98 



LEGUMINOS.^. 



Stamens diadelphoiis. Style villous in front. Legume linear, 

 compressed, hooked at the end, many-seeded. A tomentose herb, 

 with pinnate leaves, and racemes of white flowers. 



102 Gale'ga. Calyx of 5 awl-shaped, equal teeth. Vexillum 



Keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous. Stigma 



obovate-oblong. 



dot-formed. Legume terete, tomentose. Herbs, with blue, red, 



■ 92 Grona. Calyx 4-cleft ; upper lobe emarginate. Wings or white flowers. 



obtuse. Vexillum obcordate. Keel concave, adnate to the 103 Callotropis. Calyx of 5 equal filiform teeth. Vexillum 



middle of the wings. Stigma simple. Legume linear, compressed, erect, ovate. Wings shorter than the keel, which is incurved 



many-seeded. A prostrate shrub, with simple leaves, and purple Style incurved, tipped by a hairy stigma. Stamens diadelphous, 



flowers. the 9 joined ones incurved. Legume stipitate, compressed, ta- 



93 ColLjE^a. Calyx 5-cleft ; upper lobe a little broader pering to both ends, many-seeded. Herbs, with blue flowers. 



104 Tephrosia. Calyx 5-toothed (f. 37. a.). Vexillum 

 large (f. 37. 6.), roundish, silky or pubescent outside, reflexed. 

 4-6-seeded. Shrubs, with trifoliate leaves, and purple flowers. Wings adhering to the obtuse keel. Stamens either monadel- 



than the rest. Petals unguiculate. Vexillum biauriculate at 

 the base. Stigma capitate. Legume compressed, tomentose, 



94 Oto'ptera. Calyx 5-cleft, 2 superior lobes approximate. plious or diadelphous. 



Legume 



compressed, linear, many- 



Vexillum large, roundish. Wings oblong, furnished with an seeded (f. 37. c). Shrubs or herbs, with purple or white flowers. 



auricle on the stipe. Keel 2-edged. Stigma bilabiate, obtuse. 

 Ovary linear, straight, compressed, many-ovulate. A twining 

 shrub, with trifoliate leaves, and purplish flow^ers. 



105 Amorpha, Calyx 5-toothed. Vexillum ovate, concave. 

 Wings and keel wanting. Stamens exserted, monadelphous at 

 the base. Legume compressed, ovate, or lunulate, 1-2-seeded. 



95 Puera'ria. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip entire or hardly Shrubs, with bluish-purple flowers. 



bidentate, lower one trifid. Keel obtuse. Vexillum obovate. 



106 Eysenha'rdtia. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, upp€f 



Stamens monadelphous. Legume compressed, stipitate, many- teeth more remote, lowest one longest. Vexillum oblong, dis* 

 seeded. Climbing shrubs, with trifoliate leaves, and yellowish tinct from the keel. Ovary biovulate. Style hooked at the 



apex. A tree, with white flowers. 



107 NissoLiA. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Stamens wo- 



flowers. 



96 Duma'sia. Calyx obliquely truncate, toothless, bibrac- 



teate at the base. Claws of petals length of calyx. Keel obtuse, nadelphous, with a dorsal fissure, or diadelphous. Legume' stipi- 



Legume tapering to the base, compressed, few-seeded. Climb- tate, ending in a leafy wing, 1 or many-seeded. Climbing shrubs. 

 ing herbs, wnth trifoliate leaves, and purplish or yellow flowers. 



108 Mulle'ra. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, circumcised 

 97 GtYciNE. Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate. Style acute, at the base after flowering. Petals deciduous. Stamens 8-10, 

 Legume linear, compressed, straight, many-seeded, hooked at the monadelphous, falling off with the calyx, 

 end. Climbing herbs, with trifoliate leaves, and usually yel- links 1-5, distinct, indehiscent, 1-seeded. 

 lowish flowers. 



Lefyume moniliformi 

 A tree. 



109 Lonchoca'rpus. Calyx urceolate, 5-toothed. Vexillum 



Sta- 



98 Cii^ETo'cALYx. Calyx bilabiate, with awl-shaped segments, orbicular, about equal in length with the wings and keel 



those of the upper lip recurved and those of the lower lip ad- mens monadelphous and diadelphous. Legume on a short stip^i 



pressed, beset with glandular bristles. Ve:?fillum roundish, flat, membranous, 4-8-seeded. Trees, with purplish flo^vers. 



emarginate. Keel conforming to the wings. Ovary linear, many- 110 Robinia. Calyx 5-toothed; teeth lanceolate, 2 siipe- 



seeded. Style filiform, villous. A chmbing shrub, with impari- rior ones shorter and approximate. Vexillum large. 

 pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers. 



Keel 



Legunne 



) 



obtuse. Stamens deciduous. Style bearded in front. 

 nearly sessile, many-seeded, margined at the seminiferous suture. 

 SuBTRiBE IV. Gale'ge-e. LcguMC I'Celkd (f. 36. c. f. 37. Spiny trees, with white or rose-coloured flowers. 



Stems herha^ 



111 Poit^'a. Calyx obliquely truncate, 5-toothed, 2 «PP^^ 



ccous, shrubby, or arboreous. Leaves alternate or opposite^ usually teeth very short. Petals connivent. Vexillum retuse, shorter 

 tvipari-pinnate. 



dd Petalosxe* 



than the wings, but with the keel longer than the wings. Stam^^ 



ressed, 



. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed. Petals un- a httle exserted. Legume stipitate, mucronate, comi 



bat 



guiculate, like each other in shape. Stamens 5, monadelphous. many-seeded. Shrubs, with white or red flowers. 

 Vexillum conduphcate, free. Legume covered by the calyx, 112 Sabinea. Calyx cup-shaped, with a truncate somew 



1-seeded, indehiscent. Herbs, with white or purple flowers. entire margin. Keel very blunt, rather shorter than the vexil- 



100 Da^lea. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 36. a.), or 5-toothed. Wings lum. Legume compressed, elongated, mucronate, many-seeded* 

 and keel adnate to the base of the stamens (f. 3C. b.), Vexillum 

 short, free. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Legume ovate, 1- 

 seeded (f 30, c), shorter than the calyx. Herbs, with white or 

 blue flowers. 



101 Glycyriu'za. Calyx^ tubular, S-cleft, bilabiate, espe- at the apex. Stigma capitate. Legume compressed, S-S-seeaeJ. 



Shrubs, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, and purplish flowers. 



113 CouRSE^TiA. Calyx 5-cleft, 2 superior lobes shorter 

 than the rest, and joined together a little higher. Vexillum o 

 cordate. Keel obtuse, shorter than the winsfs. Style bearde 



than 



mucronate. Woolly trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves, 



aaa 



others. Vexillum ovate-lanceolate. Keel 2-etlged or 2-petalled, yellow flowers. 



acute. Legume ovate or oblong, compressed, 1.4-seeded. Herbs, 114 SesbVniA. Calyx 5-cIeft, or 5-toothed (f. 5S. a.)., Vexil' 



Avith sweet roots, and bluish or white flowers. lum roundish, complicated (f. 38. b.), larger than the keel. 



