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B. Leaflets 5-21. Racemes as long as nr shorter tlian tlie 

 leaves. 



a. Leaflets 19-21, small, aristate. Stipules subulate, 

 stipels none. Calyx-teeth deltoid. Corolla pale red. 

 Ovary 7-ovuled. Shrubs with straight branches. 

 Cult. ?,. G. Intr. from E. Ind. 



1. Gcrardiana, Wall. 

 var. heteranihn, Baker. 



b. Leaflets 5-15. 



1. Pod deflexed. Corolla reddish-yellow. 



aa. Leaflets usually 9. Pod nearly straight, 

 glal trescent. Formosa. 



I. tinctoria, L. 



hi). Leaflets usually 13. Pod shorter, re- 

 curved, much congested. Calyx clothed 

 with brownish hairs. Formosa. 



7. Anil, L. 



2. Pod not deflexed. Corolla red. Leaflets large. 

 Tall shrubs. 

 aa. Leaflets usually 13. Corolla large for 

 the genus. Pod ascending, sparlingly 

 covered with appressed hairs, beaked. 

 Calyx covered with brown-silky hairs, 

 teeth deltoid. Yaeyama. 



/. galegeoides, D. C. 



hi). Leaflets usually 15. Young pods 

 spreading, 9-seeded. Corolla dark 

 r.Ml. Cult. B. G. 



/. atropurpurea, Ham. 



17. PSORALEA, L. 



I. Flowers whitish-violet in dense long-peduncled heads. Keel obtuse. 

 Upper stamen free or connate. Anthers uniform or slightly dimor- 

 phous. Styl(> long, filiform ; stigma terminal. Pod subglobose, 

 indehisccnt, 1-seeded. Leaves simple roundish, denticulate, both 

 sides dotti'd. Annual or biennial. Cult. B. G. 



(-'^^-y) Psoralea carxjUfolia, L. 



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