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24. EHAMNACE^. 25. LEGUMINOS^. 
It. vi. 309. St. 27. 3. — Orange-coloured aril inclosing the seed. 
Bark green. L. glabrous. Fl. forming small umbels, greenish 
white. Fruit rose-coloured. — Hedges and woods. Sh. V. VI. 
E. S. I. 
Order XXIV. RHAM^^ACE^. 
Cal. 4 — 5-cleft, ralvate in the bud. Pet. distinct, inserted 
into the throat of the calyx. Stam. opposite to the pet. and 
equalling them in number. Ovary wholly or in part superior, 
2 — 3 — 4-celled, surroimded by a glandular disk. Seeds solitary, 
erect. Embryo straight. Fruit fleshy or dry. 
1. Rhamnus. Cal. pitcher-shaped, 4 — 5-cleft. Pet. 4 or 5, 
' or sometimes 0, inserted with the stam. on the margin of 
the tube of the calyx. Fruit fleshy, with 2 — 4 cells and as 
many seeds. 
1. Rham'ntjs Linn. Buckthorn. 
1. Jt. cathar'tieus (L.) ; thorns terminal, fl. i-cleft dioecious, 
petioles much longer than the stipules, I. roundish-oval sharply 
toothed, fr. -with 4 seeds. — £. B. 1629. — Branches op^josite. 
SeiTatures of the 1. inciu'ved, glandular. Notch in the seeds 
shut. Styles 4, united halfway up. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. 
v.— Vn. Buckthorn. ' E. S. I. 
2, a. Fran'ffula (L.) ; spineless,^. 5-cleft perfect, I. elliptic 
acuminate narrowed below entire, fr. with 2 seeds, style simple. — 
U. B. 250. — Branches alternate. Fl. in small clusters, gi-eenish 
white, small. — Hedges and thickets. Sh. V. VI. Black Alder. 
K S. ? I. 
Order XXV. LEGXJMINOS^. 
Cal. inferior. Sep. 5, more or less combined, odd one inferior. 
Cor. papilionaceous (in our plants), inserted into the base of the 
calj-x. Pet. 5, odd one superior. Stam. 10 (in our plants), 
monadelphous or diadelphous. Ovary free, 1-celled. Fruit a 
legume; placenta on the upper suture; style from the upper 
suture. Embr}^o bent over the edge of the cotyledons, or straight. 
— All our plants have papilionaceous flowers and 10 stamens in 
one bundle or in two bundles of 9 and 1. 
Tribe I. iOy^-^'. Pod continuous. Cotyledons rising above 
the groiuid and becoming gi-een leaves. Leaves of 1 or 3 
leaflets or pinnate with a terminal leaflet. 
