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SuB-OEDER III. GJHSALPINIE^, Br. 



Cercis. CercU. 



Section ol seed Section of seed 



parallel to plane perpendicular to 



of cotyledons. plane of cotyledons. 



Cei'cis Siliquas/rum. 



Cercis. Calyx. 



Cercis. 

 Flower cut vertically. 



Cercis. Pod, 



Cercis. 

 Wings. 



Cercis. 

 Keeh 



Cassia tora. Copai/era Langsdorfii. 

 Transverse section Arillate seed 



of seed (mag.). (mag.). 



Stem woody, straight or climbing, sometimes flexuous, flattened, ribbon-like 

 (Bauhinia). Leaves, generally compound, stipulate. Flowers 5 , rarely dioecious 

 COeratonia), imbricate in sestivation, nearly regular or sub-papilionaceous, in 

 racemes or spikes. Calyx usually 5-nierous. Petals inserted on the calyx, 

 usually 5, alternate with the sepals, rarely 3, 2, or 1, sometimes {Oopaifera, 

 Geratonia). Stamens 10 or fewer, inserted with the petals ; filaments generally 

 free rarely coherent {L&ptoloiium) , more or less unequal. Carpel solitary; ovules 

 anatropous. Pod dehiscent or often indehiscent, sometimes pluricelled by 

 transverse septa {Cassia, OleditscUa). Seeds often marked with an areola. Embryo 

 straight, exalbuminous, or often albuminous. 



