A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



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SUBORDER II.— PAriLIONE.Ti. 



B. Lva. simple, or else digi- 



tately compound. (Ex- ^ 



ceptions : A few mem- 

 bers of the Trifolium 

 Tribe are disitately 

 compound and some of 

 the Phaseolus Tribe are 

 subdigitately compound. 

 Some Ivs. that appear 

 to be simple have been 

 reduced from several 

 leaflets to one, gener- 

 ally leaving a gland, 

 .joint or other indica- 

 tion of the reduction.) . 

 c. Stamens 10, free; 



shrubs, rarely herbs. .5. roD.vLVBH Thibe. 

 cc. Stamens 10. monadel- 

 phous, rarely dia- 

 delphous ; racemes 

 terminal or opposite 

 the leaves, or tbe fis. 

 solitary or subfas- 

 cicled at the axils. ..fi. Genista Tribe. 

 BB. Lvs. pinnate, rarely digi- 

 tate in the Trifolium 

 Tribe or subdigitate in 

 the Pbaseolus Tribe or 

 the Ivs. sometimes re- 

 duced to a single 1ft... . 

 c. Stamens 10. free ; Ifts. 

 5 or more, sometimes 

 reduced to one large 



Ift.. rarely S 7. sophora Tribe. 



cc. Stamens monadelphous 



or diadelplious 



D. The pod jointed, rare- 

 ly l-,iointed and 1- 

 Seeded by abortion. 

 Otherwise like the 

 Lotus, Galega and 

 Phaseohis T r i b es. 

 An artificiai divis- 

 ion S. IIedysarum Tribe. 



DD. The pod not .iointed. 

 E. Pod i n d e h i scent, 

 larger than calyx, 

 membranovis leath- 

 ery, wood.v or 

 drupaceous : Ifts. 5 

 or more, rarely .S- 

 1 : trees or tall 



shrubs or climbers.9. Dalbergia Tribe. 

 EE. Pod dehiscent or if 

 Indehiscent usual- 

 ly of small size, 

 generally 2-vaIved. 

 F. FIs. in heads or 

 umbels. rarely 

 solitary : Ifts S 

 or more, entire : 

 alternate fi I a - 

 ments usuall.y 

 dilated at tbe 

 apex ; herbs or 



subshrubs 10. Lotus Tribe. 



FF. FIs. solitary or 

 racemose, some- 

 times panicled 

 or fascicled. . . . 

 o. Plants typically 

 climbing herbs, 

 raising them- 

 selves by 

 means of tend- 

 rils at tlie tips 

 of the petioles. 

 Sometimes 

 there is a 

 mere bristle : 

 1ft. often den- 

 ticulate at 



GG. pTnU •twining"- '^''"^ Tribe. 

 or erect, not 

 climbing by 



tendrils 



H. Lfts. general- 

 ly .f 



I. Plants most- 



ly twining 



herbs 12. Phaseolus Tribe. 



II. Plants most- 

 I y erect 



herbs 13. TniFOLiDM Tribe. 



HH. Lfts. mostly 5 



or more. ..14. Galega Tribe. 



AAA. FIs. more or less irregular, 

 hut not truly papilionace- 

 ous. When they seein to 

 be so, the petal answer- 

 ing to the standard will 

 he found within tbe 

 other petals instead of 

 outside as in aa. :radicle 

 straight, very rarely 

 slightly oblique 



SUBORDER III. C.i;SALPINE^, 



B. Calyx gamosepalous be- 

 yond the disc or val- 

 vately parted ; Ivs. 

 simple and entire or 2- 

 lobed, or rarelv cut in- 

 to 2 Ifts. ; stipe of 

 ovary free or adnate to 



calyx tube 15. Baohinia Tribe. 



BB. Cal.yx usuall.y parted to 

 the very disc and the 

 segments imbricate. ... 

 c. Stipe of ovary adnate 

 to the disc hearing 

 calyx-tube : Ivs. most- 

 ly abruptly pinnate. 16. Amherstia Tribe. 

 cc. Stipe of ovary free in 

 tbe bottom of the 



calyx 



D. Anthers versatile : 

 Ivs. mostly bipin- 



nate 17. C^salpinea 



Tribe. 

 DD. Anthers liasifixed. 

 erect but longitudi- 

 nally dehiscent by 2 

 pores or short 

 cracks 18. Cassia Tribe. 



1. Acacia Tribe. 



Sole genus 1. Acacia. 



2. INGA Tribe. 



a. Lvs. once pinnate 2. Inga. 



AA. Lvs. mostl.y twice pinnate. . 



B. Shape of pods circinate, 



arched or variously 



twisted 



c. Pod usually 2-valved : 

 seeds generally sur- 

 rounded by a thin 



pulp, .'5. PiTHECOLOEIU.M. 



cc Pod indehiscent, usual- 

 ly septate lietween 



the seeds 4. En'Terolobidm. 



BB. Shape of pods straight, or 

 at most slightly sickle- 

 shaped 



c. Valves separating from 

 the persistent sut- 

 ures 5. I.TSILOMA. 



cc. Valves elasticall.v dehis- 

 cent and revolute 

 from apex to base. ..fl. Calliandra. 

 ccc. Valves not elastic : pod 



often indehiscent.. ..7. Albizzia. 



3. Adexaxtheea Tribe. 



A. FIs. short-pedicled 8. Adexaxthera. 



AA. FIs. sessile 



B. The pod indehiscent 

 (presumably so In 



Strypbnodendronl 



C. Pod straight, thick-com- 

 pressed, transversely 

 septate inside be- 

 tween the seeds 9. Stryphnodexdron. 



CC. Pod straight, falcate or 

 variously twisted. 



