BENGAL PLANTS. 
Leaflets opposite, stamens usually submonadelphous the 
vexillary stamen united in the middle to the sheath, — 
sometimes 2-adelphous (9 + 1) :— 
od mete Pongamia. 
od winged ..,. Derris. 
Leaflets atiiotiy alternate :— 
Flowers small ; pods narrow ..........s000+8 
Flowers tedium ; pods Siiborbicwies “isan Pterocarpus. 
+ Herbs ; leaflets with the inal teeth ; 
leaves always 3-foliolate :—[p. 363] 
Pod subglobose, hardly longer than calyx ......Melilotus. 
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x Leaves nena the rachis ending in a bristle; herbs with 
hypogeal fruits [p. 3 .-»- Arachis. 
= Pod by 1 or several meena. 1-seeded sega in some 
ia de ehiscing along the ventral suture :—[p. 363] 
spe exstipellate :— 
tamens l-adelphous, anthers dimorphous; leaves pra 
2-4-foliolate ; joints of pod muricated, several........+++ 
Stamens 2 ieee anthers uniform :— : 
in a sheath slit above with a free vexillary stame?; 
leaves Sle — 
Stipules spinescent; leaves always eet joints 9, ped 
Bacaly oiconiens vexillary stamen always free -- Alhagi. 
Stipules not spinescent; leaves etsy 8-foliolate, rarely 
I-foliolate; pod a solitary 1-seeded flattened segment 
vexillary ciate sometimes partially united to sheath 
Stamens in 2 lateral bundles of 5 — leaves pinnate; -“ 
of pod papillose or weakly muricu 
Leaves oo end-leafiet replied by a bristle; e 
folded within cal — 
Leaves er piniies poll straight exserted ; marsh plants 
Zschynomene 
Leaves Stipellate; stamens (9 + 1) diadelphous or rai 
adelphous ; joints of pod usually about as long as 
Ovary 1-ovuled; leaves 1-foliolate ..........cccc0ecsee0ee00e* 
Ovary sa or more-ovuled :— 
+Pod folded within the calyx :—[p. 865] Uraris. 
©Calyx-teeth setaceous, not accrescent [p- 365] ae 
