yg BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. Voi. xvi, 



III. Under.slirubs or herl)s. Leaves 3-fuliolate ; leaflets small, rounded 

 or obtuse. 



A. Trailing herbs. 



a. Flowers without a common peduncle in the axils 

 of the leaves. Leaflets rounded, subcordate or 

 obovate, emarginate. Pod 4-5-jointed, slightly in- 

 dented on the lower suture. Liukiu ; Formosa. 



1). triflorum, DC. 



b. Flowers some racemed, the others pedicelled in 

 the axils of the leaves. Leaflets similar as in 

 the preceding. Corolla purple. Pod 4-G-jointed. 

 Formosa. 



^>s t -^ *^^^=^') 1). heterophjllum, DC. 



B. Erect undershrubs. 



a. Pod 2-4-jointed, beset sparlingly with minute hairs. 

 Kacemes short, lax. Pedicels capillary ; pod s[)read- 

 ing. Leaflets glabrous above. Ise ; Buzen ; Bungo ; 

 Hizen ; lyo ; Formosa. 



(t ^ / ^^¥) D. micropJnjIlum, D C. 



b. Pod 4-7-jointed, clothed with stiff hairs. Eacemes 

 elongate, denser. Pod appressed. Leaflets larger 

 than the preceding, elliptical, obtuse or emarginate. 

 Leaflets with a few ap[)ressed hairs above. Stems 

 often woody. Kii ; Chikuzen ; Buzen ; Liukiu ; 

 Formosa. 



( -y r< ^^ ¥) 1). polycarpmn, D C. 



42. ALYSiCARPUS, NECK. 



Flowers red, racemed. Calyx glumaceous. Corolla not exserted. 

 Keel obtuse. Stigma capitate.- Pod turgid, 3-8-jointed, smooth 

 or puberulent. Leaves simple, elliptical, rounded or oblong- 

 lanceolate, subcordate at base ; stipules scarious, striated. Annuals 

 or biennials. Liukiu and Formosa. 



(■9--»->^¥) A. vaginalis, DC. 



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