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arillate. — Shrubs or undershrubs ; leaves imparipinnate or subdigi- 

 tate, more rarely 1-foliolate ; stipules small caducous ; flowers 

 in axillary, often short, racemes ; bracts caducous ; bractlets [Aus- 

 tralia). See p. 123. 



51. Dicorynia Benth. — Flowers of Cassia; sepals 5, ovate, very 

 unequal, imbricated ; petals 3, posterior, much imbricated. Stamens 

 2, free ; anthers dehiscing by short openings at apex. Germen 

 sessile pauciovulate ; style inflexed ; stigma small terminal. Legume 

 obliquely or evenly ovate, piano-compressed coriaceous, inde- 

 hiscent (?) ; placentary suture narrowly winged. Seeds compressed 

 albuminous. — Unarmed trees ; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; 

 leaflets coriaceous ; stipules very caducous ; flowers in compound 

 much-branched terminal racemes ; bracts and bractlets very cadu- 

 cous {Tropical America). See p. 123. 



52. Martia Benth. — Beceptacle shortly conical. Sepals 5, 

 slightly unequal, subhypogynous, either imbricated or subvalvate 

 with obliquely-cut margins in aestivation. Petals 5 (more rarely 4), 

 slightly unequal, imbricated in sestivation ; highest petal innermost. 

 Stamens 4, 5, free subhypogynous ; filaments short erect ; anthers 

 subbasifixed elongated acuminate 2-celled 4-locellate, dehiscing by 

 2 short poriform clefts below apex. Germen central free sessile 

 pauci- or more rarely cc -ovulate ; style subulate ; stigma minute 

 terminal. Legume large oblong piano-compressed, thinly coria- 

 ceous, traversed by 2 longitudinal ribs ; sutures broadly winged ; 

 1- or few-seeded, indehiscent. Seed flat, reniform or subrhomboid ; 

 albumen thin ; embryo compressed ; cotyledons thin ; radicle short 

 straight. — Unarmed trees ; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; stipules 

 very caducous ; flowers in compound much-branched terminal 

 racemes ; buds acuminate curved ; bracts and bractlets very caducous 

 {Tropical America). Seep. 124. 



53. Storckiella Seem. — Flowers of Martia ; perianth hypogy- 

 nous imbricated, usually 5- more rarely 3-6-merous. Stamens either 

 10 or rarely more {Etistorckietla), or else 4 {JDoga) ; anthers shortly 

 2-rimose below apex. Germen shortly stipitate, cc-ovulate ; 

 style subulate ; apex thin stigmatiferous. Legume oblong piano- 

 compressed coriaceous, longitudinally winged at •placental suture, 



