70 XLII. LEGUMINOSiE. 



Ovary sessile. Legume linear, very long, many- 

 seeded 68. Paekinsonia. 



Ovarv stipitatc. Legume broadly oblong, few- 

 seeded 74. SCHOTIA. 



Stamens (fewer than 10 perfect) opening by ter- 

 minal pores 73. Cassia. 



Leaves 2-piunate. 



Half-herbaceous plants ; all parts sprinkled with 



black dots 70. Melanosticta. 



Arborescent. 



Legume covered with sharp prickles . . . .69. Guilandina. 

 Legiune unarmed. 



Flowers pcdicelled. Filaments as long as 



petals, hairy below 71. Peltopuokum. 



Flowers sessile. Filament and style very 



short 72. BUEKEA. 



Leaves simple, 2-lobed (formed of 2 confluent 



leaflets) 75. BArnixiA. 



Suborder 3. Mimoseae. 



Tribe 1. Eumimosej;;. Stamens definite (10) ; pollen powdery. 



Flowers uniform, spiked, sessile. Legume breaking 



into joints 76. Entada. 



Flowers uniform, racemose, pedicelled. Legume 



continuous 77. ELEPHANTOEniZA. 



Flowers of two kinds in the spike ; the upper fer- 

 tile, tlie lower neuter, with long, thi-ead-hke, barren 

 filaments 78. Dicheostachys. 



Flowers uniform, capitate, sessile. Legume 1-seeded, 



semiorbicular 79. Xeeocladia. 



Tribe 2. Acacie.^. Stamens indefinite ; pollen in small masses. 



Corolla small, tubular ; stamens free 80. Acacia. 



Corolla funnel-shaped ; stamens shortly tubular at 



base 81. Albizzia. 



Corolla narrow funnel-shaped ; stamens connate in 



a long, exserted tube . 82. Ztgia. 



SuBOEDER 1. Papilionacese. (Greu. 1-67.) 

 Tribe 1. PoDALTRiEiE. (Gren. 1-2.) 



1. CYCLOPIA, Yent. 



Calyx subequally 5-cleft, with the base indented. Petals 

 subequal ; standard roundish, plaited at base, with a short, re- 

 curved claw ; wings oblong, with a cross fold ; keel incurved, 

 bluntly beaked. Stamens separate, or slightly connate at 

 base ; 'filaments dilated. Ovary glabrous, several-ovuled. Le- 

 gume oblong, compressed, 1-locular, 2-valved, coriaceous. Seeds 

 strophiolate. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 6. 



South African shrubs. Leaves sessile, palraately 3-foliolatc ; leaflets 

 narrow, linear or lanceolate, rarely ovate, glabrous or pubescent, often with 



