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base ; anterior stamen much longer ; filament curved ascending- ; 

 anther fertile or sterile, glabrous or pilose. Germen sessile central 

 free oo-ovulate ; style slender, slightly clavate at apex ; stigma 

 truncate, minutely ciliate. " Legume oblong piano-compressed 

 coriaceous 2-valved. Seeds transverse ovoid." — Unarmed trees; 

 leaves imparipinnate and 2-pinnate ; leaflets coriaceous ferruginous 

 below ; stipules small caducous ; flowers in elongated or dense, 

 corymbiform compound branched terminal racemes ; bracts small 

 caducous {Tropical America). See p. 127. 



57. Apuleia Mart. — Flowers subregular; receptacle shortly 

 obconical or turbinate, lined by a disk. Sepals 3, imbricated. 

 Petals 3, a little dissimilar, slightly imbricated. Stamens 3, more 

 rarely 2, posterior perigynous free ; anthers linear-oblong basifixed, 

 introrse 2-rimose. Germen subcentral stipitate, 2-3-ovulate ; style 

 rather thick ; apex truncate or dilated, stigmatiferous. Legume 

 obliquely ovate or oblong, piano-compressed coriaceous 1-2-seeded 

 2-valved ; placentary suture narrowly winged. Seeds transverse 

 orbicular or ovate, compressed albuminous ; cotyledons leaf-like ; 

 radicle shortly exserted straight. — Unarmed trees ; leaves impari- 

 pinnate ; leaflets alternate coriaceous ; stipule small or ; flowers 

 (sometimes polgygamous) in composite axillary cymes, usually 

 expanding before opening of leaves ; bracts small caducous ; bract- 

 lets {'Tropical America). See p. 12S. 



58. Distemonanthus Benth. — F]owers (of Apuleia), 5-merous ; 

 sepals 5, imbricated ; petals 3, posterior imbricated. Stamens 2, 

 alternipetalous fertile posterior (of Apuleia) ; anthers 4-locellate at 

 base, dehiscing at apex by 2 short poriform clefts. Staminodes 3, 

 posterior oppositipetalous antherless. Germen (of Apuleia) pauci- 

 ovulate ; stigma terminal oblique. Fruit .... ? — An unarmed tree ; 

 leaves alternate imparipinnate ; stipules very caducous ; flowers in 

 composite axillary cymes; leaves opening after anthesis {Western 

 tropical Africa). See p. 128. 



59. Dialium L. — Flowers of Apulia ; receptacle evenly or un- 

 evenly cupuliform, tapering or subrostrate posteriorly, lined by a 

 disk. Sepals 5., rarely 4, perigynous imbricated. Fetal 1 ("or 2") 

 posterior vexillary minute {Codarium), usually absent. Stamens 2 or 



