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LEGUMINOSfl:. 



221 ZOLLE'RNIA. Calyx entire, cleft laterally, reflexed (f. 



52. g.). Petals 5, nearly equal (f. 52. c.). Stamens 9 (f. 52. 

 d.) -13. Legume stipitate (f. 52. e.\ 1 -celled, 2-valved (f. 52. 

 A.), few-seeded. Trees or shrubs, with simple leaves, and axil- 

 lary racemes of yellow flowers. 



DIVISION II. 



RECTE'MBUI.E. Radicle and cotyledons straight (f. 21. i. k. 1. ?.). 

 SUBORDER III. OR TRIBE VIII. 



MIMOSE;E. Embryo straight (f. 21. m.~), nith the radicle lent a 

 little above the lobes. Flowers regular (f. 53. a. ,), usually poly- 

 gamous^. 53. 6.), rarely all hermaphrodite (f. 54. b.}. Sepals 4-5, 

 equal, valcate in aestivation, usually connected at the base into a 

 4-5-toothcd calyx (f. 54. a.). Petals 4-5, equal (f. 53. a.), also 

 valvate in Aestivation, usually hypogynous. Stamens inserted nith 

 the petals, rarely in the bottom, of the calyx, sometimes free (f. 



53. b. f. 54. b.), sometimes more or less connected at the base, 

 equal in number to the petals, or multiple that number (f. 53. b.). 

 Embryo straight. Funicle usually twisted. Leaves abruptly- 

 pinnate or bipinnate. Cotyledons all foliaceous, except in EN- 

 TA'DA, and some species O/TNGA. 



222 ENTA'DA. Flowers polygamous. Petals 5, distinct. 

 Stamens 10-25. Anthers glandular at the apex. Legume com- 

 pressed, 2-jointed ; joints 1-seeded. Cotyledons fleshy. Climb- 

 ing unarmed shrubs, with bipinnate or conjugately-pinnate 

 leaves, witli the rachis usually ending in a tendril, and numerous 

 spikes of white flowers. 



223 MIMOSA. Flowers polygamous. Corolla 4-5-cleft, fun- 

 nel-shaped. Stamens 4-5-10-15, inserted in the bottom of the 

 corolla, or in the stipe of the ovary. Legume compressed, one 

 or many jointed ; joints 1-seeded. Leaves conjugately digitate, 

 or doubly pinnate. Flowers white or red, in small round heads. 



224 GAGNEBINA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5, distinct. Stamens 10. Legume flat, hidehiscent, 

 winged on the sutures, transversely many-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 

 Elegant shrubs, with bipinnate leaves, and axillary cylindrical 

 spikes of yellow flowers. 



225 I'NOA. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 

 5-cleft. Stamens indefinite, exserted, monadelphous. Legume 

 compressed, 1 -celled. Seeds covered, with pulp or farina. 

 Trees or shrubs, usually unarmed, with variously pinnate leaves, 

 and spikes or heads of red or white flowers. 



226 PA'RKIA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx tubular, bila- 

 biate, imbricate in aestivation. Petals 5, nearly equal, rather 

 imbricate in aestivation. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Legume 

 compressed, many-seeded. Seeds covered with farinaceous 

 substance. Trees, with bipinnate leaves, and pendulous glo- 

 bular heads of crimson flowers. 



227 SCHRA'NKIA. Flowers polygamous. Petals connected 

 together into a 5-cleft corolla. Stamens 8-10, free. Legume 

 echinated, tetragonal, and as. if it were 4-valved, the valves sepa- 

 rating lengthwise. Seeds numerous. Herbs, with bipinnate 

 leaves, and globose heads of rose-coloured flowers. 



228 DARLINGTONIA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals 5, dis- 

 tinct. Stamens 5. Legume lanceolate, few-seeded. II < 

 with bipinnate leaves, and heads of white flowers. 



229 DESMA'NTHUS. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5, distinct. Stamens 10, rarely 5, in the lower flowers 

 sterile, membranous or filiform. Legume 2-valved. Herbs or 

 shrubs, with bipinnate leaves, and pedunculated spikes of white 

 flowers with yellow filaments. 



230 ADENANTHE'RA. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5, s'essile. Stamens 10 ; anthers each tipped with 

 a deciduous pedicellate gland. Legume compressed, transversely 

 many-celled, rather torulose, membranous. Trees or shrubs, 

 with bipinnate leaves, and racemose spikes of flowers. 



231 PROSOPIS. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. Pe- 

 tals 5, free. Stamens 10, hardly connate at the base. Legume 

 filled with pulp, torulose. Unarmed-or prickly trees or shrubs, 

 with bipinnate leaves, and loose spikes of yellow flowers. 



232 LAGONV'CHIUM. Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx 5-tooth- 

 ed. Petals free. Stamens 10, free. Legume stipitate, inde- 

 hiscent, subdidyfnous, filled with pulp. A prickly shrub, with 

 bipinnate leaves. 



, 233 ACA'CIA.> Flowers polygamous (f. 53. c. f. 54. b.). 

 Calyx 4-5-toothed (f. 54. a.). Petals 4-5, connected or free 

 (f. 53. a.) Stamens, from 10 to 200. Legume dry, 2-valved. Un- 

 armed or prickly trees -or shrubs, with very variable leaves, and 

 spikes or heads of Vhite or yellow, rarely red, flowers. 



234 ERYTHROPHLE'UM. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular. 

 Calyx 5-cleffc Petals 5, equal. Stamens perigynous. Legumen 

 compressed, 2-valved, many-seeded. Large unarmed trees, with 

 bipinnate leaves, and terminal racemes of flowers. 







SUBORDER IV. 



C,ESALPi'NE_r,. I'loircrs -more or less irregular, sometimes 

 papilionaceous, hut limiti/ty regular (f. fjo. c. f. 56. >.). Petals 

 irregularly imbr'n-ntc in aestivation, sometimes manting, always 

 free (f/55. c. f. 56. 6.). Stamens more or less unequal (f. 56. 

 c. f. 57. d.),-alwnys perigynous, usually free, rarely nith the 

 filaments concrete, as in tribe GEOFFRE\E. Embryo straight 

 (f. 21. g. h. 1. .), nith a large plumule. 



TRIBE IX. 



GEOFFRE'^E. Petals perigynous, unequal, disposed in a papi- 

 lionaceous manner (f. 55. K.), imbricate in+ aestivation. Stamens 

 monadelphous or diadelphous. Cotyledons fleshy or oily (f. 21. 1.). 

 This is an artificial tribe, and perhaps should have been brought 

 in among the PAPILIONA'CE/E, but it agrees nith CASSIE'/E in the 

 embryo being straight. 



235 ARA'CHIS. Calyx tubular, bilabiate. Corolla resupi- 

 nate. Stamens inserted in the calyx with the petals, 9 joined 

 and 1 free, the last is sterile. Legume ovate-oblong, obtuse, in- 

 dehiscent, 2-4-seeded. Seeds thick. Herbs, with abruptly 

 pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers. 



236 VOANDZE'IA. Flowers polygamous. Calyx campanu- 

 late. Wings horizontal. Stamens diadelphous. Legume roundish, 



