22 G. King — Materials for a Flora of tJie Malayan Penifistila. [No. 1» 
rarely 0» usually free aod iiiiequiil. Stmnens uoruially 10^ perigytioiis 
or almost hypogyuouei, rarely fewer by arrest^ or" indefinite ; iilaraeiitg 
free or variously combined j anthcra 2-celled, deliiscenoe almost always 
longitudinal* Ovary free, style simple, cylinclric, usually decliuate; 
atigma capitate, terminal or oblique; ovules 1 — oo on the ventral autiiro. 
Fruit usunlly dry, a pod splitting open along both sutures, Boraetimes 
opening only along the ventral sutarej sometimes continuons and in- 
debiscent, somotimea separating into ono-sceded iadehisoent segments, 
See(ls usually exalhuminous; cotyledons follaceous or amygdaloid, with 
a straight or an jnflcxed accnmbent radicle- 
A very large order ivith three very natural suborders, inolnding 
altogether about 8,000 species. Of these suborders the Fapilionacem 
are cosmopolitan in distribution, the Cmsmpinkm and the Mimmem are 
confined to the tropics and to warm temperate regions. 
Petals imbricate 
Cftlyx BQg;mentB united above the level of tbe diec ; 
the upper petal (standard) exterior (PAPiLmsACK*) : — 
Stamens moH' or dladetplioas : — 
Pods dohiacent along both autures %• — 
Ifoaves even-pinnate the raohia continued as a 
tendril briatle 
Leaves siraple, digitate or odd-ptnnate : — 
Leaves simple sessiie, or digitately 3-7-folio' 
late ; stamens mouadelphouSi anthers dimor- 
phous 
Loaves pinnatoly 3-foliolate, rarely {ClitoHa) 
5-7*foliolatO or {Fle.miiigia) ■peiioled l^foUo' 
late or digitately 3'foliolate and then with 
2-a<deIphoua atamena ; when stamens l-adet* 
phous, the upper iSlament attached to the 
others at itg base 
Leaves 6-ao -foliolate, or if l-S-foliolato 
{T^-pkroda) with partially monadolphaua ata- 
mena and UDiform anthera, or (/nrfi^o/era) 
with 2.ad;aIphone stameiiB, apiculate anthers 
and basifi£ed hairs \ when attimena monadel- 
phous the upper stamen free at its base 
Pods indohiaoent or opening only along lower 
sntnre ; (leaves, except Amckis, odd-pinoate) :— 
Pods not segmented, alvpays quite indehi- 
scent; leaves all odd'pintmte 
Pods breaking into l*geedcd indohiscent seg- 
ments, or if dehiscent {Denmadiwm in part) 
oulj opening along lower sutare ; if not aeg* 
mented {Atachis.) with leaves even-pinuate ; 
(segment solitary in Fhijlacixtm) ,., VI, HtcnvsARKas. 
Stamens free „, .„ ... VIL SoPHaarJj. 
n. Geniste.«, 
in, PhaseolrjS. 
IV, Galkge^i;. 
