1. Cbotalaria.J 43. PAPILIC/NACE&. f 2. Flemingia. 



L. oblique at base. Stipules 0. Bacemes attaining 3". Calyx-lobes 

 short densely villous £'' long. Pods §-§ " glabrous, shortly stipitate. 

 Used in certain disorders of the stomach, Campbell. 



13. C acicularis, Bam. 



A procumbent very hairy weed, with, a woody rootstock, often very 

 conspicuous on cold mornings from the dew adhering to the hairs and 

 giving it a silvery appearance. Fla. j". Small black pods %~\\ Fls., Fr. 

 Dec.-Jany. 



2. Flemingia, Uoxh 



Shrubs or suffruticose herbs, with 1-or digitately 3- 

 foliolate leaves usually gland-dotted below. Fls. small or 

 medium, white or pink, in small cymes racemes or panicles 

 with often conspicuous bracts, ebracteolate. Corolla included 

 or only slightly exsert ; petals equal in length. St. 2-adel- 

 phous. Ovary 2-ovuled. Pod oblong turgid, usually 

 2- seeded. 



I. L. simple. 



A. Fls. enclosed in large persistent folded bracts, which are arranged 



in simple or branched racemes. 



L. narrow, Shrub 4-6 ft. Branches not prominently 



angled 1. strobilifera. 



L. narrow. Shrub 1-3 ft. Branches-'angled, shaggy 2. bracteata. 

 L. very broad .3. Chappar. 



B. Fls. in fascicled or paniclod racemes with small 



bracts . . ., . . . .4. particulates 



II. L. 3-foliolate. Fls. in dense subspicate'racemes. 



A tall scarcely branched erect annual shrub 5-6 ft. . 5. stricta. 



A branched shrub 4-5 ft. . . . . . . 6. congesta, 



A diffuse undershrub 1-2 ft. with narrow leaflets . 7. prostrata . 



A dwarf undershrub with very broad leaflets . . 8. nana* 



1. F. strobilifera, R. Br. 



A bushy shrub 5-8 ft. high with appressed silky terete 

 or slightly angular branches, lanceolate or ovate-lane. 



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