1902.] A CONSPEOTUS OF THE LEGUMINOS^. 77 



hh. Leaves many, distant. 



1. Terminal leaflets ovate, rhomboidal at 

 the base. Flowers often paniculate. Pod 

 2-jointed, stalk twice longer than the 

 calyx. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, ciliate 

 only on the margin e. Yezo ; Riknoku ; 



Ugo ; Iwashiro ; iShimotsuke ; Kaga ; 

 8hinano ; Hitachi ; Kazusa ; Shimosa ; 

 Mnsashi; Izu; lyo; Chikuzen ; Liukiu. 

 ( 5? 7. tf ^ ^> ¥) D. oxyphylhim, D C. 



2. Terminal leaflets obovate rounded, or 

 shortly acute. Stalks of pod 3-times 

 as long as the calyx. Bracts narrow, 

 lanceolate, ciliate on the margine and 

 back. Pod 1-2-jointed. Fl. paniculate. 

 Iwashiro ; Kazusa. 



D. oxyphyllum, var. villosum, 



Matsum. 



b. Piucemes arising from the base of stems. Peduncles 

 very long, scaiident. Racemes lax. Leaflets, 3-nerved 

 at the base ; terminal ones oblong or elhptical acute. 

 Sti[)els bristle-like. Bracts deciduous. Pod 2-3- 

 articulated. Hizen ; Liukiu. 



(h3f>N + 7-»¥) D. Tashiroi, Matsum. 



B. Pod slightly constricted at the joints. 



a. Pod not stalked, 3 -7-jointed. Terminal leaflets 

 elliptical subacute, glabrescent above, clothed with 

 minute appressed hairs below. Formosa. 



D. laxijlorum, D C. 



b. Pod shortly stalked, 2-5-jointed, more deeply in- 

 dented at the joints, especially on the lower suture. 

 Leaflets elliptical or oblong obtuse, glabrous above, 

 hairy on the veins below. Cult. B. G. Intr. from 



N. Am. 



D. canadense, D C. 

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