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237. Leaflets closely denticulated. 



Odorous herbs ; stipules adnate ; lateral venules of the 

 leaflets approximated, almost straight and parallel ; fruit 

 rather elongated, almost indehiscent ; seeds several or 

 many, without any appendage. Figure 47. Trigonella. 1033 



Leaflets without any regular denticulation ... ... 238 



238. Seeds provided with an appendage. 



Herbaceous or woody plants, usually climbers or twiners ; 

 anthers equal ; fruit bivalved, spuriously septate between 

 the seeds. Kennedya. 1034 



Seeds unprovided with an appendage. 



Herbaceous plants, usually climbers or twiners ; sometimes 

 all the stamens connate ; anthers equal ; fruit bivalved, 

 usually septate between the seeds. Glycine. 1036 



239. Fruit perfectly dehiscent. 



Herbs or shrubby plants, seldom very tall ; hairlets of the 

 general vestment two-branched, appressed ; leaves usually 

 pinnate or of species elsewhere consisting of one or three 

 leaflets or rarely wanting ; petals often pink or purplish ; 

 anthers pointed ; fruit bivalved, narrow, generally elon- 

 gated ; seeds without any appendage. Indigof era. 1039 



Fruit imperfectly dehiscent ... ... ... ... 240 



240. Seeds several. 



Herbs or less frequently somewhat shrubby plants, some 

 deleterious ; fruit turgid or inflated, depressed along the 

 upper suturule ; seeds without any appendage. 



Swainsona. 1040 

 Seeds one or two. 



Glandular-viscid herbs, their roots often of sweetish taste ; 

 petals rather narrow ; anthers bursting along their axis 

 from the summit into two divergent valves ; fruit rather 

 short or very abbreviated, usually indehiscent ; seeds 

 without any appendage. Figure 48. Glycyrrhiza. 1048 



241. Stamens two, rarely one. 



Shrubby or seldom herbaceous plants, few alpine ; bark 

 tough, acrid ; calyx four-lobed ; rudimentary petals always 

 absent. Figure 74. Pimelea. 1049 



Stamens four. 



Dwarf, somewhat shrubby plants, always alpine ; calyx four- 



lobed ; rudimentary petals usually present. Drapetes. 1069 



