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Legume many-seeded, ratlier spherical, and very obtuse. Shrubs, 

 with impari-pinnate or palmately 3-5-foliate leaves, and yellow 

 ilowers. 



19 BURTONIA. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Petals about equal in 

 length. Legume roundish, rather ventricose. Shrubs, with 

 awl-shaped, trifoliate, sessile leaves, and yellow flowers. 



20 JACKSONIA. Calyx 5-parted. Petals and stamens deci- 

 duous. Legume ratlier ventricose, ovate or oblong, with the 

 valves pubescent inside. Shrubs, almost leafless in the adult 

 state, with filiform branches, and yellow flowers. 



21 VIMINA'RIA. Calyx 5-toothed, angular. Petals equal in 

 length. Legume valveless, ovate. Shrubs, in the adult state 

 leafless. Flowers yellow. 



22 Spu.eROLOBiUM. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Legume sphe- 

 rical, 1-2-seeded, pedicellate. Shrubs, in the adult state nearly 

 leafless, when present simple, with red or yellow flowers. 



23 AOTUS. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Petals and stamens 

 deciduous. Legume 2-valved, 1-2-seeded. Shrubs, with sim- 

 ple narrow leaves and yellow flowers. 



24 DILLWY'NIA. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, tapering to the 

 base. Vexillum large, 2-lobed. Legume ventricose, 1-2-seed- 

 ed. Seeds strophiolate. Shrubs, with simple leaves and yellow 

 flowers. 



25 EUTA'XIA. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Vexillum broad. 

 Legume rather ventricose, 1-2-seeded. Seed strophiolate. 

 Shrubs, with simple leaves and yellow flowers. 



26 SCLEROTIIA'MNUS. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate, bibracteate at 

 the base. Keel length of wings. Legume ventricose, pedicel- 

 late, 2-seeded. A shrub, with simple leaves and yellow flowers. 



27 GASTROLOBIUM. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Keel length 

 of wings. Legume ventricose, 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. 

 Shrubs, with simple leaves, disposed 4 in a whorl, and yellow 

 flowers. 



28 EUCHILUS. Calyx deeply 5-cleft, bibracteolate at the 

 base, bilabiate, lower lobes setaceous. Keel length of wings. 

 Legume compressed, pedicellate, 2-seeded. Seed strophiolate. 

 Shrubs, with opposite simple leaves and yellow flowers. 



29 PULTEN^A. Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate (f. 24. a.), 

 bibracteolate at the base. Legume sessile (f. 24. d.), 2-seeded. 

 Shrubs, with simple alternate leaves. 



30 DAVIE V SIA. Calyx angular, 5-toothed. Keel shorter 

 than the wings. Legume compressed, angular, opening elasti- 

 cally at the lower suture, 2-seeded, pedicellate. Seeds stro- 

 phiolate. Spiny or unarmed shrubs, with simple leaves, some- 

 times leafless, and yellow flowers. 



31 MIRBE V LIA. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Legume 2-seeded, 

 longitudinally 2-celled, from the suture being bent inwards above. 

 Shrubs, with ternately -verticillate leaves and purple flowers. 



TRIBE II. 



LO'TEJE. Corolla papilionaceous (f. 25. &.). Stamens 10, mona- 

 delphous (f. 25. c. f. 29. c.) or diadelphous, that is to say, 9 joined, 

 and 1 free. Legume continuous, \-celled (f. 29. d.), rarely 2- 

 celled, from the upper suture being bent inwards. Cotyledons 

 flat, foliaceous (f. 21. a./.). 



SUBTRIBE I. GENI'STE.E. Legume \-celled (f. 26. d. f. 29. rf.). 

 Stamens usually monadelphous (f. 25. c. f. 27. d. f. 29. c.). 

 Leaves simple or palmatelij trifoliate, rarely pinnate. Stems 

 usually shrubby. 



32 HOVEA. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate (f. 25. a.). Keel ob- 

 tuse (f. 25. /.). Stamens monadelphous (f. 25. c.), upper one 

 more or less free. Legume sessile (f. 25. d.~), roundish, ventri- 

 cose, 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. Shrubs, with alternate 

 simple leaves and purplish flowers. 



33 PLAGIOLOBIUM. Calyx bilabiate (f. 26. a.), upper lip 

 broad, retuse, lower one 3-parted. Keel obtuse (f. 26. c.). 

 Stamens diadelphous, 9 joined, and 1 free. Legume oblique (f. 

 26. d.), coriaceous, ventricose, 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. 

 Shrubs, with simple spiny-toothed leaves, and blue flowers. 



34 PLATYLOBIUM. Calyx 5-cleft, bracteate, bilabiate. Sta- 

 mens all connected. Legume pedicellate, compressed, flat, 

 many-seeded, winged on the back. Shrubs, with opposite sim- 

 ple leaves and yellow flowers, with the base of the vexillum red. 



35 BOSSLE A. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 27. a.), bilabiate. Stamens 

 monadelphous (f. 27. d. f. 28. &.). Legume compressed (f. 28. 

 c.), pedicellate (f. 27. e.~), many-seeded, with the margins thick- 

 ened on both sides. Seeds strophiolate. Shrubs, with flat or 

 terete branches, and alternate simple leaves, when present, and 

 yellow flowers, with the keel usually red or brown. 



36 GOODIA. Calyx 5-cleft, bilabiate. Vexillum large, flat. 

 Stamens all connected. Legumen pedicellate, compressed. Seeds 

 strophiolate. Shrubs, with alternate, stalked, trifoliate leaves, 

 and yellow flowers. 



37 SCO'TTEA. Calyx bracteate, 5-toothed. Stamens all con- 

 nected. Vexillum very short. Legume stalked, compressed, 

 thickened at the sutures. Seeds 3-4, strophiolate. Shrubs, 

 with toothed simple leaves and reddish flowers. 



38 TEMPLETONIA. Calyx 5-toothed. Stamens all connected, 

 the tenth sometimes free. Keel oblong, rather longer than the 

 wings. Legume pedicellate, compressed, many-seeded. Seeds 

 strophiolate. Shrubs, with alternate, simple, wedge-shaped 

 leaves and scarlet flowers. 



39 RA'FNIA. Calyx cleft in 5 lobes to the middle, lowest lobe 

 setaceous. Keel obtuse. Vexillum roundish. Stamens mona- 

 delphous. Legume lanceolate, compressed, many-seeded. Shrubs, 

 with alternate simple leaves and yellow flowers. 



40 VASCOA. Calyx half 5-cleft. Lobes acute, not spinose. 

 Vexillum roundish. Stamens monadelphous. Legume com- 

 pressed, sessile, many-seeded. Shrubs, with simple, stem-clasp- 

 ing leaves, upper ones opposite, lower ones alternate, and yellow 

 flowers. 



41 BORBONIA. Calyx 5-cleft ; lobes spiny at apex. Corolla 

 villous. Vexillum emarginate. Keel obtuse. Stamens mona- 

 delphous. Legume linear, flat, many-seeded. Shrubs, with 

 simple, alternate, stem-clasping leaves and yellow flowers. 



42 ACHYRONIA. Calyx 5-toothed, lower tooth elongated and 

 bifid. Stamens diadelphous. Legume compressed, many- 

 seeded. Shrubs, with habit of last genus, with yellow flowers. 



43 LIPA'RIA. Calyx thrust in at the base, 5-lobed, lower 

 lobe -very long, elliptic, petaloid. Corolla smooth. Keel acute. 





