Cnestis.] 
CONNABACE^. 
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15, oblong, short-stalked, obtuse, flat, coriaceous, entire, 2-4 in. long, 
cuneate at the base. Flowers in dense short-peauncled racemes 1-3 
in. long from the old branchlets, rarely panicled ; the rachis grey-downy ; 
pedicels very short. Calyx T x ¥ in. long, reflexing, villose on the outside. 
Petals shorter than the sepals, yellowish-white. Carpels 5, diverging, 
densely villose. Follicles an inch long, finely brown-silky, lined with a 
coat of bristles inside. Seed with a whitish cupular arillus. DC. Prod. 
ii. 87. 
Mauritius, woods of the Pouce, Montagne Longue and Savanne ranges. Also 
Bourbon. Liane des Rats. Mort aux Rats. 
2. C. polyphylla, Lam. III. t. 3%7,Jig. 2. A woody climber, with 
silky branchlets. Leaves 3-4 in. long, petioled ; leaflets 11-17, ob- 
long, cordate, opposite, short- stalked, 1-lf in. long, rather bullate, 
coriaceous, downy beneath. Flowers in densely fascicled racemes 1-2 
in. long from the old branches, with a densely brown-silky rachis ; pedi- 
cels very short. Petals Ungulate, in. long, exceeding the lanceolate 
reflexed sepals. Stamens as long as the petals. Follicles not seen. 
DC. Prod. ii. 86. 
Mauritius, in forests of the Savanne range and gorges of the Riviere Noire. 
Bojer. We have it only from Madagascar. Liane des Rats. Liane d Paniers. 
Order XXXIII. LEGUMINOS.E. 
Flowers irregular, except in Acaciese, usually hermaphrodite. Calyx 
gamosepalous, with 5 teeth, subequal or more or less fully joined into 
two lips. Petals 5, unequal or equal, occasionally some absent. Stamens 
10, rarely indefinite or 1 or more absent or imperfect ; anthers 2-celled, 
usually slit down the side. Ovary monocarp ellary, sessile or stalked ; 
ovules 1 or many ; style and stigma various. Fruit a pod, in most of 
the Mauritian representatives splitting down both sutures. Seeds usually 
exalbuminous.— Herbs, shrubs or trees ; leaves alternate, stipulate, 
usually pinnate ; inflorescence various. Distrib. The second largest 
of all the known natural orders. Cosmopolitan. Species 7000-8000. 
Sub~order I. Papilionace.®. Corolla papilionaceous, the upper petal 
(standard) outermost in bud. 
Tribe I. GrENiSTEiE. Stamens monadelphous. Leaves digitately 
trifoliolate. Pod not jointed. 
Spiny shrub with bilabiate calyx * TJlex. 
No spines ; calyx 5-cleft 1. Crotalaria. 
Tribe II. Tbieolie^:. Stamens diadelphous. Leaves pinnately tri- 
foliolate, with toothed leaflets. Pod not jointed. 
The only genus * Melilotus. 
Tribe III. Galege^:. Stamens diadelphous. Leaves usually im- 
paripinnate, with entire leaflets. Pod not jointed. 
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