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Antlv?rs apiculatc ; hairs nuHlifixed. 



Stamens luonadelplious 10. Cyamoi'sis. 



Stamens diaclelpbous 11- iNDiGOKEitA. 



Anthers muticous ; hairs basifixed. 

 Pod 1-seeded, iiidehiscent. 



Herbaceous plant (the Bombay species) 12. Psoualea. 



Pod few- or many-seeded, tardily dehiscent. 

 Filaments not dilated. 



A climbing shrub (the Bombay species) 13. Millettia. 



Filaments dilated; pod 6-8-seeded. 



An erect shrub 14. Mundulea. 



Pod many-seeded, soon dehiscing. 



Flowers generally in leaf-opposed racemes ; pods 



flattened, continuous or scarcely septate 15. Tephrosia. 



Flowers in axillary racemes. 



Pod very long, distinctly septate 16. Sesbania. 



Pod short, not transversely septate, often longi- 

 tudinally 2-celled 17. Astragalus. 



Tribe V. HEDYSARE^. Herbs or shrubs sometimes twining or 

 scandent. Leaves inipari- or less commonly abruptly-pinnate (rarely 

 simple) ; petiole not cirrhiferous. Stamens diadelphous or monadelphous. 

 Pod jointed ii: more than 1-seeded. 



Leaflets exstipellate. 



Stamens monadelphous ; anthers uniform. 



Leaflets 1-3 18. Taverniera. 



Leaflets 4 10. Geissaspis. 



Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1) ; anthers uniform. 



Spiny shrub with simple leaves 20. Aliiagi. 



Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. 



Joints of pod 2-0, echinate ; calyx-tube short 21. Zornia. 



Joints of pod 1-2, rugose ; calyx-tube long 22. Stylosanthes. 



Stamens in 2 bundles of 5 each ; anthers uniform. 



Pod twisted, enclosed in the calyx 23. Smithia. 



Pod straight, exserted from the calyx 24. J^^schynomene. 



Leaflets stipellate. 



Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1) ; anthers uniform. 



Seed solitary ; pod boat-shaped 25. Eleiotis. 



Seeds many ; pod not distinctly jointed. 



Pod turgid 26. Pycnospora. 



Pod flat 27. Pseuuartiiuia. 



Seeds 2 or more ; pod distinctly jointed. 



Joints of pod folded on one another 28. UraRia. 



Joints of pod not folded on one another. 



Joints of pod turgid 29. Alysicarpus. 



Joints of pod flattened. 



A tree ; racemes fascicled from the old 



wood 30. Ougenia. 



Herbs or shrubs ; racemes simple or 



panicled from the year's shoots 31. Dbsmodium. 



Tribe VI. VICI.ffi. Herbs (except Abrus) low or climbing. Leaves 

 usually abruptly-pinnate ; petiole ending in a tendril or bristle (very 

 rarely in an odd leaflet) ; stipules usually foliaceous. Leaflets exsti- 

 pellate. Stamens diadelphous (the tenth suppressed in Ah-us) ; anthers 

 uniform. Pod dehiscent, not jointed. 



Shrubs with the tenth stamen absent 32. Abrus. 



Herbs with diadelphous stamens (9 and 1) 33. Lathyrus. 



Tribe VII. PHASE0LE.5]. Climbing or prostrate herbs, rarely 

 erect or shrubby, very rarely trees. Leaves pinnately 3-£oliolate (rarely 



