Leguminosa. 5 



lower (keel) in pairs; stam. 10 or less, usually di- or monadelphous. 

 (Genera 1-47.) 



II. Caesalpinieee. Pet. slightly unequal, imbricate, the upper one 

 inside in bud; stam. 10 or less, distinct. (Genera 48-57.) 



III. JVIimoseae. Pet. equal, more or less connate into a corolla, 

 segm. valvate in bud ; stam. often indef., distinct or connate. (Genera 

 58-64.) 



The largest Order in the Ceylon Flora, containing 207 species, or 

 nearly 7 per cent, of the whole. The majority of these, however, are of 

 wide distribution, and we have only 12 endemic species, Pericopsis being 

 the only endemic genus. 



1. Fapllionaceae. 



Stam. mon- or diadelphous. 

 Pod not jointed. 

 Pod dehiscent (exc. 6 and 7). 

 Stems not twining. 

 Stam. monadelphous (Genistea). 

 Keel-pet. nearly free, anth. uniform 

 Keel-pet. connate, anth. dimorphous. 



Pod flat 



Pod inflated .... 



Stam. diadelphous (exc. 6 and 7). 

 L. 3-foliolate ( Trifoliece) 

 L. pinnate (rarely simple), {Galegecr). 

 Anth. apiculate ; hairs attached by 



centre 



Anth. blunt ; hairs basifixed. 

 Pod indehiscent. 



Pod 1 -seeded. Herb 

 Pod several-seeded. Shrub 

 Pod dehiscent. 

 Without partitions between seeds 

 With partitions 

 Stems usually twining (exceptions in 27, 30, 



37, 39, 4". 4 ' ) 

 L. pinnate ( Vicieic) .... 

 L. 3- (rarely 1-) foliolate (Phascolece). 

 Lflts. not gland-dotted. 

 Style not bearded. 



Nodes of intl. not tumid. 



uaL 



Stam. diadelphous. 



1. (listing t 

 ( a I. truncate 

 stam. monadelphous. 



Anth. all fertile 



Alt. anth. abortive 

 unequal. 

 . 

 Standard 



Keel .11. 'I standard longer than 

 wings 



1. Roth 1 a. 



2. Heylandia. 



3. Crotalaria 



4. Parochetus. 



5. INDIGOFERA. 



6. psoralea. 



7. mundulea. 



8. Tephrosia. 



9. Sesbania. 



21. AliRUS. 



22. Shot 1 11 \. 



23. DUMASIA. 



24. GLY« int.. 



25. Tkka.mnus. 



I 1 

 .7. kk\ 1 hi IN \. 



:X. Si I IDON, 



