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FABACEAE. 



Pods flattened. 

 Leaf-blades equally pinnate. 



Teibe IV. DALBERGIEAE. 



Leaf-blades 1-foliolate: pods suborbicular, 1-seeded. 

 Leaf-blades pinnately several-follolate : pods linear, several- 

 seeded. 



Teibe V. PSORALEAE. 

 Stamens 9 or 10. 



Corolla of a single petal (standard). 

 Corolla of 5 petals. 

 Stamens 5. 



Spikes not involucrate : calyx-lobes rather broad, shorter 



than the tube. 

 Spikes involucrate : calyx-lobes bristle-like, longer than 

 the tube. 



Tribe VI. HEDYSAREAE. 



Corolla yellow, or sometimes purple- or red-tinged. 

 Flowers perfect. 



Calyx spathe-like, the 2 long lobes minutely toothed 

 at the apex : standard-blade longer than wide, 

 cuneate at the base : wings and keel-petals sessile 

 or short-clawed, minutely auricled at the base. 

 Calyx not spathe-like, the short lips prominently lobed : 

 standard-blades as wide as long or wider, cordate 

 at the base : keel- and wiug-petals slender-clawed, 

 prominently auricled. 

 Flowers monoecious, at least some of them sterile, others 

 fertile. 

 Corolla white, blue, violet, or purple. 



Teibe VII. PHASEOLEAE. 



Keel of the corolla neither curved nor coiled. 

 Style glabrous or sparingly pubescent below. 

 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 shorter than the wings. 

 Standard longer than the wings. . 

 Standard with a spur at the base of the blade. 

 Style bearded along the inner side. 

 Keel of the corolla coiled or curved. 

 Keel spirally twisted. 



Leaflets 5 or more, wing-petals with an incurved 



auricle at the base of the blade. 

 Leaflets 3, wing-petals merely angled at the base of 

 the blade. 

 Keel Incurved. 



Inflorescence capitate. 



Pods flattened : keel-petals with an elongate narrow 



tip. 

 Pods nearly terete : keel-petals without a tip. 

 Inflorescence racemose or paniculate. 



Upper calyx-lip shorter than the lower : keel angled : 



style pubescent. 

 Upper calyx-lip longer than the lower : keel curved : 

 style glabrous. 



4. Cracca. 



5. Glottidicm. 



6. Dalbeegia. 



7. Ichthyomethia. 



8. Amoepha. 



9. Parosela. 



10. Petalostemox. 



11. Kdhxistera. 



12. AESCHVXOilEXE. 



13. Secdla. 



14. Sttlosanthes. 



15. Meibomia. 



16. dolicholus. 



17. Cajan. 



18. Eeytheina. 



19. MUCUNA. 



20. Galactia. 



21. Bradburya. 



22. Clitoeia. 



23. Glycine. 



24. Phaseolus. 



2i). STROPnOSTYLES. 

 26. ViGXA. 



27. dolichos. 



28. Canavali. 



Tribe VIII. VICIEAE. 

 Style terete, with a tuft of hairs at the apex. 29. Vicia. 



1. SOPHORA L. Shrubs, trees, or herbs. Leaf-blades several-foliolate. 

 Eacemes erect. Calyx nearly equally 5-lobed or truncate. Standard markedly 

 clawed. Wings and keel-petals auricled on one side. Pod thick. Seeds thick. 



