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and axillary, or more rarely terminal much-branched corymbiform 

 racemes {All tropical regions). See p. 110. 



40. Griffonia H. Bn. — Flowers of Bauhinia ; receptacle tubular, 

 much elongated; calyx loosely campanulate, 5-lobed, imbricated. 

 Petals 5, subequal, imbricated. Stamens 10, perigynous free ; anthers 

 uniform introrse versatile. Germen stipitate, very excentric, inserted 

 anteriorly on receptacle, oc -ovulate ; style short ; stigma minute 

 terminal. Legume raised on a long stalk, obliquely oblong, coin- 

 pressed or turgid, 2-valved ; style persistent, apiculate or hooked. 

 Seeds few . . . ? — Climbing shrubs ; leaves alternate 3-foliolate, 

 penniveined or 3-veined ; stipules lateral small ; flowers handsome 

 in axillary supra-axillary or terminal, simple or branched, racemes ; 

 bracts small caducous {Western tropical Africa). See p. 114. 



47. Cercis L. — Receptacle shortly turbinate, lined by a disk ; 

 mouth oblique. Calyx unequally campanulate, broadly 5-toothed, 

 imbricated. Petals 5, very disparate, imbricated ; highest petal 

 innermost, stamens 10; filaments free decimate; anthers uniform 

 introrse 2-rimose. Germen stipitate subcentral co-ovulate ; style 

 rather thick ; apex obtuse stigmatiferous. Legume oblong or 

 broadly linear, compressed thin veined, rather late becoming 

 1-2-valved; placental suture narrowly winged. Seeds obovate or 

 ovate, compressed ; albumen hard ; embryo compressed ; cotyledons 

 flat ; radicle either straight or oblique curved, somewhat exserted. — 

 Unarmed trees or shrubs ; leaves simple, entire or emarginate 2-lobed, 

 3- oo -veined ; stipules small caducous ; inflorescence racemose ; 

 racemes short, simple or compound, solitary or oftener fascicled, on 

 wood of stem and last year's and older branches {Temperate and 

 eastern Asia, North America). See p. 114. 



VI. CASSIEiE. 



48. Cassia T. — Flowers hermaphrodite irregular resupinate ; 

 receptacle slightly dilated ; apex a little convex or subplane, more 

 rarely a little concave. Sepals 5, very unequal, at apex sometimes 

 acute, sometimes obtuse, imbricated. Petals 5, alternisepalous, sab- 

 equal or unequal (posterior petals smaller), imbricated ; highest 

 petal innermost. Stamens 10, subhypogynous free ; either all fertile 



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