XXX. LEGUMINOS^E 
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Stamens united at the base, ultimately dividing into two 
bundles of 5 each. A herb. Leaflets 41-61. Flowers 
yellow . • • • . . . . . .19. AEschynomene. 
Stamens 9, all united. A tree. Leaflets 5 or 3. Flowers 
yellow-white ......... 38. Dalbergia. 1 
Upper stamen free, others united. 
Leaflets 5, 2 at the base of the leaf-stalk, 3 at the 
end. Flowers yellow, in umbels. Five longer 
stamens thickened upwards 10. Lotus. 
Leaves covered with short hairs fixed by the centre. 
Flowers red, pink or purple, in racemes . . 11. Indigofera. 2 
Flowers yellow, in racemes. Ovary stalked. Style 
bearded. Pod inflated . . . . . .12. Golutea. 
Flowers red, in leaf-opposed racemes . . . .13. Tephrosia. 
Flowers pink, yellow’ or yellow-green, in axillary 
racemes or heads, rarely solitary or in pairs . . 15. Astragalus. 
f f Leaves terminating in a spine, bristle or tendril 
Stamens united in two bundles of 5 each. Flowers pale 
blue. Pod jointed 18. Smithia. 
Upper stamen free, others united. Pod not jointed. 
Leaves terminating in a spine. A shrub. Flowers 
yellow 14. Garagana. 
Leaves terminating in a bristle or tendril. Herbs 
Style cylindric, nearly glabrous . . . .24. Vicia. 
Style flattened, bearded along the inner side . . 25. Lathyrus. 3 
* * * * Leaflets none 
Stipules leaf-like. Leaves terminating in a tendril. 
Flowers yellow ........ 25. Lathyrus . 4 
II. CiESALPINIEiE. Calyx 5-parted, spathe-like and undi- 
vided or spathe-like and splitting into 2 or 3 unequal segments. 
Petals free, imbricate, nearly equal and similar, the upper one inner- 
most. Stamens 10 or fewer, free or united close to the base, 
shorter or only slightly longer than the corolla. 
Calyx 5-parted. Leaves pinnately divided. 
Shrubs prickly. Leaves 2-pinnate 40. Ccesalpinia. 
Trees or herbs, not prickly. Leaves simply pinnate . 41. Cassia. 
Calyx spathe-like and undivided or splitting into 2 or 3 seg- 
ments. Leaves simple, notched or 2-lobed . . .42. Bauhinia. 
III. MIMOSEiE. Flowers usually very small, crowded in 
globose heads or cylindric spikes. Calyx bell- shaped or tubular, 
teeth 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5, united in a tubular or bell-shaped 
corolla. Stamens 8 or numerous, much longer than the corolla, 
free or more or less united. 
Stamens 8, free. Pod jointed ....... 43. Mimosa. 
Stamens numerous. Pod not jointed. 
Stamens free or united only at the base . . . .44. Acacia. 
Stamens united up to the top of the corolla . . .45. Albizzia. 
1 Dalbergia usually has 5, sometimes 3 leaflets. 2 All species except 
J. trifoliata. 3 L. luteus only. 4 L. Aphaca only. 
