LEGUMINOS^. 



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Legume many-seecled, rather spherical, and very obtuse. Shrubs, 



SuBTRiBE I. Geni'ste^. Legume l-celled (f. 2G. d. f. 29. (/.). 

 with mipari-pinnate or palmately 3-5-foliate leaves, and yellow . Stamens usually monadelphous (f. 25. c. f. 27. r?. f. 29. c). 

 flow^ers. ' Leaves simple or palmately trifoliate ^ rarely phinate. Stems 



19 BuRTONiA, Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Petals about equal in usually shrubby. 



length. 



Lecrume 



roundish, rather ventricose. Shrubs, with 



32 Hove A. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate (f. 25. a.). Keel ob- 

 tuse (f. 25. yi). Stamens monadelphous (f. 25. c), upper one 



awl-shaped, trifoliate, sessile leaves, and yellow flowers. 



20 Jacksonia. Calyx 5-parted. Petals and stamens deci- more or less free. Legume sessile (f. 25. rf.), roundish, ventri- 



duous. Legume rather ventricose, ovate or oblong, with the cose, 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. Shrubs, with alternate 



valves pubescent inside. Shrubs, almost leafless in the adult simple leaves and purplish flowers. 



state, with filiform branches, and yellow flowers. 



33 Plagiolobium. Calyx bilabiate (f. 2G. a.), upper lip 



21 Vimina'ria. Calyx 5 -toothed, angular. Petals equal in broad, retuse, lower one 3-parted. Keel obtuse (f. 2G. c). 



Legume valveless, ovate. Shrubs, in the adult state Stamens diadelphous, 9 joined, and 1 free. Legume oblique (f. 



26. d.)f coriaceous, ventricose, 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. 



length. 



leafless. Flowers yellow. 



22 Si'HiEROLOBiUM. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Legume sphe- Shrubs, with simple spiny-toothed leaves, and blue flowers. 



34 Platylobium, Calyx 5-cleft, bracteate, bilabiate. Sta- 



mens all connected. 



Legume pedicellate, compressed, flat, 



rical, 1-2-secded, pedicellate. Shrubs, in the adult state nearly 

 leafless, when present simple, with red or yellow flowers. 



23 AoTus. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Petals and stamens many-seeded, winged on the back. Shrubs, with opposite sim- 

 deciduous. Legume 2-valved, 1-2-seeded. Shrubs, with sim- pie leaves and yellow flowers, with the base of the vexillum red. 

 pie narrow leaves and yellow flowers. 35 Bossle a. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 27. fl.), bilabiate. Stamens 



24 Dilewy'nia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, tapering to the monadelphous (f. 27. d. f. 28. i.). Legume compressed (f. 28. 

 base. Vexillum large, 2-lobed. Legume ventricose, 1-2-seed- c), pedicellate (f. 27. e.), many-seeded, with the margins thick- 

 ed. Seeds strophiolate. Shrubs, with simple leaves and yellow ened on both sides. Seeds strophiolate. Shrubs, with flat or 

 flowers. 



terete branches, and alternate simple leaves, when present, and 



25 Euta^xia. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Vexillum broad. yellow flowers, with the keel usually red or brown. 



Legume rather 



ventricose, I-2-seeded. Seed strophiolate. 



36 GooDiA. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Vexillum large, flat. 

 Stamens all connected. Legumen pedicellate, compressed. Seeds 



Shrubs, with simple leaves and yellow flowers. 



26 Sclerotha'mnus. Calyx 5 -cleft, bilabiate, bibracteate at strophiolate. Shrubs, with alternate, stalked, trifoliate leaves, 

 the base. Keel length of wrings. Legume ventricose, pedicel- and yellow flowers. 



late, 2-seeded. A shrub, with simple leaves and yellow flowers. 



37 Sco^TTEA. Calyx bracteate, 5-toothed. Stamens all con- 



27 Gastrolobium. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Keel length nected. Vexillum very short. Legume stalked, compressed, 



thickened at the sutures. Seeds 3-4, strophiolate. Shrubs, 



of wings. Legume ventricose, 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. 



Shrubs, with simple leaves, disposed 4 in a whorl, and yellow with toothed simple leaves and reddish flowers. 



flowe 



rs. 



38 Templetoma. Calyx 5-toothed, Stamens all connected, 



28 EucHiLus. Calyx deeply 5-cleft, bibracteolate at the the tenth sometimes free. Keel oblong, rather longer than the 



wings. Legume pedicellate, compressed, many-seeded. Seeds 



base, bilabiate, lower lobes setaceous. Keel length of wings. 



leaves and scarlet flowers. 



Legume compressed, pedicellate, 2-seeded. Seed strophiolate. strophiolate. Shrubs, with alternate, simple, wedge-shaped 

 Shrubs, with opposite simple leaves and yellow flowers. 



29 Pulten^'a. Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate (f. 24. a.), 

 bibracteolate at the base. Legume sessile (f. 24. rf.), 2-seeded. 



39 Ra'fnia. Calyx cleft in 5 lobes to the middle, lowest lobe 

 setaceous. Keel obtuse. Vexillum roundish. Stamens mona- 

 delphous. Legume lanceolate, compressed, many-seeded. Shrubs, 



Shrubs, with simple alternate leaves. 



30 Davie'sia. Calyx angular, 5-toothed. Keel shorter ^'^^h alternate simple leaves and yellow flowers. 



than the wings. Legume compressed, angular, opening elasti- 



40 Vascoa. Calyx half 5-cleft. Lobes acute, not spinose. 



Legume com- 



cally at the lower suture, 2-seeded, pedicellate. Seeds stro- Vexillum roundish. Stamens monadelphous. 

 phiolate. Spiny or unarmed shrubs, with simple leaves, some- pressed, sessile, many-seeded. Shrubs, with simple, stem-clasp- 

 times leafless, and yellow flowers. ^"g leaves, upper ones opposite, lower ones alternate, and yellow 



31 Mi 



Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Legume 2-seeded, 



flowers. 



longitudinally 2-celled, from the suture being bent inwards above. 41 Borboxia. Calyx 5-cleft ; lobes spiny at apex. Corolla 



Shrubs, with ternately verticillate leaves and purple flowers. 



Tribe XL 



7)1 ona 



f' 



(f- 



villous. Vexillum emarginate. Keel obtuse. Stamens mona- 

 delphous. Legume linear, flat, many-seeded. Shrubs, with 

 simple, alternate, stem-clasping leaves and yellow flowers. 



42 AciiYRONiA. Calyx 5-toothed, lower tooth elongated and 



». c. f. 29. c.) or diadelphous^ that is to say y djoinea 

 Legume conlinuousy l-celled (f. 29. d.\ rarely 2 



bifid. 



Jlat.foliaceous (f. 21. a./.) 



Stamens diadelphous. Legume compressed, many- 

 seeded. Shrubs, with habit of last genus, with yellow flowers. 

 being bent inwards. Cotyledons 43 Lipa^ria. Calyx thrust in at the base, 5-lobed, lower 



lobe very long, elliptic, petaloid. Corolla smooth. Keel acute. 



