1MSALPINIA GEM. 



FAM. 55. MIMOSACE^ffi (Legu 



Trees or shrubs, rarely (.V.-.,i. *■ p»dica) imd. 



sniii.'tim.'s minute. Petals valvatr, tree or more or less connate 1 

 ;t tulmlar or hmmd-sliMped cmvihi 



as many or twice as many i 

 hypogynous to perigynous, free or mon .,■ 



the liypantliium, 2-many-ovuled. Fruit a dehisce: 

 dry or suh-sneciileiit pod, very rarely breaking up i 

 into one-seeded joints. 



ENTADA, Adans 



