LEGUMINOSAE 



Lvs. with 1-4 prs. of lfts 18. 



Lvs. with more than 4 prs. of 

 lfts. 

 Keels curved, equal to or a 

 little shorter than the 



wings; stigma small 26. 



Keels upright, less than half 

 the length of the standard 

 and wings', stigma broad 27. 



MM. Pods indehiscent, flat: trees (Dalbergieae) 28. 



JJ. Lvs. simple or 3-foliolate. 



R. Shtubs, or erect or decumbent herbs, not vines. 



S. Lvs. simple or 3-foliolate; margins entire: stamens 

 monadelphous. 

 T. Shrubs or small trees. 



Brs. leafy at anthesis: lvs. trifoliolate: Ms. red: 



pods constricted between the seeds 29. 



Brs. nearly leafless: lvs. few, small, simple: fls. 



yellow: pods compressed 30. 



TT. Herbs with simple or digitate lvs. 



Pods glabrous, inflated 31. 



Pods hairy, not inflated 42. 



SS. Lvs. 3-foliolate; lfts. serrulate: stamens diadelphous 

 (Trifolieae). 

 Fls. in head-like clusters: pods membranous, enclosed 



by the peisistent petals 32. 



Fls. in racemes: pods coriaceous, not enclosed by 

 the petals which are usually deciduous. 



Pods wrinkled, not coiled 33. 



Pods coiled 34. 



RR. Herbaceous vines. 



U. Style bearded at or near the top. 



Keel of the corolla coiled 35. 



Keel of the corolla angled or curved, not coiled. 



Pods long and slender 36. 



Pods short and broad, flattened 37. 



UU. Style beardless on the stigmatic part. 



V. Pods rounded or oblong, 1-2-seeded 38. 



VV. Pods linear or narrowly oblong, several seeded. 



W. Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip much exceeding 

 the lower: pods woody, strongly ribbed on 



either side near the upper margin 39. 



WW. Calyx 2-lipped or irregularly toothed, the 



lower teeth more prominent: pods not 



woody, without ribs. 



Lfts. stipellate: fls. densely fascicled, in 



long racemes: standard auriculate at 



the base 40. 



Lfts. not stipellate: fls. fewer in short 

 racemes: standard not auriculate. 



Pods glabrous 41 . 



Pods hairy 42. 



175 



Vicia 



Astragalus 



Gueldenstae- 



dtia 



Dalbergia 



Erythrina 



Spartium 



Crotalaria 

 Glycine 



Trifolium 



Melilotus 

 Medicago 



Phaseolus 



Vigna 

 Dolichos 



Rhynchosia 



Canavalia 



Pueraria 



Dunbaria 

 Glycine 



