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25. LEGTTMINOS-iE. 
E ubescent on the upper or inner side. — St. climbing with 
ranched tendrils winged. Lfts. very few, rarely more than 
1 or 2 pairs, elongate and lanceolate, sometimes 0. FI. 
mostly large conspicuous, often rose or purple. 
tft Tribe IX. PHASEOLEJE. 
The Kidney-bean Tribe. 
Stam. and pod as in Viciece. Stem mostly twining often 
suffruticose. L. without tendrils pinnate ; lfts. mostly 3 or 1, 
stipelled. Infl. axillary rarely terminal ; fl. normally racemose. 
Cot. thick fleshy mostly aerial. Primordial l. opposite. 
tff26. Phase onus. Cal. campanulate f-toothed, the upper 
teeth not longer than the lower. Keel curled or twisted 
spirally. Stigma oblique or lateral. — L. pinnately ternate, 
lfts. stipelled. 
ttf27. Dolichos. Cal. as in Phaseolus. Standard orbicular 
with 2 protuberances or callosities at the base within. Keel 
not twisted. Stigma terminal capitate. Pod with plain 
sutures. — L. as in Phaseolus. 
ftf28. Lablabia. Same as Dolichos , but 2 upper teeth of 
cal. combined into one, and pod roughly tubercled at the 
sutures. 
tf Subobder II. C^ESALPINIACEyE. 
FI. irregular, imperfectly or not papilionaceous. Pet. imbricate 
in bud, the upper one internal ; sometimes partially or wholly 
wanting. Stam. only subperigynous, often almost or quite hy- 
pogynous distinct unequal, Jil. all free. Embryo straight. 
ft Tribe X. CASSIEAE. 
The Senna Tribe. 
FI. perfect subrosaceous rather than papilionaceous, pet. 5 un- 
equal spreading. Pod bivalve mostly indehiscent sometimes 
pulpy. — Shr. or tr. FI. in panicled or simple rac. conspicuous. 
1F20. Cjesalpinia. Sep. 5 petal-like unequal, the lowest 
largest concave or boatshaped, connate downwards into a 
cupshaped persistent base. Pet. clawed, the upper one 
smallest. Stam. 10 alt fertile, fil. villous-hairy. Pod plain 
unarmed compressed dry bivalve. — Mostly prickly climbing 
shr. L. e veiny 2 -pinnate. FI. y. scentless. 
ft30. Cassia. Sep. 5 distinct unequal deciduous. Pet. 
without claw. Stam. 10 rarely 6 unequal, the upper shorter, 
