robinieæ

from The Century Dictionary.

• A subtribe of leguminous plants of the tribe Galegeæ.
• It is characterized by racemed flowers from the axils or fascicled at the older nodes, commonly free banner-stamen, blunt anthers, numerous ovules, somewhat rigid style, and usually flat and two-valved pod. It includes 16 genera, of which 11 are American, 1 African, 3 Australasian, and 1 (Sesbania) of general distribution. They are either herbs, shrubs, or trees, rarely shrubby climbers. For important genera, see Robinia (the type), Sesbania, and Olneya.