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Calyx not accrescent, the teeth setaceous-pointed, especially 



the lower lip 27. Uraria. 



Pod not twisted so that the joints come face to face : 



Joints of pod turgid 28. Alysicarpus. 



Joints of pod flattened : 



Tree; racemes fascicled on the old wood 29. Ougeinia. 



Herbs or shrubs ; racemes simple or panicled, from the year's 

 shoots, flowers sometimes axillary 30. Desmodium. 



Fribe Y. YICIEAE. Herbs, low or climbing; leaves paripinnate, the 

 eaflets ending in a tendril or bristle ; stamens diadelphous or (in 

 4.brus) 9 monadelphous ; pod dehiscent, not jointed : 

 Stems herbaceous ; stamens diadelphous, 9 and 1, or monadelphous, 

 the vexillary one joined to the sheath : 

 Leaflets entire ; style bearded ; seeds with short f unicle : 

 Staminal tube oblique at mouth ; pod compressed : 



Style with dorsal tuft of hairs or bearded round the tip ; 



ovules usually more than 2 31. Yicia. 



Style longitudinally bearded along inner face ; ovules less 



than 2 Lens. 



Staminal tube truncate at mouth ; style bearded along inner 

 face : 



Pod compressed ; style flat, dilated at tip Lathyrus. 



Pod turgid ; style 3-cornered, dilated upwards throughout 



Pisum. 

 Leaflets toothed ; style not bearded ; seeds with a slender f unicle ; 



pod turgid Cicer. 



Stems woody ; stamens monadelphous, the vexillary stamen absent ; 

 style not bearded 32. Abrus . 



Fribe YI. PHASEOLEAE. Climbing or prostrate, rarely erect, 

 lerbs or shrubs, rarely trees ; leaves pinnately trifoliolate, rarely 1- or 

 >-7-foliolate ; stamens monadelphous or diadelphous ; pod dehiscent, 

 lot jointed: 



Leaves not gland-dotted ; leaflets stipellate : 

 Style not bearded below the stigma : 



Nodes of raceme not swollen ; petals about equal in length : 

 Stamens diadelphous ; stipules and bracts conspicuous, per- 

 sistent ; leaves 3-foliolate : 



Calyx-teeth distinct; style filiform, without a flattened 



part in the middle 33. Shuteria. 



Calyx truncate ; style filiform with a flattened part in the 

 middle 34. Dumasia. 



