105- LEGUMINOSAE 275 



toothed. Stipules adnata to the leafstalk. Flowers solitary or in 



spikes, heads, or umbels. Bracteoles absent. (See 138.) Trifolium L. 



Petals free from the staminal tube. Ovary sessile. Fruit flat. Leaflets 



entire 25g 



259. Flowers very small, solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves, with 



small bracteoles. Petals yellowish. Fruit oblong ; pericarp mem- 

 branous. Undershrubs. (See 232.) Sylitra E. Mey. 



Flowers not very small, in racemes, without bracteoles. Petals usually 

 red. Fruit dehiscing by two valves ; pericarj) more or less herbaceous. 

 (See 233.) Tephrosia Pers. 



260. Connective of the stamens ending in a gland, a tuft of hairs, or a small 



point. Keel gibbous or spurred on each side. Fruit transversely 

 septate, dehiscing by two valves. Plants with appressed hairs fixed 



by the middle. (See 215.) Indigofera L. 



Connective without an appendage 261 



261. Ovule I. Keel curved. Fruit ovate, indehiscent ; pericarp adhering 



to the seed. Gland-dotted plants. (See 153.) . . . Psoralea L. 

 Ovules 2 or more 262 



262. Ovules 2. Petals free from the staminal tube ; standard auricled at 



base. Fruit turgid, i-celled, 2-valved. Shrubs. (See 250.) 



Flemingia Roxb. 



Ovules 3 or more, rarely 2, but then lower petals adnate to the staminal 



tube. Wings exceeding the keel. Herbs. Stipules adnate to the 



leafstalk 263 



263. Petals, at least the four lower ones, adnate to the staminal tube. Keel 



blunt. Ovules 2 — 8. Fruit scarcely dehiscent. (See 138.) 



Trifolium L. 



Petals free from the staminal tube, red. Keel somewhat pointed, curved. 



Ovary sessile. Ovules numerous. Fruit dehiscing by two valves. 



Flowers solitary. (See 153.) Parochetus Hamilt. 



264. (252.) Leaflets with stipels. [Especially tribe PHASEOLEAE.l . . 265 

 Leaflets without stipels 3^0 



265. Stem herbaceous or woody at the base onl}' 266 



Stem woody throughout 3^3 



266. Uppermost stamen united with the others from the base. Flowers 



small, red, in racemes, with the rachis not thickened. — Species 20. 

 Tropical and South-east Africa ; one species {G . hispida ]\Iaxim., S03'- 

 bean) only cultivated. The latter yields edible oily seeds. . Glycine L. 

 Uppermost stamen free or almost so, or united with the others in the 

 middle only 267 



267. Uppermost stamen, at least when young, free at the base, but united with 



the others in the middle 268 



Uppermost stamen free from the base or nearlj' so 272 



