FABACEAE. 



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Stameng 10 : filaments distinct. 



Stamens 10 or fewer : filaments monadelphous or 

 diadelphous. 

 Leaves destitute of tendrils. 



Herbs or shrubs, or trees or woody vines witli 

 1-foliolate or pinnate leaf-blades. 

 Fruit 2-valved or indehiscent, not a loment- 

 Foliage not glandular-dotted. 



Anthers of 2 kinds : filaments mona- 

 delphous. 

 Anthers all alike : filaments diadel- 

 phous at least beyond the middle. 

 Leaf-blades 3-foliolate. 

 Leaf-blades pinnately several- 

 many-foliolate. 

 Pods dehiscent. 

 Pods indehiscent. 

 Foliage glandular-dotted. 

 Fruit a loment. 

 Herbaceous vines, or herbs with stipellate 

 leaflets, or shrubs or trees with 3-foliolate 

 leaf-blades. 

 Leaves bearing tendrils. 



Tkibe 



I. SOPHOREAE. 



Tkibe IL GENISTEAE. 



Tribe III. TRIFOLIEAE. 



Tribe 

 Tribe 

 Tribe 

 Tribe 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



VII. 



GALEGEAE. 

 DALBERGIEAE. 

 PSORALBAE. 

 HEDYSAREAE. 



Tribe VIII. PHASEOLEAE. 

 Tribe IX. VICIEAE. 



Tribe I. SOPHOREAE. 



Inflorescence racemose : pods moniliform. 



Tribe II. GENISTEAE. 

 Stipules at least the upper ones decurrent : pods inflated. 



Tribe III. TRIFOLIEAE. 



Pods coiled, firm-walled : flowers in spikes or racemes. 

 Pods straight, fragile-walled : flowers in heads. 



1. SOPHORA. 



2. Crotalaria. 



3. Medicago. 



4. Trifolium. 



Tribe IV. GALEGEAE. 



Leaf-blades unequally pinnate : calyx prominently lobed : 



petals short-clawed or sessile. 

 Leaf-blades equally pinnate : calyx obscurely lobed : petals 



long-clawed. 



Tribe V. DALBERGIEAE. 



Leaf-blades 1-foliolate : pods wingless. 



Calyx not 2-lipped : standard flabellately veined, long- 

 clawed. 

 Calyx prominently 2-lipped : standard pinnately veined, 

 short-clawed. 

 Leaf-blades pinnately several-foliolate : pods winged. 



5. indigofera. 



6. Agati. 



7. Dalbergia. 



AilERIMNON. 

 ICHTHYOMETHIA. 



Perennial caulescent herbs, 

 densely spicate flowers. 



Tribe VI. PSORALEAE. 

 with glandular foliage and 



10. Petalostemon. 



Tribe VII. HEDYSAREAE. 



Corolla yellow : flowers monoecious. 



Corolla white, blue, violet, or purple : flowers perfect. 



11. Stylosanthes. 



12. Meibomia. 



Tribe VIII. PHASEOLEAE. 



Keel of the corolla neither curved nor coiled. 

 Standard not spurred at the base. 

 Corolla yellow. 



Ovules, and seeds, 2 or 3. 

 Ovules, and seeds, several. 

 Corolla blue, purple, scarlet, or white. 

 Pod terete, torulose : corolla scarlet. 

 Pod flattened, not torulose : corolla blue, purple, 

 or white. 

 Standard with a spur at the base of the blade. 

 Keel of the corolla coiled or curved. 



13. dolicholus. 



14. Cajan. 



15. Erythrina. 



16. Galactia. 



17. Bradbheta. 



