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II. Racemes elongated, flowers pendent. Corolla yellow, or white. 



A. Corolla yellow. 



a. Standard exceeding the wings and keel. Pod 

 glabrous. Biennials. Ugo; Awa; Kazusa; Musashi; 

 Sagami; Liukiu ; Formosa. 



(:ct'9^^^*) M. suavcolens, Ledeb. 



b. Standard the same length as the wings and keel. 

 Pod hairy. Biennials, Cult. B. G. 



/-k ^ -V' •C; a: tf V ^> ^•) 3J. officinuHs, Desr. 



B. Corolla white. Standard exceeding the wings and keel. 

 Pod glabrous, reticulate. Biennials. Cult. B. G. 



(r.»'>^>+') M. albus, Desr. 



14. LOTUS, L. 



I. Flowers yellow. Leaflets 5, terminal one obovate, cuneate, sessile, 

 two lowest stipule-like. Peduncles 4-times longer than the leaves. 

 Flowers usually 2, umbellate. Yezo ; Hondo ; Shikoku ; Kiushiu. 



fi-y^i/"^)-^ L. curnicidatus, L. 



II. Flowers white. Leaflets 5, oblanceulate, terminal one sessile, 

 cuy[)idate, two lowest stipule-like. Peduncles hardly twice longer 

 than the leaves. Flowers usually 4, umbellate. Plant flesliy. 



Liukiu. . 7- A 1 



(-yn'^i-/'ii'-:i^*t) L. austrahs, Andr. 



15. BONAVERIA, SCOP. 



Flowers yellow, numerous, umbellate. Keel beaked. Anthers 

 uniform. Stigma terminal. Pod elongate, flat, pointed, thick 

 bordered, grooved on the inner suture, se{)tate between the seeds. 

 Herbs. Leaflets 9-15, oblanceate, retuse, cuspidate. Stipules small. 



Cult. B. G. ^ . , o 



/;y^a:j/K9) Jj. Secicriaaca, bco]). 



16. INDIGOFERA, L. 



I. Leaves simph-, subessile, usually linear, acute. Flowers in axillary 

 short dense racemes. Corolla red. Pod silvery. Annual. The 

 whole plant silvery-hoary. Formosa. 



t ^ a ^ )>• ± ¥ I. lin'ifolia, Retz. 



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