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2-valved. Seeds co, transverse ; albumen fleshy ; embryo greenish 

 cotyledons cordate at base ; radicle short straight. — Unarmed trees ; 

 leaves alternate imparipinnate ; stipules short, very caducous ; in- 

 florescence of Martia {Oceania). Seep. 125. 



54. Baudouinia H. Bn. — Flowers of Storckiella ; sepals and petals 

 5, hypogynous imbricated, stamens 10, hypogynous free, all fertile; 

 anthers basifixed, penicillate at apex, anther-cells 2, dehiscing longi- 

 tudinally ; posterior stamens slightly shorter. Germen central 

 free, shortly stipitate, 3-4-ovulate; style subulate, apex minute 

 stigmatiferous. Fruit fleshy, obliquely stipitate, cylindrical, 

 obliquely or subtransversely septate between seed. Seeds . . . . ? 

 Small trees ; leaves alternate simple ; stipules very short and 

 caducous; flowers in axillary pedunculate, few- or rarely 1 -flowered, 

 spurious racemes {Tropical Africa and western adjoining islands). 

 See p. 126. 



55. Duparquetia H. Bn. — Perianth hypogynous. Sepals 4, 

 large unequal; lowest sepal outermost coriaceous; highest sub- 

 petaloid : 2 lateral innermost petaloid, unequally 2-lobed, very 

 unsymmetrical. Petals 5, very disparate, imbricated vexillary in 

 aestivation ; 3 higher petals membranous ovate-lanceolate ; highest 

 outermost; 2 lower minute scale-like, furnished with unequal 

 glandular cilia. Stamens 4, 5, hypogynous 3- adelphous ; 2 lateral 

 free ; .2, 3, superior connate ; filaments short flat ; anthers basifixed 

 elongated 2-celled introrse ; locelli free acuminate at apex, furrowed 

 longitudinally, rimose within and above. Germen shortly stipitate, 

 centra], longitudinally 1 -winged, 2-ovulate ; style subulate; apex 

 minute stigmatiferous. Legume elongated l-winged . . . . ? — An 

 unarmed shrub ; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; leaflets large petiolu- 

 late ; stipules lateral ovate ; flowers in dense terminal racemes ; 

 bracts and bractlets scale-like caducous {Western tropical Africa). 

 See p. 126. 



56. Moldenhauera Schrad. — Flowers 4, 5-merous; receptacle 

 shortly conical. Sepals hypogynous valvate. Petals unguiculate 

 subfimbriate, corrugated-imbricate. Stamens 8 or 10, hypogynous 

 free ; 7 or 9 posterior short straight ; anthers erect subbasifixed 

 2-celled introrse, "2-rimose to a greater or less extent from apex to 



