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1732. Fifth order, N. fructuarice. Diclines; herbs, 

 shrubs and trees without corollse, but with nuts or plums. 

 (Their sixteen families stand in the order exhibited at 

 Tab. B.) 



CLASS XIF. 



Plum-plants Papilionacea. 



1733. Polypetalous calycine corollse, with a drape or 

 its fundamental form, the legumen. Here belong the 

 papilionaceous plants, Rhamnacese and Terebinthacese. 



1734. The stalk is frequently herbaceous with nodes; 

 but mostly fruticose and arborescent. 



1735. The leaves here attain their highest develop- 

 ment, and are mostly pinnated, sometimes endowed with 

 the power of independent motion. 



1736. The corollse are mostly irregular, quinary, 

 arranged like pinnate leaves, with ten, rarely more, con- 

 nate and free stamina. 



1737. The ovarium is a single carpel, owing to the 

 four others being arrested ; it is usually compressed and 

 bivalved, with few seeds ; it is a legumen, frequently 

 converted into a fleshy fruit. 



1738. The Papilionacese are so rich in number that they 

 include all the orders of the trunk, and even transcend 

 or exceed its limits ; their allied families are the Rham- 

 naceae and Terebinthacese with fleshy fruits. 



1739. First order, Druparia parenchymatoste. Papi- 

 lionaceae with herbaceous, nodose stalk and pinnated 

 leaves ; corolla-petals and single stamen free ; seed-lobes 

 thin Hedysarea, AstragalecB, Glycinetf. 



1740. Second order, D. vaginatce. Herbs and shrubs 

 with ternary or tendrilless leaves ; the corolla-petals or 

 stamina frequently confluent Trifoliacea, Genisfete, 

 Galegece. 



1741. Third order, D. axonales. Bushes, shrubs, or 

 trees, frequently training with pinnate leaves and ten- 

 drils; calyx large, seed-lobes thick Viciea, Beans, 

 Dalbergia. 



