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LEGUMINOSjE. 



Stamens diadelphous. Legume ovate, few-seeded. Shrubs, with 

 lanceolate leaves, which are pungent at the apex, and fulvous 

 flowers. 



44 PRIESTLE'YA. Calyx 5-lobed, subilabiate. Corolla smooth. 

 Wings falcate. Stamens diadelphous. Legume sessile, com- 

 pressed, 4-6-seeded. Shrubs, with simple leaves and yellow 

 flowers. 



45 HA'LLIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Keel obtuse. Stamens mona- 

 delphous, entire. Legume membranous, 2-valved, 1 -seeded. 

 Suffruticose herbs, with simple leaves and purple flowers. 



46 HEYLA'NDIA. Calyx 5-cleft. Keel obliquely truncate, 

 acuminated. Stamens monadelphous, cleft in front. Legume 

 compressed, 1-seeded. Suffruticose herbs, with cordate, roundish 

 leaves and yellow flowers. 



47 CROTALA'RIA. Calyx 5-lobed, subilabiate. Vexillum 

 cordate, large. Keel falcate, acuminated. Stamens monadel- 

 phous. Style bearded laterally. Legume turgid, with ventri- 

 cose valves', usually many-seeded. Herbs or shrubs, with sim- 

 ple or palmately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers, 

 rarely purplish. 



48 CLA'VULUM. Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate. Vexillum 

 somewhat plicate. Keel large, short. Wings short. Stamens 

 monadelphous, with the tube cleft. Style acute. Legume in- 

 flated, many-seeded. 



49 HYPOCALY'PTTS. Calyx 5-lobed, thrust in at the base. 

 Stamens monadelphous. Legume compressed, lanceolate. A 

 smooth shrub, with trifoliate leaves and purple flowers. 



50 VIBORGIA. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Vexillum obovate. 

 Keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous, cleft in front. Legume 

 compressed, 1-seeded, winged on the upper side, and with ven- 

 tricose valves. Shrubs, with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers. 



51 LODDIGE'SIA. Calyx rather inflated, acutely 5-toothed. 

 Vexillum shorter than the wings or keel. Stamens monadel- 

 phous. Ovary oblong, 2-4-ovulate, compressed. Shrubs, with 

 trifoliate leaves and reddish-white flowers. 



52 DICHI'LUS. Calyx tapering at the base, 5-toothed, deeply 

 bilabiate ; teeth all acute. Vexillum shorter than the obtuse 

 keel. Stamens monadelphous, with the sheath cleft in front. 

 Ovary linear, 8-ovulate. A shrub, with trifoliate leaves and 

 white or yellow flowers. 



53 LEBE'CKIA. Calyx 5-cleft ; lobes acute. Stamens mona- 

 delphous, with the sheath cleft in front. Legume cylindrical, 

 many-seeded. Shrubs with the habit of Genista, with simple or 

 trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers. 



54 SARCOPHY'LLUM. Calyx 5-parted, regular, 2 superior 

 teeth divaricate. Keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous. Le- 

 gume compressed, elongated, falcate, many-seeded. A shrub, 

 with fascicles of filiform fleshy leaves and yellow flowers. 



55 ASPA'LATHUS. Calyx 5-toothed. Vexillum stipitate. Sta- 

 mens monadelphous, with the sheath cleft in front. Legume 

 oblong, few-seeded. Shrubs, with fascicled leaves, usually tri- 

 foliate and sessile, and usually yellow flowers. 



56 U'LEX. Calyx 5-toothed, bibracteate, 2 -parted. Stamens 

 monadelphous. Legume short, turgid, few-seeded. Shrubs, 

 with spiny branches and leaves, and yellow flowers. 



57 STAURACA'NTHUS. Calyx 5-toothed, bilabiate. Stamens 

 monadelphous. Legume long, exserted, flat, many-seedtd. 

 Shrub with the habit of U'lex, with yellow flowers. 



58 SPA'RTIUM. Calyx spathaceous, cleft above, 5-toothed, 

 subilabiate. Vexillum roundish. Keel acuminated. Stamens 

 monadelphous. Legume compressed, many-seeded. Shrub, 

 with lanceolate, scattered leaves and yellow flowers. 



59 GENI'STA. Calyx 5-toothed, bilabiate (f. 29. rf.). Vexil- 

 lum obtuse (f. 29. a.). Keel oblong (f. 29. b.). Stamens mona- 

 delphous (f. 29. c.). Legume compressed, rarely somewhat 

 turgid (f. 29. d.), few or many-seeded. Unarmed or spiny 

 shrubs, with simple or trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers. 



60 CY'TISUS. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip usually entire, lower 

 one 3-toothed. Vexillum large. Keel obtuse. Stamens mo- 

 nadelphous. Legume compressed, many-seeded. Shrubs or 

 trees, with trifoliate leaves, and yellow, purple, or white flowers. 



61 ADENOCA'RPUS. Calyx 5-cleft, obconical, usually glan- 

 dular, bilabiate. Keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous. Le- 

 gume oblong, flat, covered with pedicellate glands. Shrubs, with 

 trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers. 



62 ONONIS. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, with the segments 

 linear. Vexillum large. Stamens monadelphous, one of which 

 is sometimes nearly free. Legume usually turgid, few-seeded. 

 Herbs or shrubs, with simple, trifoliate, rarely impari-pinnate 

 leaves and variable flowers. 



63 REQUIE'NIA. Calyx 5-toothed, acute. Keel obtuse. 

 Stamens monadelphous, with the sheath cleft in front. Legume 

 oval, compressed, 1-seeded. Shrubs, with bistipulate, obcordate, 

 simple leaves. 



64 ANTHY'LLIS. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, more or less in- 

 flated after flowering. Petals about equal in length. Stamens 

 monadelphous. Legume ovate, 1-2-seeded, rarely oblong- 

 linear and many-seeded, covered by the calyx. Shrubs or herbs, 

 with trifoliate or impari-pinnate leaves, and yellow, white, or 

 red flowers. 



SUBTRIBE II. TRIFOLIE'JE. Legume \-celled (f. 30. c. f. 31. 

 c.). Stamens diadelphous (f. 31. b.). Stems herbaceous, rarely 

 frutescent. Leaves usually palmately 3-5-foliate, rarely im- 

 pari-pinnate, primordial ones alternate. 



65 MEDICA'GO. Calyx subcylindrical, 5-cleft. Keel remote 

 from the vexillum(f. 30. &.). Legume many-seeded, of various 

 forms, usually spirally twisted (f. 30. c.). Herbs or shrubs, 

 with yellow or red flowers. 



06 HYMENOCA'RPUS. Calyx subcylindrical, 5-cleft. Keel 

 remote from the vexillum. Legume membranous, compressed, 

 arched. Herbs, with yellow flowers. 



67 TRIGONE'LLA. Calyx campanulate*, 5-cleft. Keel small, 

 but with the wings and vexillum spreading, appearing like a 3- 

 petalled corolla. Legume oblong, compressed, or cylindrical, 

 many-seeded. Herbs, with yellow and white flowers. 



68 POCOCKIA. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Keel shorter 

 than the wings and vexillum. Legume longer than the calyx, 

 membranous, compressed, winged. An upright herb, with yel- 

 low flowers. 



