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Young BhooU pubescent ; leaves pubenilous ; pods almost sessile, B. hrachycarpa. 



Young sUoots puberulous, leaves glabrous ; pods long-stalked,. B. variegata. 



Calyx valrate, with the segments reflexed and free, or only slightly cohering. 



X Stamens 10, 5 or more of them sterile. Calyx in bud angular. 

 Leaves glabrous ; flowers white or purple, the broader petal usually yellow at base,B. purpurea. 



Leaves velvety ; flower yellow, turning orange B. elongata. 



X X All the \0 stamens fertile. Style very short or wanting, the stigma peltate. 

 Flower H small. 

 O Calyx spathaceous. 



Young shoots and underside of young leaves pubescent, B. racemosa. 



Calyx vallate, with the segments or lobes all free. 



Glabrous, Malabarica. 



AMHERSTIA.-Only species, A. nobilis. 



AFZELIA. 



luflorescenoe and calyx puberulous ; pods J 1 ft. long, woody ; leaves usually blunt- 



ish, ^- ^migo. 



Inflorescence and calyx smooth ; pod 3-4 in. long, thin coriaceous ; leaves emar- 



ginate " * A. refusa. 



TAMARINOUS-Only species, T. Indica. 



SARACA.-Only species, S. Indica. 



CYNOMETRA. 



Flowers in short umbel-like puberulous racemes ; ovary villous, , C. ramiflora. 



Flowers in longer or shorter bracted racemes ; pedicels glabrous or puberulous, . . G. cauliflora. 



ACROCARPUS. 



Petals green, 3-4 lin. long ; pods T7-18-seeded, A. combretiflorus. 



Petals dirty purple or brown, 2 lin. long ; pods 8-12 seeded, A. grandis. 



PARUA. 



X Receptacle irregular. 



Leaflets only J inch long, quite smooth, l-nerved with a lateral basal nerve ; calyx lobes short, 

 rounded, P. Uiophylla. 



X X Receptacle regular. 



O Calyx-lobes obovate-cuneate. 



Leaflets 1 inch long, pubescent beneath, penni-nerved, .P. inaignis. 



Calyx-lobes short, rounded. 



Leaflets \-\ inch long, sparingly pubescent beneath, l-nerved without lateral 



nerves, .. i P. Roxburghii. 



KYLlAi Only species, , X. dolabriformis. 



ADEMAMTHERA. Only species, A. pavonim. 



ACACIA. 



{Trees, branches armed only with paired stipulary or infra-stipulary spines). 

 X Flowers in globular heads. 



Pods thick, .A. Farnesiana, 



O Pods flat, dry. 



Bark whitish ; flower-heads arranged in terminal more or less ample panicles,... .4. leucophloea. 

 X X Flowers in spikes. 



Spikes white, tomentose ; young leaves greyish pubescent ; bark white, A. Suma. 



Spikes yellow, glabrous or pubescent ; leaves glabrous or nearly so ; bark dark-brown,.4.Ca^ecAM. 



AlBIZZIA. 



Pods very flat and straight, the sutures slightly raised ; seeds free without pulp. 



X Pinnae numeivus, 10-18 ; leaflets linear, 1-6 lin. long, in very numerous 

 pairs. 

 O Leaflets bluntish, the nerve central or nearly so. 



Leaflets glabroua ; flower-heads small, in terminal panicles, ,.A. myriqphylla. 



00 Leaflets more or less acute, the nerve marginal or nearly so. 

 Stipules very large, obliquely ovate, acuminate ; all parts more or less shortly pubescent ; 

 corolla nearly 4 times longer than the calyx, A. stipulata. 



