Sivartzia 



LEGUMINOSiE 



89 



about 5 mm. 1., soon falling. Racemes axillary, short, laxly 2-4-flowered, 

 Calyx rupturing into 2-4 irregular segments. Standard roundish-kidney- 

 shaped, about 4 cm. in diam. Stamens, 8-12 longer than the rest, with 

 thicker filaments and oblong anthers on the side distant from the 

 standard ; the shorter stamens numerous, with thinner filaments, and 

 smallish anthers. Ovary stalked. Pod 1-seeded, ellipsoidal, or 2-seeded, 



Fig. so. — Stmrtzia simplex Spreng. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence X h C, Pod x ?. 



B, Flower cut lengthwise, uat. size. D, Seed, nat. size. 



(B after Baillon.) 



oblong, 2 "5-5 cm. 1., sometimes 3-seeded, constricted between the seeds, 

 5-10 cm. 1., beaked with the persistent style. Seeds about 2 cm. 1., kidney- 

 shaped, arillate. 



Urban divides the species into three varieties : var. a. genuina, leaflets 

 with apex scarcely or shortly acuminate, and roundish or subcordate base, 

 from the W. Indian Is. cited, omitting Jamaica ; var. ;8. jamaicensis, 

 leaflets long acuminate, and acute base, from Jamaica ; and var. y. conti- 

 nenialis, petioles longer and narrowly winged, from Central America. 



Subfamily 2. CmSALPINIEM. 



Flowers irregular or sometimes regular ; parts of the flowers 

 generally in 5's. Sepals 5, or the 2 highest united making 4, 

 imbricate. Petals imbricate, the upper within the rest. 

 Stamens 10 ; anthers versatile. Radicle straight, enclosed 

 within the edge of the cotyledons or shortly exserted. Leaves 

 pinnate or bipinnate ; stipels none or very rarely minute. 



