Amyridace.!]:. — Trees or slirubs ; leaves compound, occasionally 

 stipulate and dotted ; calyx three to five cleft ; petals three to 

 five, valvato ; stamens six to ten ; ovary one to five-celled, sur- 

 rounded by an annular disk ; ovules in pairs ; fruit dry and 

 hard ; exocarp splitting into valves ; seeds anatropal, exalbumi- 

 nous ; containing — Balsamodendron Ifyrrha, and Canarium Com- 

 mune. 



Legumiis-os.e. — Herbs or trees with alternate, usually compound, 

 stipulate leaves; calyx five cleft; petals papilionaceous or regular; 

 stamens variable, distinct, or united in bundles ; fruit a legume; 

 seeds exalbuminous. This order has been sub-divided into three 

 sub-orders — FapilionacecB, CcdsalpinecB, and Mimosece. 



Papilionace.^. — Petals papilionaceous, imbricate ; the vexillum 

 external. It contains — Myroxylon Pereira, Myroxylon Toluifera^ 

 Sarothammis Scopariiis, Glycyrrhiza Glabra, Physostigma Venenosum, 

 Asfragalm Ferns, Pferocarpus Santalinus, Pterocarpm Marsupium, 

 Indigofera Tinctoria. 



CiESALPiNE.'E. — Petals imbricate ; vexillum internal : includes — 

 Hcematoxylum CampeacJiianum, Tamarindiis Indica, Cassia Fistula, 

 Copaifera MnUijuga, Cassias (producing Senna).- 



MiMOSE.^. — Petals valvate : contains — Acacias (yielding gum). 



EosACEiE. — Herbs, trees, or shrubs ; leaves usually comj)ound 

 and stipulate ; flowers showy ; calyx permanent, lined with a 

 disk ; petals five, equal ; stamens definite or indefinite ; ovaries 

 solitary or several, distinct or united ; styles obliquely inserted 

 on the ovary ; fruit variable ; seeds exalbuminous ; embryo 

 straight, with flat cotyledons. Its sub-orders are : — Amygdalecd, 

 Roscce, and Pomece. 



Amygdale^e. — Trees or shrubs, with deciduous calyx tube ; 

 fruit a drupe ; stipules not united to the petiole. It comprises — 

 Aymjgdalus Communis, Prunus Pomcstica, and Prunm iMurocerasus. 



PosE.E. — Carpels not adhering to the calyx tube ; fruit achenes 

 or follicles ; stipules united to j)etiole. Contains — Brayera 

 Anfhdminiica, lioni Canina, llosa Cent if olio, and Rosa Gallica, 



