Lebeckia.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 83 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
1, Stiza. Carina longer than the vexillum. Legume fiat. Rigid, much bran 
spiny shrubs. Leaves few, flat, unifoliolate. Flowering Ssaahes isehumnlon’ ite 
in a rigid, spiny, naked point. (Sp. 1-3.) 
Branches and twigs thinly tomentose : - 
Legume quite glabrous ; Laser euspidate ... .,. (1) macrantha. 
Legume albo-tomentose; calyx-teeth blunt ...... (2) pungens. 
Branches and twigs glabrous ; legume glabrous fi iva = 19) Palloloba, 
2, Phyllodiastrum. Carina acute or sub-rostrate, shorter than the vexillum. Le- 
gume flat. Glabrous and sub-glaucous, unarmed suffrutices or herbs, with filiform 
leaves. Racemes terminal, many-flowered. (Sp. 4-7.) 
Calyx-teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube : : 
Legume sub-sessile, linear-faleate... ... ... ... .. (4) Plunkenetiana. > 
Legume shortly stipitate, broadly oblong, straight ... (5) ian: ™ 
ume on @ long stipe, linear, straight or curved ... (6) Candolleana. ~ 
Calyx-teeth lanceolate-acuminate, longer than the tube ... (7) grandiflora. 
8, Eu-Lebeckia. Curina acute or sub-rostrate, equalling or exceeding the vexillum 
and ale. Legume narrow-linear, terete or sub-terete. Glabrous and glaucous suffru- 
tices, with filiform leaves. Racemes terminal. (Sp. 8-11.) 
Calyx-teeth subulate, longer than the tube wee see, co (8) PRUcifora. 
Calyx-teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube : 
Legumes defiexed ; rachis furrowed : : 
Flowers 5-6 lines long ; stems tall, sub-erect ... (9) Simsiana. a 
Flowers 2-2} lines long ; stems diffuse (10) sepiaria, 
Legumes ascending-erect ; rachis smooth ... ...... (11) ambigua. 
4. Calobota. Carina obtuse, longer than the alz, equalling or exceeding the vex- 
illum. Legume terete or turgid. Suffrutices or shrubs, variably pubescent, or canes- 
cent. Leaves trifoliolate, rarely simple, never filiform. Flowers racemose. (Sp. 12-22.) 
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Leaves simple (unifoliolate) : 
Canescent ; racemes laxly few-flowered ... ...... (12) linearifolia. 
Appressedly: pubescent ; racemes elongate ... (13) subnuda. 
pee trifoliolate : elab ’ 
igs not spiny ; petals TOUS 
heaile oblong or sub-linear ; young parts pubes- 
(14) mucronata. 
Leaflets very narrow-linear; whole plant glabrous (15) leptophyile. 
Twigs not spiny ; vexillum and keel more or less silky nar 
Calyx and legume glabrous ....... --» +» +» (17) cytisoides, 
Calyx silky (or glabrescent); legume silky or hairy : : 
Petioles short ; racemes few flowered ... ... (16) cinerea, 
Petioles long ; racemes many-flowered : 
Flowers 4-5 lines long ; calyx-teeth shortly 
mrbnlgte @ i is oe ae (18) sericea. 
Flowers 3 lines long; leaflets narrow; : 
cal.-teeth acuminate ... ... ... -.. (19) multiflora. 
Petiole short; calyx-teeth blunt ; legume hairy... (20) microphylla. 
(21) spinescens. 
Petiole longish; calyx-teeth acute; legume gla- 
5. Viborgioides. Carina sub-rostrate, scarcely Jonger than the ale. me 
terete or forge Rigid, unarmed shrubs. Leaves sub-sessile or shortly petiolate, tri- 
foliolate. (Sp. 23-25.) ; 
Whole plant nearly glabrous; calyx-teeth short .» +e (22) humilis, a 
Twigs silky pubescent; leaflets sub-glabrous ... ... --- (23) sessilifolia. 
Twigs silky pubescent; leaflets densely cano-pubescent ... (24) Bowleama = 
I, STIZA, (Sp. 1-3.) h te 2 ai oa cee : 
1, L. macrantha (Harv.) ; divaricately muc branched, spiny ; twigs 
thinly tomentose-canescent ; leaves few and distant, unifoliolate, obovate 
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