58 L. LEGUMINOS2B. (J. Gr. Baker.) 



Tribe VI. Hedysareae. Stamens diadelphous or monadelplioiis. Pod 

 jointed if more than 1-seeded. Leaves odd-pinnate. 



v 

 * Leaves exstipellate. 



Stamens monadelphous ; anthers uniform. 



Leaflets' 1-3. Flowers in a lax raceme . . . .28. TAVERNTERA. 

 Leaflets 3. Flowers in a dense head . . . .29. EBENUS. 



Leaflets 4 - .... 30. G-EISSAPSIS. 



Leaflets many 31. ONOBRYCHIS. 



Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1) ; anthers uniform. 



Ovule solitary. Pod 1 -jointed 32. LESPEDEZA. 



Ovules few. 



Spiny shrub, with simple leaves 33. ALHAGI. 



Herbs with imparipinnate leaves. 



Pod distinctly jointed 34. HEDYSARUM. 



Pod marked only by faint transverse lines . . 35. STRACHEYA. 



Stamens monadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. 



Joints of pod 2-6, muricated 36. ZORNIA. 



Joints of pod 1-2, rugose 37. STYLOSANTHES. 



Stamens in two bundles of 5 each -; anthers uniform. 



Pod twisted inside the calyx . . . . . . 38. SMITHIA. 



Pod straight exserted from the calyx. 



Calyx 2-lipped 39. ^SCHYNOMENE. 



Calyx 5 -toothed 40. ORMOCARPTJM. 



** Leaves stipellate. (Stamena in all 9 and 1 ; anthers uniform.) 



Ovary 1-ovuled. 



Kacemes terminal, capitate . . . " . . . 41. LEPTODESMIA. 



Kacemes axillary, lax 42. ELEIOTIS. 



Ovules several. Pod not distinctly jointed. 



Pod turgid . . 43. PYOTOSPORA. 



Pod flat . . .44. PSEUDARTHRIA. 



Ovules 2 or more. Pod distinctly jointed. 



Pod twisted up so that the joints are brought face to face. 



Calyx accrescent ; teeth lanceolate . . . .45. LOUREA. 

 Calyx not accrescent ; teeth setaceous . . . .46. URARIA. 

 Pod not twisted up. 



Joints turgid 47. ALYSICARPTJS. 



Joints flattened. 



Pedicel abruptly inflexed at the tip . . . . 48. MECOPUS. 

 Pedicel not inflexed. 



Eacemes in fascicles from the old wood . . .49. OTTGEINIA. 

 Eacemes simple or panicled from the year's shoots . 50. DESMODIUM. 



Tribe VII. Vicieae. Stamens diadelphous (the tenth abortive in Abrus). 

 Pod dehiscent, not jointed. Leaves equally pinnate ; petiole ending in a tendril 

 or bristle. 



Shrubs with the tenth stamen absent . . . . .51. ABRUS. 

 Herbs with diadelphous stamens (9 and 1). 



Leaflets toothed . . . .- . . .52. CICER. 

 Leaflets entire. 



Tube of stamens oblique at mouth . . . . .53. VICIA. 



Tube of stamens truncate at mouth ^-^ . . .54. LATHYRTJS. 



Tribe VIII. Phaseoleae. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous. Pod 

 dehiscent, not jointed. Climbing, rarely erect herbs or shrubs, with pinnately 

 3-foliolate leaves. 



