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LEGUMINOSjE. 



Stamens diadelphous. Style villous in front. Legume linear, 

 compressed, hooked at the end, many-seeded. A tomentose herb, 

 with pinnate leaves, and racemes of white flowers. 



92 GRONA. Calyx 4-cleft ; upper lobe emarginate. Wings 

 obtuse. Vexillum obcordate. Keel concave, adnate to the 

 middle of the wings. Stigma simple. Legume linear, compressed, 

 many-seeded. A prostrate shrub, with simple leaves, and purple 

 flowers. 



93 COLLVE'A. Calyx 5-cleft ; upper lobe a little broader 

 than the rest. Petals unguiculate. Vexillum biauriculate at 

 the base. Stigma capitate. Legume compressed, tomentose, 

 4-6-seeded. Shrubs, with trifoliate leaves, and purple flowers. 



94 OTO'PTERA. Calyx 5-cleft, 2 superior lobes approximate. 

 Vexillum large, roundish. Wings oblong, furnished with an 

 auricle on the stipe. Keel 2-edged. Stigma bilabiate, obtuse. 

 Ovary linear, straight, compressed, many-ovulate. A twining 

 shrub, with trifoliate leaves, and purplish flowers. 



95 PUERA^RIA. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip entire or hardly 

 bidentate, lower one trifid. Keel obtuse. Vexillum obovate. 

 Stamens monadelphous. Legume compressed, stipitate, many- 

 seeded. Climbing shrubs, with trifoliate leaves, and yellowish 

 flowers. 



96 DUMA'SIA. Calyx obliquely truncate, toothless, bibrac- 

 teate at the base. Claws of petals length of calyx. Keel obtuse. 

 Legume tapering to the base, compressed, few-seeded. Climb- 

 ing herbs, with trifoliate leaves, and purplish or yellow flowers. 



97 GLYCINE. Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate. Style acute. 

 Legume linear, compressed, straight, many-seeded, hooked at the 

 end. Climbing herbs, with trifoliate leaves, and usually yel- 

 lowish flowers. 



98 CH;ETO'CALYX. Calyx bilabiate, with awl-shaped segments, 

 those of the upper lip recurved and those of the lower lip ad- 

 pressed, beset with glandular bristles. Vexillum roundish, 

 emarginate. Keel conforming to the wings. Ovary linear, many- 

 seeded. Style filiform, villous. A climbing shrub, with impari- 

 pinnate leaves, and yellow flowers. 



SUBTRIBE IV. GALE'GE. Legume \-celled (f. 36. c. f. 37. 

 c.). Stamens diadelphous, rarely monadelphous. Stems herba- 

 ceous, shrubby, or arboreous. Leaves alternate or opposite, usually 

 impari-pinnate. 



99 FETALOSTE'MUM. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed. Petals un- 

 guiculate, like each other in shape. Stamens 5, monadelplious. 

 Vexillum conduplicate, free. Legume covered by the calyx, 

 1 -seeded, indehiscent. Herbs, with white or purple flowers. 



100 DA'LEA. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 36. a.), or 5-toothed. Wings 

 and keel adnate to the base of the stamens (f. 36. &.). Vexillum 

 short, free. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Legume ovate, 1- 

 seeded (f. 36. c.), shorter than the calyx. Herbs, with white or 

 blue flowers. 



101 GLYCYRHI'ZA. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, bilabiate, espe- 

 cially the 2 upper lobes are joined together, higher up than the 

 others. Vexillum ovate-lanceolate. Keel 2-edged or 2-petalled, 

 acute. Legume ovate or oblong, compressed, 1-4-seeded. Herbs, 

 with sweet roots, and bluish or white flowers. 



102 GALE'GA. Calyx of 5 awl-shaped, equal teeth. Vexillum 

 obovatc-oblonij;. Keel obtuse. Stamens monadelphous. Stigma 

 dot-formed. Legume terete, tomentose. Herbs, with blue, red, 

 or white flowers. 



103 CALLOTROPIS. Calyx of 5 equal filiform teeth. Vexillum 

 erect, ovate. Wings shorter than the keel, which is incurved. 

 Style incurved, tipped by a hairy stigma. Stamens diadelphous, 

 the 9 joined ones incurved. Legume stipitate, compressed, ta- 

 pering to both ends, many-seeded. Herbs, with blue flowers. 



104 TEPHROSIA. Calyx 5-toothed (f. 37. a.). Vexillum 

 large (f. 37. 6.), roundish, silky or pubescent outside, reflexed. 

 Wings adhering to the obtuse keel. Stamens either monadel- 

 phous or diadelphous. Legume compressed, linear, many- 

 seeded (f. 37. c.). Shrubs or herbs, with purple or white flowers. 



105 AMORPHA. Calyx 5-toothed. Vexillum ovate, concave. 

 Wings and keel wanting. Stamens exserted, monadelphous at 

 the base. Legume compressed, ovate, or lunulate, 1-2-seeded. 

 Shrubs, with bluish-purple flowers. 



106 EYSENHA'RDTIA. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, upper 

 tcetli more remote, lowest one longest. Vexillum oblong, dis- 

 tinct from the keel. Ovary biovulate. Style hooked at the 

 apex. A tree, with white flowers. 



107 NISSOLIA. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Stamens mo- 

 nadelphous, with a dorsal fissure, or diadelphous. Legume stipi- 

 tate, ending in a leafy wing, 1 or many-seeded. Climbing shrubs. 



108 MULLE'RA. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, circumcised 

 at the base after flowering. Petals deciduous. Stamens 8-10, 

 monadelphous, falling off with the calyx. Legume moniliform ; 

 links 1-5, distinct, indehiscent, 1 -seeded. A tree. 



109 LONCHOCA'RPUS. Calyx urceolate, 5-toothed. Vexillum 

 orbicular, about equal in length with the wings and keel. Sta- 

 mens monadelphous and diadelphous. Legume on a short stipe, 

 flat, membranous, 4-8-seeded. Trees, with purplish flowers. 



110 ROBINIA. Calyx 5-toothed; teeth lanceolate, 2 supe- 

 rior ones shorter and approximate. Vexillum large. Keel 

 obtuse. Stamens deciduous. Style bearded in front. Legume 

 nearly sessile, many-seeded, margined at the seminiferous suture. 

 Spiny trees, with white or rose-coloured flowers. 



111 POIT/E'A. Calyx obliquely truncate, 5-toothed, 2 upper 

 teeth very short. Petals connivent. Vexillum retuse, shorter 

 than the wings, but with the keel longer than the wings. Stamens 

 a little exserted. Legume stipitate, mucronate, compressed, 

 many-seeded. Shrubs, with white or red flowers. 



112 SABINEA. Calyx cup-shaped, with a truncate somewhat 

 entire margin. Keel very blunt, rather shorter than the vexil- 

 lum. Legume compressed, elongated, mucronate, many-seeded. 

 Shrubs, with abruptly-pinnate leaves, and purplish flowers. 



113 COURSE'TIA. Calyx 5-cleft, 2 superior lobes shorter 

 than the rest, and joined together a little higher. Vexillum ob- 

 cordate. Keel obtuse, shorter than the wings. Style bearded 

 at the apex. Stigma capitate. Legume compressed, 5-8-seeded, 

 mucronate. Woolly trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves, and 

 yellow flowers. 



114 SESBA'NIA. Calyx 5-cleft, or 5-toothed (f. 38. a.). Vexil- 

 lum roundish, complicated (f. 38. i>.), larger than the keel, 



