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Leaves stipellate. 
Pods twisted up; shrublets . 
Pod not twisted. 
Pod fiat ovate indehiscent i-ovuled, climber 
Pod joints turgid; erect or prostrate herb 
Pod joints flat; herbs or shrubs 
x. SophorEjE. Stamens free nearly to base. 
Shrub; pod moniliform; seeds numerous . 
Trees; pod short, broad thick; seed i 
36. Uraria 
37. Phylacium 
38. Alysicarpus 
39. Desmodium 
40. SoPHORA 
41. Ormosia 
(B) Ccesalpiniese. Trees or shrubs climbing or erect. Calyx 
segments free to disc (rarely gamosepalous, some Bauhinias). 
Petals imbricate 5 to o, sub-regular, no standard or keel. Stamens 
nearly always free. 
Anthers basifixed. 
Petals 5 ; leaves even-pinnate; shrubs or trees; 
fruit a pod ...... 
Petals 5; stamens 5; leaves odd-pinnate; 
flowers regular; gigantic trees; fruit a 
samara ....... 
Petals 2 or 0; stamens 2; fruit baccate globose 
or ovoid; big trees . 
Anthers versatile. 
Leaves bilobed or nearly entire. 
Petals 5, showy; fruit a pod 
Leaves odd pinnate; trees. 
Petals 5 ; cymes small; fruit fleshy; 
Leaves even-pinnate. 
Petals 3 ; leaflets numerous; tree . 
Petal 1; sepals sub-valvate; pod 
often spiny; seed 1 . 
Petal 1; sepals imbricate; pod 
oblong; seeds 2 or more . 
Petals o; calyx showy red or orange pink; 
stamens 3 to 8 
Petals 2, small; stamens 2 . 
Leaves odd-pinnate. 
Petals o ...... 
Petals 5. 
Fruit a samara, winged all round; tree, lower 
sepal large, hooded ..... 
Fruit a samara, winged on upper edge; thorny 
climber ....... 
Fruit a samara, winged at tip only 
Thorny climbers (or bushes); a pod 
trees 
orbicular 
smooth. 
42. Cassia 
43. Koompassia 
44. Dialium 
45. Bauhinia 
46. Cynometra 
47. Tamarindus 
48. SlNDORA 
49. Afzelia 
50. Saraca 
51. Leucostegane 
52. Crudia 
53. Peltophorum 
54. Mezoneuron 
55. Pterolobium 
56. C.ESALPINIA 
(C) Mimosese. Flowers regular 4- to 5-merous; stamens twice 
as many or numerous. 
Leaves bipinnate. 
Flowers in balls pendent on long peduncles; 
tree ....... 
Flowers yellow, capitate; aquatic herb . 
Flowers racemose; tree ; pods small; seeds red 
Flowers racemose; climber; pod very large 
57. Parkia 
58. Neptunia 
59. Adenanthera 
60. Entada 
