Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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NUMBER 77 FABACEAE 91<br />
Herbs; petals 5; leaves tapered to base. .......... Crotalarh<br />
Trees; petal 1; leaves rounded at base. ........... Swart&<br />
6.<br />
6.<br />
1. Leaves 2-more-foliolate.<br />
7. Rowers mdially symmetrical, petals equal, valvate; leaves even-pinnate,<br />
bipinnate (except once-pinnate in Inga) (MMOSOIDEAE).<br />
8. Inflorescence spicate or racemose.<br />
9.<br />
9. Trees.<br />
High climbing vines. ........................<br />
Entuda<br />
10. Leaflets alternate ...................... Adenuntheru<br />
10. Leaflets opposite.<br />
11. Leaves bipinnate (see also cult. Mimosa arenosa) ...........<br />
............................ Acacia muricata<br />
11. Leaves once-pinnate ........................ Znga<br />
8. Inflorescence capitate.<br />
12. Plants with straight stipular spines or recurved internodal thorns.<br />
13. Fruits unarmed. ......................... .Acacia<br />
13. Fruits armed. .......................... Mimosa<br />
12. Plant unarmed.<br />
14. Leaflets S .5 cm broad.<br />
15. Leaflets rhomboid-angular .......... Pithecellobium jupunba<br />
15. Leaflets rounded.<br />
16. Leaflets tergeminate (6 per leaf) .............<br />
Calliandra<br />
16. Leaflets 4 or 8-more per leaf.<br />
17.<br />
17.<br />
Leaflets 8-more per leaf. ................ Albtjia<br />
Leaflets geminate (4 per leaf) ....<br />
Pithecellobium unguis-cad<br />
14. Leaflets c0.5 cm broad.<br />
18. Pinnae >10 cm long.<br />
19. Pinnae 20 or more; leaflets to 0.3 cm long .... Anadenanthera<br />
19. Pinnae 10 or fewer; leaflets to 1 cm long ........ Leucaena<br />
18. Pinnae 3-4 cm long.<br />
20. Erect shrub; flowers white; stipules linear, hair-like .........<br />
............................ Desmanthus<br />
20. Prostrate shrub or herb; flowers yellow; stipules broader ......<br />
.............................. Neptunia<br />
7, Flowers bilaterally symmetrical; petals unequal, imbricate; leaves various,<br />
including digitate, pinnate (odd-, even-, and bi-).<br />
21. Leaves evenly pinnate (Caesalpinoids and a few Faboids).<br />
22. Leaves bipinnate (all Caesalpinoids).<br />
23. Pinnae c10; petals to 3 cm long; fruit to 10 cm long .... Caesalpinia<br />
23. Pinnae >lo; petals to 5 cm long; fruit to 50 cm long. ..... Delonix<br />
22. Leaves once-pinnate.<br />
24. Leaflets2.<br />
25. Tree; leaflets >10 cm long; fruit unjointed. ........ Hymenaea<br />
25. Herb; leaflets to 2 cm long; fruit jointed ............<br />
Zornia<br />
24. Leaflets 4-more.<br />
26. Twining climber ......................... Abrus<br />
26. Trees, shrubs, or herbs.<br />
27. Leaflets obcordate; hit flattened and papery ... Haemutoxylum<br />
27. Leaflets acute; fruit various but not flattened and papery.<br />
28. Fertile stamens opening by lateral slits.<br />
29. Stamens 10; hit dry ................. Sabinea<br />
29. Stamens 3; fruit with fleshy edible pulp ..... Tamarindus<br />
28. Fertile stamens poricidal (see also cult. Cassia).<br />
30. Inflorescence supra-axillary ; bracteoles 2;, legumes elastically<br />
dehiscent; androecium actinomorphic ..... Chamaecrista
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