278 105. lEGUMINOSAE 



for rope-making, and edible fruits or seeds. (Including Liehrechisia 

 De Wild.) Vigna Savi 



283. Stigma very oblique. St\-le-apex wedge-shaped, hairy. Calyx-teeth 



very short and broad. Keel blunt. Fruit linear. — Species 5. Central 



and South-east Africa. (Under Vigna Savi) . Sphenostylis E. Mey. 



Stigma slightly oblique or straight 284 



284. Upper lip of the calyx entire. Style bearded lengthwise. Fruit oblong, 



2 — 4-seeded. 285 



Upper lip of the cah'x notched 286 



285. Keel almost straig?it, blunt. Standard oblong, straight, folded over 



the other petals. Corolla yellow-green. Style flat at base, hairy above. 

 — Species i. South Africa. (Under Dolichos L.) Chloryllis E. Mey. 

 Keel sharply bent upwards, pointed. Standard orbicular, bent back, 

 expanded. Corolla white or red. Style flat and bearded above. — 

 Species i {L. vulgaris Savi). Tropical and South-east Africa ; also 

 cultivated in Eg\q3t. It yields edible fruits and seeds, fodder, and 

 medicaments, and serves also as an ornamental plant. (Under Dolichos 

 L.) Lablab Savi 



286. Ovules 2. Style flattened and hairy above. Keel pointed. Upper 



calyx-teeth united to about the middle. Glandular plants. — Species 

 TO. Central Africa. (Under Dolichos L.) . Adenodolichos Harms 

 Ovules 3 or more. Style thread-shaped. Keel shorth' beaked. Gland- 

 less plants. (See 276.) Dolichos L. 



287. (272.) Ovules I — 2 288 



Ovules 3 or more 295 



288. Connective oi the stamens produced into a gland, a tuft of hairs, or a 



short point. Calyx-teeth subequal. Corolla usually red ; keel 

 gibbous or spurred on each side. Fruit more or less turgid, with 

 transverse partitions. Plants clothed with appressed hairs fixed by 

 the middle. Bracteoles none. (See 215.) . . . Indigofera L. 

 Connective without an appendage. Fruit more or less compressed . 289 



289. Ovule T. Calyx-teeth about equal, bristle-hke. Keel obtuse. Fruit en- 



closed by the calyx. Bracts broad. (Sec 237.) Leptodesmia Benth. 



Ovules 2, rarely ovule i, but then calyx-teeth unequal (the upper ones 



more or less united). 200 



290. Bracteoles present. . 291 



Bracteoles absent. Corolla usually yellow ; standard auricled at the 



base 293 



291. Style hairy at the base, bent almost at a right angle above the middle. 



Ovary surrounded at the base by a cupular disc. Calyx-teeth and 

 bracteoles ending in a club-shaped gland. Corolla spotted with 

 violet. Fruit i-celled. Leaflets toothed. — Species 5. Central 



Africa. (Under Rhynchosia Lour.) Eminia Taub. 



Style glabrous, slightly curved. Fruit transverse]}- chambered. . . 292 



