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VIII. 



CassiejE. 



IX. 



BAUHINIE.E. 



X. 



Cynometre^e. 



XI. 



Amherstie^. 



XII. 



CaSSALPINIE^J. 



XIII. 



Parkieje. 



XIV. 



ADENANTHEREiE. 



XV. 



ElJMIMOSEJE. 



XVI. 



Acacie^;. 



XVII. 



iNGEiE. 



Calyx segments free to the level of the disc (except 

 Bauhiniese) ; the upper petal interior (Cesalpinie^e) :— 

 Leaves simple or simply pinnate : — 

 Anthers basifixed 

 Anthers versatile : — 

 Petals 5 : — 



Calyx gamosepalous or valvately partite ... 

 Calyx lobes free imbricate 

 Petals fewer than 5 (f or 1 or 0) ... 

 Leaves 2-pinnate 

 Petals valvate (Mimose^e) :— 

 Calyx teeth imbricated 

 Calyx valvate : — 

 Stamens 5 or 10 : — 

 Anthers glandular 

 Anthers not glandular ... 

 Stamens go : — 

 Filaments free 

 Filaments united 



A. Subobder L Pavilionaceje. Calyx segments united beyond the 

 disc. Petals imbricated, the upper external. Radicle inflexed accumbent 

 or, rarely, very short and straight. 



Tribe I. Vicib^j. Dwarf herbs or climbers. Leaves usually even- 

 pinnate, the petiole produced in a spine or tendril, leaflets entire ex- 

 stipellate ; stipules often foliaceous. Flowers solitary or racemose. 

 Stamens diadelphous (9 + 1). Pod dehiscent. 



1. Abrus. 



Tribe II. Geniste^:. Shrubs, sometimes tree-like, or non-climbing 

 herbs. Leaves simple or digitately 3-qo -foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate ; 

 stipules small, free. Flowers in racemes or spikes. Stamens mon- 

 adelphous : anthers almost always 2-morphous. Pod dehiscent. 



2. Crotalaria. 



Tribe III. Phaseolej:. Climbing or creeping herbs, rarely erect 

 and shrubby, very rarely trees. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, rarely 1- 

 or 5-7-foliolate, leaflets entire or lobed, almost always stipellate. 

 Bracts 2 opposite persistent stipular or caducous. Stamens monadel- 

 phous, but if so the upper filament always free at the base ; or 

 diadelphous (9 + 1) by more or less complete detachment of the upper ; 

 anthers uniform very rarely (Mucuna) 2-morphous. Pod dehiscent. 

 Leaves gland-dotted beneath ... ... ... A. Cajanex. 



Leaves not gland-dotted beneath : — 



Style bearded and bracts very small or deciduous ... B. Ewphaseolex, 



Style beardless, or if bearded (Clitoria) with bracts per- 

 sistent :— * 



Kachis of inflorescence not swollen at nodes (style bearded 



in Clitoria) ... ... ... ... ... Q. Glycine*. 



