ALI, S I ( Editor E Nasir ) Flora of West Pakistan No 100. Papilionaceae , Karachi: University Karachi, 1977.

Illustrated by Numerous Illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Large 8vo Inscribed By Author Inscribed on ffep, "Presented to Professor P R Bell As a token of gratitude with author's compliments, S I Ali, 15 August, 1977." Also contains a number of other signed booklets. Dust Jacket in clear protective sleeve, tears, handwritten title on spine. Blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling, slightly soiled. 390 pages. 48 figs. Trees, shrubs, climbers or herbs. Leaf rarely simple, mostly compound, unifoliolate, pinnately or palmately compound; stipels sometimes present. Inflorescence solitary, racemose, paniculate or umbellate, capitate or spicate. Flower zygomorphic. Calyx gamosepalous. Corolla polypetalous or sometimes united, vexillary imbricate, differentiated into the upper bigger outermost petal or vexillum, the two lateral wings, and the 2 innermost, sometimes united along the margin, forming the carina or keel. Stamens 10, rarely fewer, free or fused, mostly the adaxial stamen free or nearly so and the 9 united together, anthers uniform or dimorphic, basifixed or dorsifixed. Ovary unicarpellary, mostly unilocular, many-1 ovules on the adaxial suture. Fruit dehiscent by 2 or 1 sutures or indehiscent, or jointed and breaking up into 1-seeded parts. Seed sometimes arillate, with or without endosperm. A large family with c. 480 genera and c. 12000 species; cosmopolitan in distribution. List of tribes and genera: Tribe 1-Sophoreae Sophora, Castanospermum; Tribe 2-Podalyrieae-Thermopsis, Tribe 3-Genisteae-Spartium, Laburnum, Tribe 4-LotononideaeLotononis, Tribe 5-Lupineae-Lupinus, Argyrolobium, Tribe 6-Crotalarieae-Goniogyna, Crotalaria, Tribe 7-Robinieae-Robinia, Tribe 8-Millettieae-Millettia, Wisteria, Tribe 9-Lonchocarpeae-Pongamia, Derris, Tribe 10-Dalbergieae-Dalbergia, Tribe 11-Tephrosieae-Tephrosia, Tribe 12-Indigofereae-Indigofera, Cyamopsis, Tribe 13-Sesbanieae-Sesbania, Tribe 14-Galegeae-Galega, Tribe 15-ColuteaeColutea, Tribe 16-Astragaleae-Caragana, Chesneya, Gueldenstaedtia, Astragalus, Oxytropis, Glycyrrhiza, Tribe 17-Psoralieae-Amorpha, Psoralea, Tribe 18-Cajaneae-Cajanus, Atylosia, Flemingia, Rhynchosia, Paracalyx, Tribe 19-Diocleae-Pueraria, Canavalia, Tribe 20-Erythrineae-Erythrina, Butea, Mucuna, Tribe 21-Phaseoleeae-Phaseolus, Vigna, Macroptilium, Lablab, Macrotyloma, Tribe 22-Glycineae-Clitoria, Dumasia, Glycine, Shuteria, Teramnus, Tribe 23-Abreae-Abrus, Tribe 24-Vicieae-Cicer, Vicia, Lens, Lathyrus, Pisum, Tribe 25-Ononideae- Ononis, Tribe 26-Trifolieae-Melilotus, Trigonella, edicago, Trifolium, Tribe 27-Loteae-Lotus, Securigera, Tribe 28-Coronilleae- Hippocrepis, Tribe 29-Hedysareae-Stracheya, Hedysarum, Onobrychis, Taverniera, Ebenus, Alhagi, Tribe 30-Aeschynomeneae-Smithia, Aeschynomene, Tribe 31-Desmodieae-Ougeinia, Desmodium, Uraria, Alysicarpus, Tribe 32-Stylosantheae-Zornia, Arachis, Tribe 33-Lespedezeae-Lespedeza, Campylotropis. (Book ref. 128357)  £45.00

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