and Melanoxylon, Acrocarpus, 

 Sesbania, &udjfialbergia nigrescens. 



G. ERYTHRINA GROUP. 



Pores large. Distinguished by broad medullary rays and broad 

 bauds of soft tissue which do not always enclose the large pores. To 

 this group belong all species of ISrytkrina, and Buteafrundvsa. 



SUB-ORDER I. PAPILIONACEJE. 



Contains 35 genera, divided into 8 tribes, viz : 



Tribe I. PodaJyriese .... Piptanthus. 



II. Genistese .... Priotropis and Crotalaria. 



III. Galegese Indigofera, Colutea, Millettia, 



Mundulea, Tephrosia, Sesbania 

 and Caragana. 



IV. Hedysarese Lespedeza, Alhagi, JEiSchyno- 



mene, Ormocarpum, Ougeinia 

 and Desmodium. 



V. Vicese Abrus. 



VI. Phaseoleae .... J^fucuna. Erythrina, Spatholo- 



bus, Butea, Dioclea, Puerana, 

 Cajanus, Cylistaaxid. Fleminyia. 



VII. Dalbergiese .... Dalbergia, Plerocarpus, Ponga- 



mia and Derris. 



VIII. Sophorese .... Dalhousiea, Calpurnia, Sophora, 



Euchresta and Ormosia. 



Many of these, however, contain only small shrubs; such are Priotropis, Cro- 

 talaria, Colutea, Mundulea, Tephrosia, Caragana, Lespedeza, Alhagi, 2Eschyno~ 

 mene, Ormocarpum, Cajanus, Flemingia, Dalhousiea, and Calpurnia: others only 

 climbing shrubs ; such are Abrus, Mucuna, Spatholobus, Dioclea, Pueraria and 

 C'ylista. 



Of the genera not here described, Sophora contains about six species of which 

 S. mollis, Wall. ; JIr:m<lis l.TJ. Vt-rn. Arghawan, Afg. ; Gojdr, Mn, mdlan, titun, 

 kathi, brisari, Punjal); P<ili>' //////////, Kuinaun, is a yellow-flowered handsome shrub 

 of the Punjab and North-West Himalaya; and Ormosia travancorica, Beddoine t. 45, 

 is a tree of the Tinnevelly and Travancore Hills. 



1. PIPTANTHUS, D. Don. 



1. P. nepalensis, D. Don ; Hook. Fl. I ml. ii. 62 ; Bramlis 

 Gamble iJ5. Vcni. Jj(tnkurn , Sutlcj ; Skalgari) Kuinaiui. 



