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XL. LEGUMINOaJ-:. 5 



Leaves pinnatcly 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate, with stipclla3 asinP/z^f- 

 seolece. Stipules usually dry. 



Pod flat, not folded ...*... 44. Desmodium, 



Pod turgid, not articulate^ but with transverse lines .... 45. Pycnospora. 

 Pod-articles folded over each other within the calyx. 



Calyx-tube small, lobes subulate . . . , . v • * . . 46. Uraeia, 

 Calyx campanulatCj enlarged after floweriug, with short broad 



lobes 47. LouKEA. 



Pod-articles globular, oblong-terete, or slightly flattened but 

 thick. Calyx narrow, dry, deeply lobed. Leaves 1-foliolate . 48. Alysicarfus. 

 Leaves pinnatcly 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate,* witbout stipclhe. 



Ovule 1. Pod 1 -seeded, flat, indchiscent 49. Lespedeza. 



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TuiBE *Vicieae. — Herbs, Leaves alriqdhj 'pinnate, the common petiole usually end* 

 ing in a tendril or fine ^oint. Flowers and fruit of Phaseolese. Peduncles or racemes 

 axillary. 



Style with a tuft of hairs at the top on the outside or all round 



(not bearded longitudinally inside) ..... - .... . , - . *ViciA. 

 Style not bearded. Upper stamen wanting ..;.... 66. Abkus. 



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Tribe VII. Phaseolese. — Ilerls usually ticininy or prostrate, rarely erect or shrubby 

 at the base, very rarely trees. Leaves pinnatcly ^foliolate or \-foliolate^ rarelj/ 5- or 7- 

 foliolate, with stlj}ell(B (digitate in Plcmiiigia and a very few species of other genera, sti- 

 pella minute or none in Rhyuehosia and its allies). Upper stamen usually free^ at least 

 at the base or all bnt the base. Anthers uniform or nearly so {except in Mucuna). Tod 

 not articulate^ 2-valved. 



Flowers in axillary short clusters w^ith persisteut striate bracts and 



bractcoles. Seeds not stropbiolate. 



Calyx tubular ' . . . . . . ' . , 50. Cutoria. 



Calyx campanulate , . , 60, Dolichos. 



Plowers pedunculate umbellate or racemose, the rhachis not nodose, 

 Biacis i)ersistent or deciduous. Seeds stropbiolate. 

 Flowers red, in 1 or 2 pairs or in umbels or in short racemes , 53, Kennedya. 

 Flowers small, blue or purple, in loose racemes. Keel usually 



small 52. Hardenbergia. 



Flowers small, single, scattered in a loose raceme, the rhachis not 

 nodose. Bracts small, deciduous. (Lower flowers often solitary 



in the axils.) Seeds not stropbiolate . . 51. Glycik£. 



Trees or tall erect herbs with conical pricldes. Flowers large, red. . 



Wings very short 5^- Erythrina. 



Anthers alternately long and short. Flowers large, pUrple yellow 



orvvLite. Standard short. Keel acuminate . • - . • - 55- Mucuna. 

 Twining or erect at the base, not glandular. Rowers in pairs or 

 clusters along or at the top of a common peduncle, the rhachis 

 of the cluster gland-like or forming a protruding node. Bracts 

 deciduous or none. Anthers unifonn. 

 Style beardless. 



Calyx-lobes 4 (the upper one of 2 united), acuminate ... 56. Galactia. 

 Calyx 2 upper lobes united iu a large upper lip, the 3 lower 



minute . ....... 7 ^7. Canavalia. 



Style bearded under the stigma. 

 Stigma oblique or lateral. 



Keel spirally twisted .• • * * 



Keel straiL^ht, or with a curved bcalv not forming a com- 

 plete sphx ..• 'll'l'^'''' 



Stigna smalUermiual 60. Douciios. 



58. Phaseolus, 



