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Leaves 4—8—foliolate. 
Leaves coriaceous, : 18. C. Greggit. 
Leaves not coriaceous. - 
Plant cinereous-pubescent, 17. C. grammica, 
Plant glabrous, 16. C. Wrightit. 
i Peduncles 2-many-—flowered. 
Leaves 2-foliolate. 
Peduncles 2~-flowered, 3. C. bauhinioides. 
Peduncles several_flowered, 1. C. Roemeriana, 
Leaves 3-9-foliolate. 
Legume turgid, not exceeding 5 cm. in length. 
Plant puberulent, 4. C. crotalarioides. 
Plant silky-pubescent or tomentose. i 
Leaves 2-3-foliolate, 5. C. Covesii. | 
Leaves 4—6-foliolate, 6. C. Lindheimeriana, 
Legume exceeding 5 cm. ; ea 
Petiolar gland wanting, 14. C. Wislizeni. i 
Petiolar gland at base of rhachis. 
Stipules filiform. : 
Leaves 4-6-foliolate, 8. C. occidentalis. 
Leaves 6-9-foliolate, 10. C Marylandica. 
Stipules linear, foliaceous. 
Legume 20-25cm. long, 7. C. /eptocarpa. 
Legume 8 em. long, 9. C. ligustrina. 
Petiolar gland between lowermost pair of leaflets. 
Leaflets obovate, 14.3: Lora. 
Leaflets elliptical. 
Peduncles 2-flowered, 13. C. diflora. 
Peduncles several-flowered, 
: 12. C, Bahamensis. 
Leaves 6-24-foliolate. 
Plants glabrous or subglabrous. 
; Petiolar gland large, truncate, __ 19. C, Chamecrista, — 
Petiolar gland minute, cupuliform. 
Flowers earnest peduncles 1 cm. long. aa, 
St.-C. Misissipions. 
Flowers nearly or quite sessile. 
Stipules linear, scarious, _ 15. C. calyctotdes, 
Stipules lanceolate, striated. 22. C. nictitans, 
Plants hispid or pubescent. 
Flowers more than 2-5 cm. broad, 
Leaflets:small, cinereous, — as. C. cinerea, 
Leaflets large, glabrate, 20, C. Chamecrista robusta, 
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Legumes geminate, hispid, — = 23. C aspera, 
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