200 105- LEGUMINOSAE 



Flowers in iiinbels, very small, reddish-yellow, without bracteoles. — 



Species I. Abyssinia Helminthocarpum A. Rich. 



Ovary more or less distinctly stalked. Fruit enclosed by the calyx or 

 slightly protruding ; in the latter case beaked. Flowers in heads or 

 nearly solitary. — Species 12. North Ahica and Abyssinia. Some 

 species (especially A. Vulneraria L.) are used as fodder-, dyeing-, medi- 

 cinal-, or ornamental plants. (Including Cornicina Boiss., Dorycnopsis 

 Boiss., and Physanthyllis Boiss.) Anthyllis L. 



131. (127.) Keel beaked 132 



Keel blunt or somewhat pointed 138 



132. Ovary short-stalked. Ovules 2. Calyx deeply and equally divided. 



Corolla yellows Fruit spirally coiled, flat, margined, indehiscent. 

 Herbs. Lowermost leaves simple, vvith adnate stipules, upp^r pinnate, 

 without stipules. Flowers in few-flowered heads. -- Species i. North 



Airica. {Circinus Medik.) Hymenocarpos Savi 



Ovary sessile. Ovules more than two. Calyx more or less unequally 

 divided. Flowers solitary or in umbels 133 



133. Leaves simple, undivided. Stipules adnate to the leafstalk. Upper 



calyx-teeth united high up. Petals long-clawed, yellow. Fruit spirally 

 coiled, almost terete, ribbed. Herbs. — Species 5. North Africa and 



Abyssinia Scorpiurus L. 



Leaves pinnate, sometimes apparently digitate 134 



134. Fruit jointed I35 



Fruit not jointed. Herbs or undershrubs. 136 



135. Joints of the fruit and seeds curved. Fruit more or less flattened, with 



the upper edge notched at each seed. Corolla yellow. Leaves with 5 

 or more leaflets. — Species o. North Africa. . . . Hippocrepis L. 

 Joints of the fruit and seeds straight, oblong. Fruit not or slightly 

 flattened. Leaves with 3 or more leaflets, stipulate. — Species 12. 

 North Africa. Some species are poisonous or used as ornamental or 

 medicinal plants Coronilla L. 



136. Leaves with many leaflets. Stipules small, membranous. Corolla 



yellow. Fruit flat, slightly curved Seeds quadrate. Glabrous herbs. 

 — Species i. North Africa. [Bonaveria Scop., Securidaca Gaertn.). 



Securigera DC. 



Leaves with 4 — 5 leaflets, of which the 1—2 lowest have usually the 



appearance of stipules. Stipules very small or wanting. Keel gibbous 



on each side. Seeds globular or lenticular 137 



137. Fruit longitudinally 4- winged or 4-angled. — Species 5. North Africa. 



Used as fodder or as vegetables. (Under Loins L.) 



Tetragonolobus Scop. 



Fruit neither 4-winge(l nor 4-angled. — Species 50. Some of them are 



used as vegetables, fodder, or ornamental plants. (Including Heine- 



kenia Webb, Lotea Medik., and Pedrosia Lowe) Lotus L. 



