48 ; LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Lotononis. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
1. Aulacinthus.—Racemes terminal. Flowers small. Legume short, turgid, 
with the carinal suture inflexed. Small rigid shrubs. (Sp. 1-3). 
Leaves on long petioles ; calyx thinly silky isot coe: og 
Lvs. on short petioles : ae 
Stipules none or very minute ; calyx patently hairy ... (2) rigida 
Stipules solitary, lanceolate ; calyx minutely puberulous _ (3) viborgioides. 
2. Krebsia.— Flowers solitary, on short peduncles, or few, in a terminal raceme, 
Vexillum ample. Carina obtuse. Legume compressed, or scarcely turgid. Shrubs 
or suffrutices. (Sp. 4-11). 
Erect, with rod-like simple or sub-simple branches : 
Silky ; leafl. cuneate-obovate ; calyx-lobes acute... ... (4) cytisoides. 
Minutely puberulent ; leafl. narrow-linear, glabrescent ; 
calyx teeth short = : (5) carnosa. 
Thinly silky-canescent ; leafl. linear-cuneate ; calyx lobes 
Villoso-pubescent ; leaflets pellucid-dotted ; racemes 4-6 
flowered, sub-paniculate ... ... reas (11) dichiloides. 
Diffusely or divaricately much branched : 
Sub-spinescent ; leafi. cuneate-oblong ; legume pubescent (7) divaricata. 
Unarmed, albo-sericeous ; fl. subsolitary ; legume silky (8) sericophylla. 3 
_ - Unarmed, thinly canous ; leafi. 3, fl.racemose ; vex. glabrous (g) densa. Celt a 
' _ WU: labroug ; om § on lo: a es; leg. falcate (10) digitata. 19 ualhte a 
wm, : A os; Je , 
sate eS se ae wel ie rarely sub-umbellately 2-4 flow- 
~ ered. Vexillum ample. Carina obtuse. Slender, diffuse o1 decumbent suffrutices or 
herbs. (Sp. 12-19). i 
Peduncles one flowered (in Z. prostrata sometimes 2-3 flowered) : 
Stipules in pairs ; peduncles one flowered : 
Peduncles short; bracts long, obovate, deciduous ... (12) bracteata. 
(6) genuflexa. 
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Peduncles long ; bracts minute, setaceous ... ... (413) azurea. 
Stipules solitary : leafl. obovate, or lanceolate : 
Leafl. glabrous above ie sid Phe eee = gy prostedtas |= TF 
Leafl. densely hirsute on both sides... ..._—..._ (1§) Villosa. 
Leafl. cuspidate, rigid, with netted veins, thinly pilose (16) acuminata. 
_ Leafi. acuminate, veinless, densely silky on both sides (17) argentea. 
Peduncles sub-umbellately 2-4 flowered, or interruptedly racemose, pluri-flowered : 
Calyx ebracteolate, the lanceolate segments long... .... (18) varia. q 
Calyx bibracteolate, the deltoid teeth shorter than the tube (19) macrocarpa. 
4. Polylobium.—Peduncles elongate, umbellately many flowered, or imperfectly 
racemose, several flowered. Vexillum of moderate size. Carina obtuse. Diffuse or 
rarely sub-erect suffruticose-herd plants. (Sp. 20-25). 
Stems diffuse or procumbent ; leaflets elliptical or obovate : 
Bracts minute : (stipule mostly solitary) 
Appressed-pubescent, or sub-glabrous ......_ ... (20) umbellata, “* 
Patently pubescent ; leafi. pilose beneath and ciliate (21) debilis. 
Bracts obovate or orbicular, longer than the pedicel ... (22) pallens. 
Stems diffuse or procumbent ; leafl. narrow, linear or lanceolate : 
Loosely hairy ; leafl. hairy ; peduncles shortish ... ..._ (23) involucrata. ~ 
Pubescent ; eafl, glabrescent ; pedunc. long ... ... (24) peduncularis.?> 
— eve or erect ; leafl. linear lanceolate ; peduncles 
elonga pict cae oe 
Hee ene SS ey a .. (25) angustifolia, 
5. Oxydium.—Peduncles umbellately many flowered, rarely t-2 flowered. Vex- 
illum moderate. Carina acute. Procumbent or ascending, slender, sub-herbaceous 
plants. (Sp. 26-31). 
Lys. trifoliolate: peduncles slender, 1-2 flowered ... ... (27) perplexa. T 
Lvs. 3-foliolate ; peduncles umbellately many flowered : ; 
Leaf. broadly-obovate or obcordate, glaucous ; cal. lobes 
subulate... -...0 ous) ons Se eee lll Meee ae ASO), Ceenepeda. 
Leafl. cuneate-oblong or linear ; cal. teeth triangular acu- 3 
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