4 — occasionally with epicalyx. Pet. 4 — 5 or 
more, rarely o. Sta. 10 — 00, rarely fewer. Carp. 
I — 00, varying from apocarpous to syncarpous and 
from superior to inferior; ovules 2 in each (rarely 
more), anatropous. Fr. of achenes, follicles or 
drupes, sometimes a pome. Seeds exendospermous. 
(PoMOiDE^) Cotoneaster, Pyrus, Cratcegus, Mes- 
pilus; (Rosoide^) Ruhus, Fragaria, Potentilla, 
Dry as, Geum, Ulmaria (=i:Brit. '' Spircea'')^ 
Agrimonia, Alchemilla, Poterium (inch San- 
guisorba), Rosa; (Prunoide^) Prunus (inch 
Cerasus and Amygdalus ) ; [(Spir^oide^) 
Spircea; (Pom.) Cydonia, Amelanchier; (Ros.) 
Kerria.'j 
Family 44. PAPIhlONAT^ (a sub-family of 
FFGUMINOS^). Herbs, shrubs or trees, some- 
times climbers. Lea. spiral, stipulate, mostly com- 
pound and pinnate. Inflor. usually racemose. Flow, 
cyclic, ^ , zygomorphic, typically 5-merous. Per. 
double. Cal. + gamosepalous, often 2-lipped; odd 
sepal anterior. Pet. 5, papilionaceous, with descend- 
ing vexillary aestivation. Sta. 10 or 9+1, mon- or 
di-adelphous, very slightly perigynous. Carp, i ; 
ovules I — oOy ± anatropous; plac. sutural. Fr. a 
legume or lomentum. Seeds exendospermous. 
Genista, Ulex, Cytisus, Ononis, Medicago, Meli- 
lotus, Trigonella, Trifolium, Anthyllis, Lotus, 
Astragalus, Oxytropis, Hippocrepis, Ornithopus, 
Vida, Lathyrus, \Lupinus, Galega, Wistaria, 
Robinia, Colutea, Coronilla, Onobrychis, Ara- 
chis, Desmodium, PhaseolusT^ 
[Mimose.^, flow, actinomorphic. Mimosa, Acada; 
and C.s;sAEPiNiE^, flow. + zygomorphic but not 
papilionaceous, Tamarindus, Cassia, Gleditschia — 
are the two other sub-families of Leguminos^.] 
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