262 105. LEGUMINOSAE 



143. Leaflets numerous. Leaf-stalk long. Flov^ers very small, in heads or 

 umbels. Keel nearly straight. Fruit jointed. — Species 6. North 

 Africa and high mountains of Central Africa. Some are used as tedder. 

 "Birds-foot." {Including Ar throlohimn Desv.) . . . Ornithopus L. 



Leaflets 3 — 5, the lower usually stipule-like. Leaf-stalk short or 

 wanting 146 



146. Corolla yellow ; standaid suborbicular, with a long claw. Fruit jointed. 



LTndcrshrubs with long silky hairs. Stipules small. Flowers solitary or 

 2 — 3 together in the axils of the leaves. — Species i. North-west Africa 



(Algeria). {Ludovicia Coss.) Hammatolobium Fenzl 



Corolla white or red ; standard oblong or ovate, short-clawed ; \\dngs 

 coherent towards the apex, longitudinally folded or transversely 

 gibbous ; keel gibbous on each side. Fruit continuous, terete, 2-valved. 

 Stipules very small or wanting. — Species 6. North Africa. (Includ- 

 ing Bonjeania Reichb.) Dorycnium Vill. 



147. (126.) Anthers of two kinds, five shorter and attached by the back, the 



others longer and attached by the base, or the alternate ones rudi- 

 mentary 148 



Anthers all alike 205 



148. Leaves digitate, unifoliolate, simple, or wanting. [Tribe GENISTEAE.] 



149 

 Leaves pinnate, but sometimes with three leaflets 195 



149. Uppermost stamen free or nearly so. 150 



Uppermost stamen united with the others into a tube or sheath . . 158 



150. Stem herbaceous or woody at the base only. Leaves stipulate. . . 151 

 Stem woody througliout. Leaves usually cxstipulate .... 154 



151. Keel with a straight beak. Anthers bearded. Stigma lateral. Fruit 



linear. Leaves simple, sessile. Flowers in axillary racemes. — Species 



2. Southern West Africa. {\]nd.ex Indigof era!..) Rhynchotropis Harms 



Keel with a spirally twisted beak or without a beak. Anthers not bearded. 



Stigma terminal. Leaves unifoliolate or digitate . . . . 152 



152. Keel spirally beaked. Fruit oblong. Flowers opposite the leaves, 



solitary or 2 — 3 together. Bracteoles 2. — Species 2. South Africa to 



Amboland Bolusia Benth. 



Keel curved inwards, not beaked. Flowers in axillary or terminal 

 inflorescences. Bracteoles none . 153 



153. Keel somewhat pointed. Ovules several. Fruit linear. Leaves digi- 



tate. Corolla reddish. — Species i. East Africa. Parochetus Hamilt. 



Keel blunt. Ovule i. Fruit ovate. Gland-dotted plants. — Species 60. 



Some are used as ornamental or medicinal plants. . . Psoralea L. 



154. Keel with a lateral gibbosity or spur. Anthers distinctly unequal. Leaves 



simple 155 



Keel without a lateral appendage. Anthers nearly equal . . . 156 



