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keel ; wings obliquely oblong ; keel nearly straight oblong near its 

 petals, imbricated at back or valvately connate. Stamens 10, perigy- 

 nous, free or more rarely connate at very base ; anthers introrse, 

 2-rimose versatile. Germen stipitate in bottom of receptacle j ovules 

 oc , descending ; micropyle superior extrorse ; style incurved ; apex 

 minute stigmatiferous. Legume moniliform, terete or sliglitly com- 

 pressed, outside naked or longitudinally 4-winged (Edwardsia), woody 

 coriaceous or fleshy (Stypluiolobiam), indehiscent or rather late sub- 2- 

 valved. Seeds co 3 exarillate, albumen hard ; embryo fleshy ; cotyledons 

 thick ; radicle superior short, nearly straight, or more frequently in- 

 curved or inflexed. — Trees, shrubs, or rather perennial herbs ; leaves al- 

 ternate imparipinnate, leaflets few or co ; stipels setaceous or more 

 frequently ; stipules small deciduous or 0; flowers in terminal simple 

 or branched racemes ; bracts and bractlets small or more rarely 

 {Warmer regions all over the world). See p. 222. 



262. Gourliea Gill. 1 — Receptacle concave, glandular within. Calyx 

 gamosepalous ; lower teeth shorter ; two upper connate rather high. 

 Petals rather long-unguiculate ; standard orbicular spreading ; wings 

 obliquely obovate ; keel incurved obtuse, shorter than wings. Sta- 

 mens 10, free or more frequently unequally connate at base; anthers 

 small uniform. Germen sessile pluriovulate ; style incurved subulate, 

 at apex capitate stigmatiferous. Legume ovoid-globular subdrupa- 

 ceous, indehiscent; endocarp woody. Seeds few (1-3) reniform 

 thick exarillate ; embryo exalbuminous thick ; radicle incurved. — A 

 shrub ; twigs alternate spinescent ; leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets co, 

 small ; flowers 2 small in short few-flowered racemes, often fascicled 

 at nodes on wood of branches ; bracts small caducous {E.vfratropical 

 South America 6 ). 



263. Amniodendron Fisch. 4 — Calyx high -gamosepalous, lobes 5 

 subequal, 2 superior shortly connate. Petals stamens of Sqp/wra ; 

 anthers versatile. Germen sessile 2- or pauci-ovulate ; style incurved 

 subulate; apex minutely capitate stigmatiferous. Legume linear- 



1 In Hook. Sot. Misc., in. 207, t. 106.— 3 ClOS, in C. Gay Fl. Chil., ii. 218.— W.vi i\. 



ElTOl., Gen., n. 6746.— B. 11., Gen., 555, n. Rep., i. 807 j Ann., ii. 440. 



.,-., 4 In DC, Prodr., ii. 523.— Enbl., Gen,, n. 



- s'Gold-coloured, striate. 6739.-B. 1L, Gen,, 55 1, ... 270. 



