242. Ovary sessile. Ovules numerous. Standard suborbicular. Fruit jointed. Seeds oblong. Shrubs, usually erect. Flowers in few-flowered racemes.--Species 10. Tropics. (_Diphaca_ Lour., including _Arthrocarpum_ Balf. f.) =Ormocarpum= Beauv. Ovary stalked. Ovules 2-3. Anthers basifixed. Fruit not jointed, indehiscent. Seeds reniform. Trees or climbing shrubs. Flowers in cymes arranged in many-flowered raceme-or panicle-like inflorescences.--Species 65. Tropical and South-east Africa. Some species yield timber (Senegal-ebony) and gum-resin. (_Amerimnon_ P.Br., including _Ecastaphyllum_ Rich.) =Dalbergia= L. f. 243. Uppermost stamen united with the others in the middle, at least when young. 244 Uppermost stamen free throughout. 245 244. Fruit jointed, indented at one or at both sutures. Leaflets usually with stipels. (See 231.). =Desmodium= Desv. Fruit not jointed, very thinly or not septate, opening by two valves. Standard clawed, suborbicular. Ovary sessile. Stigma usually hairy. Leaflets usually with numerous parallel side-nerves and without stipels. Bracteoles none. (See 233.) =Tephrosia= Pers. 245. Connective of the stamens ending in a gland, a point, or a tuft of hairs. Keel straight or slightly curved. Fruit transversely septate. Shrubs with appressed hairs fixed by the middle. =Bracteoles= none. 246 Connective without an appendage. Hairs rarely fixed by the middle. 247 246. Fruit separating into joints. Petals red, clawed. Ovules numerous. Leafstalk not jointed at the apex.--Species 1. Mascarene Islands. =Bremontiera= DC. Fruit not jointed, dehiscing by two valves. Standard sessile or short-clawed; keel gibbous or spurred on each side. (See 215.) =Indigofera= L. 247. Bracteoles present. Trees. Petals yellow, more rarely white marked with violet; those of the keel free or slightly cohering. Ovules 2-4. Fruit compressed, more or less winged, indehiscent.--Species 15. Tropical and South Africa. Several species yield timber (rose-wood) and a resin (kino) used for tanning and dyeing and for medicinal purposes, also edible fruits and seeds. =Pterocarpus= L. Bracteoles wanting. Shrubs. 248 248. Ovule 1. Petals blue, red, or white; standard short-clawed; keel curved. Fruit ovate, indehiscent; pericarp adhering to the seed. Gland-dotted plants. Stipules stem-clasping. (See 153.) =Psoralea= L. Ovules 2 or more. 249 249. Ovules 3 or more. Petals red. Fruit subterete, constricted between the seeds, indehiscent. Spinous shrubs. Racemes with the rachis ending in a spine.--Species 1. Egypt and Nubia. The resinous exudations (Persian manna) are used for food and in medicine. =Alhagi= Desv. Ovules 2. Petals red or yellow; standard auricled at base. Fruit dehiscing by two valves. 250 250. Fruit compressed. Seeds with a linear hilum. (See 239.) =Eriosema= DC. Fruit turgid. Seeds with a short hilum.--Species 5. Tropical and South-east Africa. Used for dyeing and in medicine. (_Moghania_ St. Hil.) =Flemingia= Roxb.