LEGUMINOS2-CHSALPINIEA. 189 
indehiscent (?) ; sutures somewhat thickened. Seeds o; coats thick ; 
albumen copious ; embryo rather fleshy, greenish; cotyledons elon- 
gated ; radicle straight exserted.—An unarmed tree ; leaves alternate 
2-pinnate; leaflets small numerous; stipules minute caducous; 
flowers small in cymiferous much-branched racemes; inflorescence 
terminal or lateral on wood of last year’s branches (Islands of eastern 
tropical Africa). See p. 144. 
