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Flowers medium-sized, *7 in. long; diffuse perennial herbs: 

 Leaves ovate, subcoriaceous, pubescent or glabrous, 

 strongly nerved, obtuse retuse or rarely acute and 

 nmcronate, up to 1-2 in. long; racemes erect, long- 

 peduncled, 2-8-flowered, the corolla reddish-veined ; pod 

 1-1*2 in. long, cylindric, hirsute or glabrous ... 16. Fysonii. 

 Leaves obtuse, membranous, variable, from orbicular 

 (lower) to lanceolate (upper), up to 2 in. long, '4-*9 in. 

 broad ; racemes 1-2-flowered with ovate acuminate 

 bracts, the standard veined; pod about 1 in. long, much 



inflated and very obtuse, sparsely hairy 17. bifaria. 



Leaves acute, very membranous, ovate, up to 2'5 in. long 

 and 1'5 in. broad; racemes slender, 2-3-flowered with 

 recurved lanceolate bracts ; pod about 1 in. long, obovoid, 

 attenuate at base, strigosely hirsute; branchlets very 



silky, suberect 18. hirsuta. 



Flowers large, 1 in. long ; leaves membranous, ovate, acute, 

 mucronate, up to 2'5 in. long, 1-5 in. broad, the stipules 

 long-tailed; racemes long, stout, 2-6-flowered, the standard 

 purple-veined ; pod 1*5 in. long, much inflated, densely 



strigosely brown-hairy 19. multiflora. 



E/acemes terminal, many-flowered, rarely in age opposite the 

 leaves : 



Pod glabrous, or very nearly so (also no. 46. lanata) : 

 Whole plant glabrous ; stipules none ; erect annuals 



Glaucae, 



Leaves narrow-lanceolate, membranous, mucronate, up to 

 6 in. long by '75 in. broad ; flowers large, yellow, the; 

 veined standard 1 in. long, the calyx lobes lanceolate with 

 filiform tips; pod 1-1 '5 in. long, attenuate into the *2 in. 



stalk, broadening upwards 20. lutescens. 



Leaves narrow-linear, membranous, mucronate, up to 8 in. 

 long by -25 in. broad ; flowers smaller, the standard '75 in. 

 long, the calyx lobes lanceolate acuminate; pod l'5-2'5 in, 

 long, attenuate into the '25 in. stalk, oblanceolate 



21. peduncularis. 

 Plants with more or less silky or pubescent foliage : 



Pods 2 or more times longer than the calyx ; erect plants 



with usually elongated racemes Erectae, 



Leaves glabrous on the upper surface : 



Scarcely woody ; racemes elongate, at least 6 in. long -, 

 leaves oblanceolate : 



