96 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus. 
2. Sericese.— Lower or all the leaves tufted or rarely ternate, flat, silky or softly 
and densely villous. Flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate. ‘Legume obliquely ovate, 
shorter than the calyx, or taper-pointed and a little longer. (Sp. 20-33). 
* Leaf-tubercles neither prominent nor aculeate. Flowers in terminal heads or spikes, 
or 2-4 in terminal tufts. 
+ Ovary 2-ovuled. 
Diffuse or procumbent : : 
Heads 2-5 flowered... 2... wcs 52. «1. ee (20) Villosa, a 
Heads densely many flowered ... ... ... ... (24) jacobawa, ; 
Erect and virgate : 
Pubescence silvery ; bracts minute ... ... ... (21) sericea, 
Pubescence villous ; bracts leaflike : 
Calyx teeth broad and shorter than the tube (25) elongata. 
Calyx teeth subulate, equalling the tube : 
Pubescence scanty ; carina short ... (22) Meyeri. 
Pub. copious ; carina nearly eq. to vex. (23) virgata. ; 
+ Ovary 4-8 ovuled. x 
Procumbent ; bracteoles lanceolate ... ... (26) lotoides, : 
Erect, virgate ; bracteoles filiform ... ... (27) heterophylla, eS 
** Leaf-tubercles conspicuous, and mostly aculeate. Flowers sessile, solitary or few 
together in small heads, 
+ Ovary 4-8 ovuled ; tubercles rarely pointless. 
: Flowers in terminal few flowered heads : 
Involucral bracts lanceolate, acute ... ....... (28) tridentata, ? 
Invol. bracts obovate, much shorter than calyx (29) argentea. P 
_ Flowers lateral ; petals purple within : ; 
Calyx-lobes short, triangular... ... ... (30) ferruginea. 
Calyx-lobes taper-pointed, elongate ... ... ... (31) purpurea. 
Flowers lateral ; petals pale or yellow within .... ... (32) tha, 
+t Ovary 2-ovuled ; tubercle blunt ; leaves silvery ... (33) semula. 
3. Synpetale.— Leaves tufted, terete or trigonous. Flowers subsessile, lateral or 
terminal. Claws of the carina and ale adnate to the staminal tube. Legume ob- 
liquely ovate, shorter or scarcely longer than the calyx. (Sp. 34~44). 
1. Flowers capitate. (A. ciliaris has occasionally solitary, terminal fl. ) — 
Leaf-tufts subtended by a sharp spine... ... - »» (34) aculeat a 
Leaf-tufis unarmed ; cal.-lobes subulate. 
Lvs. rigid, straight, pungent ; ovary glabrous ... (35) chenopoda, 
Lvs. soft, curved, mucronate ; ovary villous ... (36) araneosa. + 
Leaf-tufts unarmed ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3~nerved (37) ciliaris, - 
2. Flowers either lateral, or 1-3 at ends of short branchlets. 
Calyz-lobes subulate, or lanceolate, acute : # 
Flowers 1-3 at the end of short branchlets ... (38) Benthami. 
Flowers \ateral ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3 nerved. 
Calyx-lobes twice as long as tube +. es (39) incurva. 
Calyx-lobes shorter than tube ... ... ... (41) nervosa. 
Flowers lateral ; calyx-lobes subulate. 
Albo-plumose ; cal.-lobes thrice as long as tube (40) leucopheea. 
Pubescent ; cal.-lobes recurved, equalling tube (44) comosa. 
Calyz-lobes short, broad and obtuse : 
Bracts linear ; cal.-lobes concave, boat-shaped (42) uniflora. tT 
Bracts ovate ; cal.-lobes flat, ovate: ... ... ... (43) prostrata. 
4. Leptanthe. Leaves tufted, terete or trigonous. Flowers subsessile (small). 
Claws of the petals free from the staminal tube. Legume obliquely ovate, shorter 
— or not much longer than the calyx. (Sp. 45-57.) 
Flowers spicate or capitate{m italin Canrand thin Cnt ten Rowthbeow ve tewiata ) 
oven Kayes or = ong-lanceolate, shorter than the tube : 
cane obes blunt ; fl. many, hairy ; ov vuled i 2 a 
Cal. lobes acuteé ; fl. rose arom mae Siveaied a3 paviiett, 
Calyx-teeth lanceol. or subulate, longer than the tube: 
Robust, rigid ; lvs. short, blunt, fleshy, 2 lineslong (47) Forbesii. 
Slender, virgate; vs. subulate, slender, 3-4 lines (48) spicata. % 
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