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Herbs, not climbing. Shrubs or trees. Leaveis pinnate 

 or simple. Stamens diadelphous, or vexillary 

 stamen free at base. Legume 2-valved, not 

 jointed. G-.\lege^. 



Legume jointed. Habit of Loteae, Gralegeee, and 



Phaseolese. Hedysare^. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate. Stamens and legume as in 



Phaseoleae. Vice.e. 



Climbing herbs, shrubs, or rarely trees. Leaves 

 pinnate or pinnately trifoliolate, leaflets entire. 

 Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous. Legume 

 2-valved. Phaseoleje 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnate. Stamens monadel- 

 phous. Legume indehiscent. Dalbergie^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves unequally pinnate or unifolio- 



late. Stamens free. Sophore^. 



KEY TO GENERA. 



PODALYRIEtE. 



Leaves tomentose, peduncles few flowered. Flowers 



pink or purple. Podalyria. 



GENISTE^. 



Staminal tube entire. 

 Staminal tube split above. 



Leaves simple. Calyx lobes subequal or 2 upper 



broadest. 

 Leaves digitate. Calyx lobes 4, upper ones connate, 



lower narrower. Carina incurved. 

 Leaves simple or filiform. Legume flat, linear. 

 Leaves simple or trifoliolate. Legume turgid, its 

 valves convex. 



Legume obliquely ovate. 

 Legume linear, compressed, 



Leaves trifoliolate. 

 Leaves trifoliolate. 



glandular. 

 Leaves trifoliolate. 



not glandular. 

 Leaves simple, entire, sessile, usually linear. 



Legume ovate sublanceolate, or compressed. 



Legume linear, compressed, 



Argyrolobium. 



Rafxia. 



LoroxoNis. 

 Lebeckia. 



Crotalaria. 

 buchextigedera. 



Melolobium. 



DiCHILUS. 



ASPALATHUS. 



TRIFOLIE^. 



Legume small, enclosed in calyx. 

 Legume spirally twisted. 



Trifolium. 

 Medicaqo. 



