230 XL. LEGtJMlNOS^. [pesmodiim, 



suture straight or slightly indented, the lower suture much . 

 indented between the seeds (Sect. Heteroloma). 

 Bracts narrow, persisting at least till the flower expands. Pe- 

 dicels usually in pairs {Leptostachyd). 

 Leaves all 1-foliolate. Pod-articles small, nearly glabrous . 5. B. gavgeticm. 

 Leaves all (except sometimes the lowest) 3-foliolate. 

 ' Pod-articles flat, prehensile-pubescent. 



Stems rather rigid, erect or ascending, Pruiting-pedicels 



reflesed, not longer than the calyx 6. -D. hmchjpodum. 



Stems slender, diffuse. Prulting-pedicels slendcr,spreading, 

 much longer than the calyx. Plant slightly pubescent. 



Ovules and pod-articles several 7. i>. varians. 



Ovules and pod-articles 2 only 8, D.fiagellare, 



Stems diffuse or procumbent, rusty-villous. Leaves softly 

 villous, rhomboid ovate. Pedicels slendefj spreading 



rather longer than the calyx ^, D, rJigiidophj/Uum. 



Pod-articles somewhat turgid, slightly pubescent. 



Stem trailing. Leaflets lanceolate, 2 to 3 in. long , . 10. D. campjlocaukn. 

 Bracts broad membranous, falling off long before the flower ex- 

 pands. {Sh'obillfera) . 

 Tall and erect. Leaflets oblong or elliptical, 1 J to 2 J in. long. 

 Fruiting-pcdiccls mostly in pairs, rigid, reflexed, not longer 



than the calyx . 11. -D. nemorosum. 



Diffuse and slender. Pedicels mostly solitary, filiform, 

 spreading, longer than the calyx. 

 Pod-articles thin, strongly reticulate. 



■ Leaflets narrow-oblong or linear 12. B. neurocarpvm. 



Leaflets broadly obcordate 13. i>. trichostadpjrt, 



Pod-articlea scarcely separating, very finely veined, the 

 ^ upper suture thickened (see below, sect. Nlcolsonia). 

 J? lowers m terminal racemes or panicles. Bracts of the Strobiiifera, 

 Ovules several. Pod very flat, the upper suture straight, the 

 lower slightly indented and opening more or leas in 2 valves 

 (Sect. Nicolaonia). 

 Pruiting-pcdiccls short, erect or nearly so in pairs or clusters. 

 Eacemes short, dense, in a short terminal panicle. Hairs 



short, usually apprcssed 14. B. polycarjium^ 



Eacemcs elongated. Hairs of the stem and rhachis lokg and 



spreading 15. X». trichocaulon* 



Fruiting-pcdiccls slender, spreading, solitary" and distant.* 

 Stem loosely diffuse. Leaves not crowded, leaflets oblong. 



Hairs long and spreading 16. -D. MueUen. 



Stems procumbent, pubescent.- Leaves crowded ; leaflets small. 



Racemes filiform, fevv-flowcred 17. B.j)arvifohunu 



1* D. umbellattim, DO, Prod, \l 325. A bushy slirub occasionally 

 growing into a small tree, the young shoots silky. Leaflets 3, ovate or oval- 

 oblong, obtuse or rarely almost acute, mostly 11 to 2 in. long, glabrous or 

 nearly so above, pale or silky-pubescent underneath, with prominent primary 

 vems. Stipules very deciduous. Flowers white, in dense axillary umbeis 

 on a common peduncle, rarely attaining ^ in. Bracts very deciduous, pe- 

 dicels as long as the calyx. Bracteoles persistent, as long as the calyx-tut)e. 

 Calyx silky, about 2 lines long, the lobes acute, not longer than the tuDt. 

 Standard broad, twice as long as the calyx ; wings much shorter ; keel aslon^^ 

 as the standard, without lateral protuberances. Pod of 3 or 4 thickish almo^^ 

 fleshy articles, each 3 or 4 lines long and not so much in breadth, not reticu- 



