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XLIII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
Tribe XV. Cynometrex. — Leaves abruptly pinnule. Calyx-lobes free to the disk. Petals 
none, 1 or 5. Ovules 1 to 4. 
Calyx-lobes or sepals imbricate, 4. Petals 5. Stamens 10, regular, with 
small anthers. Leaflets 1 or 2 pairs. Pod semiorbicular, turgid . . .86. Cynometra. 
Tribe XVI. D im orphan dr eac. — Leaves bipinnate. Flowers small, subregular. ■ Calyx 
campanulate, 5-fid. Petals 5. 
Stamens twice as many as petals. Petals slightly imbricate 87. Erythrophlceum. 
Suborder III. MIMOSEyE. 
Flowers regular, usually 5-merous (4 to 6). Sepals usually connate in a 
5-toothed or lobed calyx. Petals as many as sepals, free or connate, hypogynous 
or subperigynous, valvate in {estivation. Stamens as many or twice as many as 
petals or indefinite, free or monadelphous ; anthers minute, dehiscing longitudi- 
nally. Seeds elliptical or roundish, compressed. Albumen none or sparing. 
Radicle short, straight. — Shrubs or trees, rarely herbaceous. Leaves bipinnate. 
Flowers small, sessile, or shortly pedicellate, capitate or spicate. 
Tribe XVII. Adenanthereae. — Calyx valvate. Stamens 10 (rarely 5). Anthers with a 
deciduous apical gland. 
Anthers tipped with a gland. 
Pod large, coriaceous or woody, the sutures forming a persistent replum, 
the valves falling away in 1-seeded articles. Tall woody climbers . . 88. Entada. 
Pod linear, 2-valved. Seeds thick. Flowers pedicellate. Trees . . .89. Adenanthera. 
Anthers without any gland. Pod short, flat, falcate or oblique. Lower 
flowers of the spike often with long, linear, coloured staminodia. Herbs 
or undershrubs 90. Neptunia. 
Tribe XVIII. ESumimosere. —Calyx valvate or setaceous and rudimentary. Stamens 5 or 
10 (4 to 8). Anthers glandular ; pollen granular. 
Flowers capitate, valves of pod separating from the persistent narrower 
suture 91. ‘Mimosa. 
Tribe XIX. Acaciere. - Calyx valvate. Stamens indefinite, free or consolidated at base only 
with disk ; pollen-grains cohering in masses. 
Stamens, at least in the hermaphrodite flowers, all free 92. Acacia. 
Tribe XX. Xngeae. — Calyx valvate. Stamens indefinite. Filaments united more or less in 
a tube. Pollen-grains cohering in masses. 
Stamens monadelphous. 
Pod flat and thin, straight or scarcely falcate 93. Albizzia. 
Pod curved or twisted, 2-valved, and often reddish or pulpy inside, or 
separating into indehiscent articles 94. Pithecolobium. 
Differing only from Pithecolobium in its carpels 95. Archidendron. 
1. BRACHYSEMA, R. Br. 
(Standard of flower short.) 
(Leptosema, Benth.; Kaleniczenkia, Turcz.; Burgesia, F. v. M.) 
Calyx-lobes nearly of equal length, the 2 upper ones often united higher up. 
Standard shorter and narrower than the wings, usually recurved ; wings narrow ; 
keel usually broader and longer than the wings, incurved. Stamens free. 
Ovary sessile or stipitate, with several ovules ; style filiform, with a small 
terminal stigma. Pod ovoid or elongated, turgid, the valves usually coriaceous. — 
Shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate and simple, or all reduced 
to small scales. Flowers red, or rarely yellow-green, or almost black, terminal 
or axillary, solitary or several together, or crowded on short radical scapes, the 
pedicels usually recurved so that the keel is turned uppermost. Bracteoles none. 
The genus is limited to Australia.— Benth. 
