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Stamens inserted with the corolla, double in number to the petals, or indefinite ; anthers 

 2-celled. Pistil generally 1-carpelled, becoming a pod or an imdehiseent fruit, often 

 jointed. Embeyo generally exalbuminous. 



SuB-OEDEE I. MIMOSE^, Br. 



Mimosa pudica. 



Acacia iaxa. 

 Agglomerated pollen-grains. 



Albizzia. 

 Embryo (mag.). 



Albizsia, 

 Andrceclmn (mng.). 



Stem woody, rarely herbaceous, unarmed or thorny, straight or sarmentose 

 sometimes aquatic and floating (Neptunia). Leaves simple {phyllodes) or 2-3-pin- 

 nate, sometimes irritable ; petiole inserted on a small cushion, usually furnished 

 with petiolar or spinal glands; stipules free, caducous, sometimes persistent and 

 spinescent. Flowbes ? , often polygamous, regular, in a spike or head, rarely in a 

 panicle or corymb. Calyx 4-5-fid or -partite, aestivation generally valvate. Petals 

 as many as the sepals, inserted on the base of the calyx, or distinctly hypoo-ynous 

 free {Parkia, Prosopis), or more or less coherent into a tube {Acacia, Mimosa, Inga, 

 &c.), sestivation generally valvate. Stamens usually double or multiple the petals, 

 very rarely equal {Desmanthus) ; filaments free (Adenanthera, Desmanthus, Entada 



