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sparsely furnished with strigose cottony white 

 hairs : 



Pod at least 2 in. long : 



Pod about 3 in. long ; standard '75 in. long 



seeds mottled 10. canarensis. 



Pod imder 2'5 in. long; standard '35 in. or less; 

 seeds not mottled : 



Stem and peduncles densely clothed, particu- 

 larly on the angle, with ascending hairs ; 

 longest calyx-tooth about '125 in. long 



11. tinctoria. 



Stem and peduncles sparsely furnished with 

 appressed hairs ; longest calyx-tooth about 



075 in. long 12. senticosa. 



Pod less than 2 in. long ; standard '4-'5 in. long 



13. Roxburghiana. 

 Racemes extra-axillary ; style not bearded : 



Stem not procumbent ; racemes normally more than 

 3-flowered : 



Pod parchment-like or horny, normally more than 

 1 in. long : 



Leaflets lanceolate, normally acute 14. lanceolata. 

 Leaflets never truly lanceolate : 



Floral bracts not longer than the pedicels before 

 aestivation, subulate ; pubescence of pedicel and 

 calyx appressed : 



Stem ascending, subulate, glabrescent ; flowers 

 less than '3 in. long, bluish-purple 



15. purpurea. 



Stem erect, branches zigzag, angled, hairy ; 

 flowers more than *3 in. long, rose-coloured or 



scarlet 16. Hamiltonii. 



Floral bracts longer than the pedicels, setaceous ; 



pubescence of calyx spreading. . . 17. Hookeriana. 



Pod papery, less than 1 in. long ; leaves less than 



3 by 1'5 in. ; side leaflets 3-4 pairs, cuneate- 



obcordate 18. Barberi. 



Stems procumbent or (rarely) ascending ; racemes 

 1-3-flowered; pod 9-12 (casually fewer-) seeded, valves 

 closely pilose, the hairs short, white, ascending ; seed 

 irregularly trapezoidal, the testa bony, aril obsolete 



19. procunibens. 



