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357. PI SUM. %/^ triaiigukr. Stigma along iheinom 

 neiit upper angle, downy. 



359. LATHYRI ' S. Sftjlc flattened vertically. Si ^ 



along the dilated upper half of the style, downy. 



360. VICIA. St7/le bearded in fi'ont, below the stigma, 



361. ERVUM. Stigma capitate, all over downy. 



*** Legume more or less jieifectli/ 2-celled ; \i:ithotd the 

 former characters. 



365. ASTRAGALUS. Legume tumid, of 2 longitudinal 



cells. 



*### Legume with scarcely ino7'e than 1 seed; without the 

 former characters, 



366. TRIFOLIUM. Legume hardly longer than the 



calyx, widi 1 seed, rarely more, deciduous, not 

 bursting. 



###*# Legume either jointed^ or spiral; without the former 



characters. 

 364'. HEDYSARUM. Z^^^oz^m^ofl or more, compressed, 

 close, single-seeded joints. Keel very obtuse. 



362. ORNITHOPUS. Legume somewhat cyhndrical, 



curved, of many close, single-seeded joints. Keel 

 rounded. 



363. HIPPOCREPIS. Z.t'07//«6' compressed, partly mem- 



branous, incurved, with many curved joints ; one 

 suture widi several notches. 

 368. MEDICAGO. Z.^/rw;«^ spiral, compressed, somewhat 

 membranous. Pistil pressing the heel downwards. 



##*##* Le"ume of \ cell, with numerous seeds ; without the 

 former characters. 



367. LOTUS. Legume cylindrical, spongy within. Wings 

 converging at their upper edges. Filam. partly di- 

 lated. 



