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225. Seeds constantly provided with an appendage. 



Half-shrubs or weak shrubby plants; leaves scattered or 

 irregularly crowded; petals yellowish or reddish, the 

 upper very broad ; fruit nearly ovate, turgid. 



Dillwynia. 1003 



Seeds constantly unprovided with an appendage. 



Half -shrubs or shrubby plants; leaves simple, scattered or 

 whorled; petals yellowish; fruit nearly ovate. Aotus. 1008 



226. All the stamens connate ... ... ... ... 227 



Nine of the stamens connate, one disconnected. (Ex- 

 ceptions : Glycine partly, Desmodium partly) ... ... 232 



227. Leaves simple or less frequently absent ... ... 228 



Leaves compound, consisting of two or three leaflets 231 



228. Five anthers abbreviated and five elongated ... 229 

 Anthers equal ... ... ... 230 



229. Petals blue. 



Shrubs, rarely almost herbaceous plants ; flowers usually 

 but few together, or some solitary ; fruit turgid ; seeds 

 with an appendage. Hovea. 1009 



Petals yellow or red. 



Shrubs, rarely almost herbaceous plants; flowers mostly 

 dispersed ; fruit compressed ; seeds with an appendage. 



Templetonia. 1010 



230. Fruit bursting along both edges. 



Shrubs or half -shrubs, rarely herbaceous plants; leaves often 

 alternate and forming two rows, or absent; flowers dis- 

 persed ; petals yellowish ; fruit considerably compressed 

 or flat ; seeds with an appendage. Bossiaea. 1012 



Fruit bursting along one edge. 



Shrubs or half -shrubs ; flowers dispersed ; petals yellowish ; 

 fruit flat, its valves persistently connate along the broad- 

 edged suturule; seeds with an appendage. 



Platylobium. 1021 



