Ovary stalked. Seeds kidney-shaped. Flowers in copious panicles composed of cymes. (See 242.)DalbergiaL. f.Anthers attached by the back, opening by parallel longitudinal slits.Fruit more or less oblique or curved.353353. Bracteoles persistent. Calyx bell-shaped, obtuse at base. Corolla violet; standard silky outside. Ovary stalked. Ovules 1-2. Fruit thick-leathery, crescent-shaped, not winged. Seed 1, kidney-shaped.Small spiny trees.—Species 1. West Africa.DrepanocarpusG. F. Mey.Bracteoles deciduous. Calyx more or less top-shaped at the base. Corolla yellow, more rarely white marked with violet; standard glabrous.Ovules 2-6. Fruit membranous or leathery, hardened in the middle, more or less distinctly winged. (See 247.)PterocarpusL.354. (347.) Uppermost stamen united with the others in the middle, at least when young.355Uppermost stamen free throughout.361355. Wings free from the keel. Ovules more than two. Fruit 2-valved.Leaflets usually with stipels.356Wings adhering to the keel. Leaflets usually without stipels.357356. Flowers in axillary racemes, without bracteoles. Corolla white. Ovary stalked, not surrounded by a disc. Style hairy at the apex. Stipules spine-like. (See 203.)RobiniaL.Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles, with bracteoles. Corolla red, bluish, or white. Ovary usually surrounded at the base by a disc.Style glabrous.—Species 60. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some species yield timber, dyes, and poison.MillettiaWight & Arn.357. Calyx-teeth distinctly developed. Fruit dehiscing by two valves. Shrubs.Bracteoles absent.358Calyx-teeth very short or wanting. Fruit indehiscent. Trees or climbing shrubs. Bracteoles present.359358. Petals acuminate, red; standard lanceolate; keel beaked. Style glabrous.—Species 10. Madagascar.ChadsiaBoj.Petals obtuse or subacute, white or red; standard suborbicular; keel not beaked. (See 233.)TephrosiaPers.359. Fruit winged. Seeds flat. Ovary sessile or short-stalked. (See 351.)DerrisLour.Fruit not winged.360360. Fruit with a thick-leathery, almost woody pericarp, oblique-oblong, not thickened at the sutures. Seed 1, kidney-shaped, rather thick. Ovary subsessile, with 2 ovules. Climbing shrubs. Flowers in racemes, reddish.—Species 1. Seychelles. The wood and the oily seeds are used. (GaledupaLam.)PongamiaVent.Fruit with a membranous or leathery pericarp. Seeds flat. (See 303.)LonchocarpusH. B. & K.361. (354.) Stem shrubby, erect or climbing.362Stem tree-like.371362. Style bearded lengthwise towards the apex. Ovules numerous. Fruit indehiscent or dehiscing at the top only. Flowers in axillary racemes.363Style glabrous, or hairy at the base only, or bearing a penicillate stigma.365363. Style bearded on the back or all round. Stigma terminal. Corolla red or white; keel blunt, shorter than the standard. Fruit finally dehiscing at the top. (See 340.)LessertiaDC.Style bearded on the inner side only. Ovary stalked. Fruit inflated, indehiscent.364364. Stigma terminal. Corolla red; keel pointed, exceeding the standard.Bracteoles present.—Species 1. South Africa. Used as an ornamental plant.SutherlandiaR. Br.Stigma placed beneath the hooked apex of the style. Corolla yellow; keel blunt; standard with two callosities on the inner side.—Species2. North Africa and Abyssinia. They (especiallyC. arborescensL. bladder senna) are used as ornamental plants and yield a dye andmedicaments.ColuteaL.365. Connective of the stamens bearing a gland, a short point, or a tuft of hairs.Wings adhering to the keel. Fruit 2-valved. Hairs fixed by the middle. Bracteoles absent. (See 215.)IndigoferaL.Connective without an appendage. Bracteoles usually present.366366. Ovule 1. Fruit ovate, indehiscent; pericarp adhering to the seed.Gland-dotted plants. (See 153.)PsoraleaL.Ovules 2 or more.367367. Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip hooded, notched, equalling the standard, the lower lip divided into 3 narrow teeth. Corolla yellowish. Ovary sessile. Ovules 5-7. Flowers in panicles, with large persistent bracteoles.—Species 8. West Africa.PlatysepalumWelw.Calyx obscurely 2-lipped, with a not very large upper lip, or equally4-5-toothed, or almost entire.368368. Wings adhering to the keel.369Wings free from the keel.370369. Calyx-teeth very short or wanting. Fruit flat, narrowly winged, transversely chambered or 1-celled, indehiscent. Usually climbing plants.(See 351.)DerrisLour.Calyx-teeth distinctly developed. Fruit longitudinally 2-celled, more rarely 1-celled, but turgid, finally dehiscing by two valves. (See219.)AstragalusL.370. Inflorescence axillary. Corolla yellowish. Ovary sessile. Ovules free.Fruit leathery, suborbicular, not winged, indehiscent. Seed 1, oblong or ovate. Climbing plants. Leaflets without stipels.—Species 3.West Africa.OstryocarpusHook. fil.Inflorescence terminal. Ovary usually surrounded by a disc. Fruit linear or oblong, tardily dehiscing by two valves. Seeds orbicular or reniform. (See 356.)MillettiaWight & Arn.371. (361.) Calyx 2-lipped, with large entire lips. Corolla yellow; wings free; petals of the keel free. Ovary subsessile, surrounded by a lobed disc. Ovules 3-4. Bracteoles small, deciduous.—Species 1.West Africa (Congo).DewevreaMich.Calyx 2-lipped with divided lips, or more or less equally 4-5-toothed.372372. Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip hooded, notched, equalling the standard, the lower lip divided into 3 narrow teeth. Corolla yellow. Ovary sessile. Ovules 5-7. Flowers in panicles. Bracteoles large, persistent.(See 367.)PlatysepalumWelw.Calyx obscurely 2-lipped, with a not very large upper lip, or equally4-5-toothed, or almost entire.373373. Fruit dehiscing by two valves.374Fruit indehiscent. Ovules 2-6.375374. Leaflets alternate, gland-dotted on the lower face. Petals gland-dotted.Ovary long-stalked. Ovules 3-4. Fruit woody, turgid.—Species 2.Central Africa.SchefflerodendronHarms