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BE CANDOLLE'S SYSTEM. 



A very large natural order, of which there are 3 principal 



divisions: /O<A\ 



Division l.Papilionace*. Flowers papilionaceous (340). 

 USES The Locust-tree, Laburnum, and Sissoo, a species 

 of Dalbergia, yield valuable wood. The roots of Glycyrluza 

 glabra are liquorice. Peas, Beans, Kidney Beans, Vetches, 

 and other sorts of pulse, are articles of food. Clover, Suck- 

 ling, Melilot, Lucerne, Medick, Saintfoin, and others, are f 

 der plants. Indigo is 

 furnished by various 

 plants, especially Indi- 

 gofera tinctoria. A 

 kind of manna oozes 

 from Alhagi Mauro- 

 runi. Cowhage con- 

 sists of the stinging 

 hairs on the pods of 

 Mucuna pruriens. Cer- 

 tain Astragali yield 

 gum Tragacanth. The 

 seeds of Laburnum and 

 several others are nar- 

 cotic ; as also is the 

 root of Piscidia Eryth- 

 rina, the tincture of 

 which is said to be 

 more powerful than 

 laudanum. 



TYPICAL GENERA. 

 Cytisus, Lathyrus, Co- 

 lutea. 



Adenocarpus frankenioides. 1. The standard, 

 wings, and keel split open. 2. The stamens. 3. A 

 cross section of a seed. 4. A legume, with a por- 

 tion of one of the valves turned back. 



Division 2. Ccesalpiniea. Petals regularly spreading, im- 

 bricated. Stamens perigynous. 



USES. Senna is the foliage of different species of Cassia. 

 The Tamarind fruit comes from Tamarindus Indica. The 

 pods of the Carob-tree (Ceratonia Siliqua) are highly nu- 

 tritious. Hsematoxylon Campeachianum yields logwood ; 

 Csesalpinia Brasiliensis, Brazil wood. 



TYPICAL GENERA. Cassia, Bauhinia. 



