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LEGUMINOSJi. 



257 H,EMATO'XYLON. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, hardly longer 

 than the calyx. Stamens 10, pilose at the base. Legume com- 

 pressed, acuminated at both ends, 1-celled, 2-seeded, with the 

 valves ruptured longitudinally in the middle. A tree, with 

 abruptly pinnate or bipinnate leaves. 



258 PARKINSONIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, upper one 

 roundish, unguiculate. Stamens 10, declinate. Legume linear, 

 acuminated at both ends, torose. A spiny shrub, with pinnate 

 leaves and yellow flowers. 



259 CA'DIA. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, beset with glands 

 on the inside of the tube. Petals 5, equal, inserted in the calyx. 

 Stamens 10, joined at the base. Legume linear, many-seeded, 

 stipitate. An unarmed shrub, with impari-pinnate leaves and 

 whitish flowers. 



260 ZUCCA'GNIA. Calyx turbinate, 5-cleft, lower segment 

 longest. Petals 5. Stamens 10, pilose at the base. Stigma 

 funnel-shaped. Legume subovate, compressed, 1 -seeded, hairy. 

 A clammy shrub, with abruptly pinnate leaves and red flowers. 



261 CERATONIA. Flowers polygamous or dioecious. Calyx 

 5-parted. Petals wanting. Stamens 5. Stigma sessile, orbi- 

 cular. Legume broad, indehiscent, many-seeded, transversely 

 many-celled, pulpy inside. Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves. 



262 CASTANOSPE'RMUM. Calyx coloured, somewhat bila- 

 biate. Wings and keel about equal in length. Stamens 10, 

 free. Legume large, 2-valved, 4-seeded, spongy inside, stipi- 

 tate. Seeds large. A tree, with large impari-pinnate leaves, 

 and racemes of coloured flowers. 



263 HARDWI'CKIA. Sepals 4-5, hardly connected at the base. 

 Corolla none. Stamens 8-10. Stigma peltate. Legume lan- 

 ceolate, 1 -seeded, dehiscent at the apex. Trees, with abruptly 

 pinnate leaves and yellowish flowers. 



264 JONE'SIA. Calyx bibracteate at the base, coloured, 

 funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Petals wanting. Stamens 8, some- 

 times only 6-7, exserted. Legume 4-8-seeded, compressed, 

 acinaciform. Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves, and orange- 

 coloured flowers. 



265 TACHIGA'LIA. Calyx 5-cleft, unequal, obtuse. Petals 

 5, inserted in the mouth of the calyx, unequal. Stamens 10, 

 exserted, villous at the base, unequal. Legume compressed, 

 membranous, indehiscent, 1 -seeded. Trees, with abruptly-pin- 

 nate leaves and yellow flowers. 



266 BARY'XYLUM. Sepals 5, hardly connected at the base, 

 equal. Petals 5, rather unguiculate. Stamens 10, unequal, 

 hypogynous ? Anthers 4-celled. Legume rather terete, curved, 

 many-seeded. Trees, with abruptly-pinnate leaves and yellow 

 flowers. 



267 MOLDENHAWE'RA. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, on long 

 claws. Stamens 10, smooth, one of which is sterile, longer, and 

 furnished with hairs. Legume linear-oblong. A tree, with pin- 

 nate and bipinnate leaves and yellow flowers. 



268 HUMBOLDTIA. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 5, inserted in the 

 mouth of the calyx. Stamens 5, smooth. Legume oblong, com- 

 pressed. Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves. 



269 HETEROSTE'MON. Calyx 4-cleft, bibracteate at the base. 

 Petals 3, inserted in the mouth of the calyx. Stamens 8, de- 



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clinate and monadelphous at the base, and pilose above, 3 lower 

 ones longest and fertile, and 4 bearing barren 2-lobed anthers. 

 Legume flat, tapering to both ends, many-seeded. Trees, with 

 abruptly pinnate leaves, winged petioles, and large flowers. 



270 AMIIE'RSTIA. Calyx tubular, fi-toothed, with the stamens 

 inserted in it near the apex, bibracteate at the base, valvate in 

 aestivation. Petals unequal, upper one large, unguiculate, ob- 

 cordate, lateral ones Wedge-shaped, 2 lower ones awl-shaped. 

 Stamens diadelphous, 9 joined, and 1 free, adhering to the pedi- 

 cel of the ovary. Anthers versatile. Legume stalked, flat, 

 oblong, few-seeded. A tree, with abruptly pinnate leaves, and 

 pendulous racemes of shewy scarlet flowers, some of the petals 

 tipped with yellow. 



271 TAMARI'NDUS. Calyx 5-cleft, unequal. Petals 3, 2 of 

 which are ovate, and the middle one cucullate. Stamens 9-10, 

 2 or 3 longer, monadelphous, and fertile, 7 short and sterile. 

 Legume stalked, acinaciform, compressed, 3-6-seeded, pulpy 

 inside. Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves. 



272 CA'SSIA. Sepals hardly connected at the base (f. 57. o.), 

 more or less unequal. Petals 5, unequal (f. 57. 6.). Stamens 

 10, free (f. 57. c. d.), unequal, 3 upper ones abortive (f. 57. d.); 

 anthers bursting by 2 pores at the apex (f. 57./.). Legume 

 compressed, transversely many-celled; cells 1 -seeded. Shrubs 

 or herbs, with abruptly pinnate leaves and yellow flowers. 



273 DELA'IUA. Calyx 5-toothed, spathaceous. Vexillum 

 large, spreading. Stamens 10. Stigma acute. Legume elon- 

 gated, few-seeded. Shrubs, with simple leaves. 



271 CiiAM.Ei'i'sTULA. The same as Cassia, but the legume 

 is terete, and hardly dehiscent and pulpy inside. Trees and 

 shrubs, with abruptly-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers. 



275 CATHARTOCA'RI-US. The same as Cassia, but differs in 

 the long terete, woody, indehiscent pod, which is filled with pidp 

 inside. Trees, with abruptly-pinnate leaves and racemes of 

 yellow flowers. 



276 EXOSTYLIS. Calyx clavate, 5-cleft, 3 of the segments 

 revolute. Petals 5, nearly equal, imbricately conniving, inserted 

 in the middle of the calyx. Stamens 10, nearly equal, dilated 

 at the base ; anthers sagittate, cuspidate. Style elongated, sim- 

 ple. Legume thick, many-seeded. A tree, with impari-pinnate 

 leaves, and racemes of rose-coloured flowers. 



277 METROCY'NIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 10, 

 hairy. Legume short, somewhat rcniform, 1 -seeded, warted or 

 plicate. A tree, with abruptly-pinnate leaves. 



278 AFZE'LIA. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals 4, unguiculate, upper 

 one largest. Stamens 10, 2 upper ones sterile. Legume woody, 

 many-celled. Seeds arillate. A genus hardly known. 



279 MELANOXYLON. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Petals 5, nearly 

 equal. Stamens 10, hairy. Legume compressed, falcate. Seeds 

 with winged aril. A tree, witli impari-pinnate leaves, and pani- 

 cled racemes of rusty flowers. 



280 ACO'SMIUM. Calyx campanulate, 4-5-cleft. Petals 5, 

 spreading. Stamens 10, inserted in the bottom of the calyx. 

 Ovary elongated, perhaps a legume. A tree, with impari-pinnate 

 leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers. 



281 SCHOTIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, lateral ones incum- 



