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highest petal of variable aestivation, never outermost. Stamens 10, 

 perigynous subequal; anthers uniform sagittate introrse 2-rimose. 

 Germ en stipitate pauciovulate ; style short apiculate ; apex undi- 

 lated stigmatiferous. "Legume stipitate oblong-lanceolate flat 

 thin, almost indehiscent. Seeds 1, 2, piano-compressed; albu- 

 men small ; cotyledons compressed ; radicle rather long, inflexed." — 

 An unarmed tree ; leaves 1 -foliolate ; stipules 2, small lateral ; 

 flowers in terminal branched racemes ; bracts minute ; bractlets 0. 

 (Tropical Australia). See p. 82. 



14. Gyixmocladus Lamk. — Flowers polygamo-dicecious ; recep- 

 tacle long tubular, lined by a disk. Sepals 5, inserted at top of tube, 

 valvate or unevenly imbricated. Petals 5, subsimilar to sepals, sub- 

 equal imbricated. Stamens 10, free inserted with perianth ; anthers 

 uniform introrse rimose, in female flower sterile. Germen inserted 

 in bottom of receptacle, in male flower rudimentary, in hermaphro- 

 dite and female oo -ovulate ; style terminal straight ; apex obliquely 

 dilated, sub-2-lobed stigmatiferous. Legume sessile oblong sub- 

 falcate thick turgid, finally woody, 2-valved, pulpy within between 

 seeds. Seeds thick, subglobose or obovoid ; funicle rather long ; in- 

 teguments coriaceous ; albumen copious horny ; embryo fleshy ; 

 cotyledons flattened ; radicle short straight. An unarmed tree ; 

 leaves alternate 2-pinnate ; leaflets membranous ; stipules 2, lateral 

 minute pectinate ; stipels linear ; flowers in terminal simple or 

 branched racemes (North America). See p. S3. 



15. Gleditschia L. — Flowers polygamous; receptacle turbinate- 

 campanulate or tubular, lined by a disk. Sepals 3-5, narrow sub- 

 imbricated. Petals 3-5, sessile subequal, nearly similar to sepals, 

 imbricated. Stamens 6-10, free, inserted with perianth, in female 

 flower sterile. Germen central, in male flower rudimentary or 0, in 

 female and hermaphrodite 2- go -ovulate ; style short ; stigma ter- 

 minal, more or less dilated. Legume ovate or elongated, straight 

 compressed, coriaceous or subdrupaceous ; indehiscent or tardily 

 2-valved ; mesocarp pulpy ; endocarp membranous protruded be- 

 tween seeds. Seeds 1- co, transverse ; funicle slender, rather long; 

 albumen horny ; embryo compressed ; cotyledons subfoliaceous ; 

 radicle straight, slightly exserted. — Trees ; abortive twigs often 

 transformed into strong simple or branched spines ; leaves 2-pinnate 



