66 XLII. LEGUMINOSJE. 



giilar, its petals free or united in a tube, valvatc in estivation. Stamens 

 definite or indefinite. 



Suborder 1. Papilionacese. 



Tribe 1. Podalteie.t:. Stamens free. Lefjume 2-valve, continuous- 

 Shrubs, with simple or palmate-compound leaves. 



Legume compressed ; leaves sessile, 3-foliolate ; 



flowers yellow 1. Cyclopia. 



Lcgimie turgid, woolly ; leaves petioled, simple ; 



flowers purple 2. Podalteia. 



Tribe 2. Lipaeieje. Stamens diadelphous (except in Coelidinm and 

 Walpersia). Legume 2-valve, contmuous. Ovary 1- or scvcral-ovuled. 

 — Shrubs, with simple, exstipulate leaves. 



Stamens diadelphous. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Lowest calyx-segment very large, petaloid . . 3. Lipaeia. 

 Lowest calyx-segment not longer than the rest. 



Corolla conspicuous. Ovary several-ovuled . 4. Peiestleta. 

 Corolla inconspicuous. Ovary 1-ovuled . . 6. Latheiogyne. 

 Flowers purple or purphsh, the keel darker . . 5. Amphithalea. 

 Stamens united at base into a short tube, or nearly 

 free. 

 Flowers purplish; leaves sessile, with inflexed 



margins 7. Ccelidium. 



Flowers yellow ; leaves petioled, with reflexed 



margins 8. Walpeesia. 



Tribe 3. GENiSTEiE. Stamens completely monadelphous. Ovary 2- or 

 several-ovuled. — Shrubs half-shrubs or herbs, with simple or palmately com- 

 pounded leaves. 



Leaves simple, without stipules. 

 Legume compressed. 



Calyx equally 5-fid, lobes pungent. Vexil 



villous 9. BOEBONIA. 



Calyx with the lowest segment very narrow. 



Standard glabrous 10. Raenia. 



Legume turgid. 



Keel subtruncate, shorter than the ala) . . .11. Efchloea. 



Keel sharply rostrate 12. Ceotaeaeia. 



Leaves palmately 3-5-7-foliolate (in some LebechicB 

 and in Lotononis monophylla, 1-foholate, hence 

 apparently simple). 

 Legume very turgid. Keel sharply beaked ; 



flowers racemose 12. Ceotalaeia. 



Legume not tm'gid (or but slightly so). 



Lateral calyx segments connate in pairs ; front 

 segment separate and narrower. 

 Standard erect, straight, concave ; keel and 



short style straight 13. Pleiospoea. 



Standard reflexed ; keel inflexed, long style 

 sharply-bent. 



Legume straight or falcate 14. Lotononis. 



Legume repeatedly folded and twisted 



from side to side 15. Listia. 



