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Tribe 21. Eumimoseje — Fowers 4-5-merous, rarely 3 or 
6-rQerous. Calyx valvate or pappiformis, or none. Stamens 5 or 10 
(4-8) ; anthers 'without apical glands ; pollen granular. Example t 
the common Sensitive Plant, found naturalised in many parts 
in Queensland. 
Tribe 22. Acactej3. — Flowers 4-5-nierou3, rarely 3-6-merous. 
Calyx valvate, very rarely none. Stamens numerous, frequently very 
numerous, free or consolidated at base only with disk ; pollen-grains 
cohering in masses. Example : Acacia^ any Myall, Brigalow, or 
Wattle. 
Tribe 23. Inge. 1 :. — Flowers most frequently 5-merons. Calyx 
valvate. Stamens numerous, frequently very numerous, rarely 10 to 
15; anthers small ; filaments united more or less in a ttibe ; pollen- 
grains cohering in masses. Examples : AJlizzia, CalUandray and 
Inga; this latter has simply-pinnate leaves. The first, ‘‘Woman’s 
tongue” tree, is largely planted for shade. 
Tbiee VITI. PlIASEOLEyE. 
PHASEOTAJS, Linn. 
(From phaselus^ a little boat ; the supposed resemblnnce in the pods.) 
Upper teeth of calyx free or connate, the others deltoid or 
lanceolate. Standard orbicular, recurved or subtwisting, the edges 
infiexed towards the base; wings obovate, or rarely oblong, equalling 
or exceedi?ig the standard, adhering to the keel above the claw, often 
twisted; keel linear or obovate, Avith a long obtuse spirally twisted 
beak. Upper stamen free, often incrassated or appeiidiculaie above 
the base, the rest connate; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, 
multiovulato ; style incrassated within the beak of the kee], and 
twisted with it, usnalh^ longitudinally bearded upwards ; stigma 
oblique. Pod linear or falcate, terete or compressed, 2-valved, thinly 
septate between the seeds. Usually climbing herbs with pinnately 
trifoliolate leaves. 
P. vulgaris, Linn, The Common French Bean. Steins annual, 
wide-climbing, sub-glabrous. Leaflets 3, the central one broad-ovafe, 
4 to 5 inches long, acute, bi)th sides sub-glabrous. Peduncles in 
pairs, 1 to 2 inches long, 2 or 3-fiowereiL Pedicles 2 to 4 lines; 
bracteoles ovate. Calyx campanulatc, i-inch deep, upper lip truncate, 
lower 3-toothecl. Corolla Avhlte or lilac, an inch deep. Pod 4 or 5 
inches long, J-inch broad, nearly straight, compressed, glabrous, 10 to 
12-seeded. 
Order MYRTACEiE. 
An important order, especially from an Australian point of view, 
as it includes much of our timber and fruits, as well as aromatic oils, 
spices, and dyes. The number of species are about 1,800 ; genera 
about 80. 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary at the base or up to the insertion 
of the stamens ; limb more or less divided (usually to the base) into 4 
or 5, very rarely 3 or more tlian 5, lobes or teeth, or reduced to a 
narrow border, or entirely wanting; lobes usually imbricate or open 
in*the bud ; petals usually as many as calyx-lobes very much imbricate 
