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A SYNOPSIS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



GG. Seeds strophio- 



late 



H. Fls. small ; keel 

 usually mucli 

 smaller than 



wings 82. Hardenbekgia. 



HH.Fls. showy ; keel 

 usually equal- 

 ling or sur- 

 passing the 

 wings 83. Kennedya. 



1,3. Teholium Tribe. 



A. Standard-stamen connate 



with the others into a 



closed tube: keel beaked. 84. Ononis. 



AA. Standard-stamen free : keel 



obtuse or in Parochetus 



acutish. 



B. Lfts. digitate (rarely pin- 

 nate in Trifolium). . . . 

 c. Pod 2-valved : keel 

 acutish ; petals not 



adnate 8.'3. PAROCHExns. 



cc. Pod usually indehis- 

 cent : claws of all 

 or the lower petals 

 adnate to the stami- 



nal tube SO. Trifolidm. 



BB. Lfts. .3, pinnate 



c. Pod straight, sickle- 

 shaped or arched, 

 sometimes tliick and 

 beaked, sometimes 



linear, sometimes 



broad and flat, inde- 

 hiscent or folliculate- 

 Iv saping or rarely 



o'-valyed 87. Trigonella. 



cc. Pod spirally falcate, 

 circinate or coch- 



leate 88. Medicago. 



ccc. Pod small, suhglobose 

 or ovoid, thick, in- 

 dehiscent or tardily 

 2-valved SO. MELiLOTns. 



14. Galega Tribe. 



A. Connective of the anthers 

 appendaged with a small 

 gland or mucro : ovules 

 mostly indefinite. 1-2 in 

 a few species : pod 2- 



valved 00. Indigofeka. 



AA. Connective not appendaged. 



E. Ovules 1-2, rarely 3-4, 



(See also EB. ) 



C. Ovule 1 01. r.SORALEA. 



cc. Ovules 2. rarely 3-4. . . 



D. Stamens 10 02. Amoepha. 



DD. Stamens ,5 93. Petalostemon. 



BB. Ovules indefinite, (1-2 in 

 a few species of Teph- 



rosia) 



c. Inflorescence terminal 

 or opposite the Ivs., 

 mostly racemose. 

 (In (Jalega both ax- 

 illary and terminal, 

 in some Tephrosias 

 axillary) : pod 2- 



valved 



D. Stvle longitudinally 

 bearded on the in- 

 ner side : calyx 

 1 o n g-tubular : pe- 

 tals very 1 o n g- 



elawed. [,4 Barbieria. 



DD. Style glabrous (or 



merely penicillate 



at the stigma in 



some Tephrosiasi . . 



E. S t a n d a r d-stamen 



connate with the 



rest from the base.ng galega. 



EE. Standards t a m e n 



free or connate 



with the others 



from the middle.. 



F. The pod narrow or 

 slaort with slen- 

 der valves and 

 nerviform or 

 hardly thickened 

 sutures. ........ gg tepheosia. 



FF. The pod thick, 

 leathery or 



woody 



g. Pod usually tard- 

 ily dehiscent : 

 i n fl o r e s cence 

 mostly panlcled.97_ Milletia. 

 gg. Pod easily dehis- 

 cent: inflores- 

 cence racemose. Qg Wistaria. 

 CC. Inflorescence axillary, 

 except where noted 



below 



D. Pod flat, except where 

 the seeds finally 

 make it turgid. . . . 00. Robinia. 

 DD. Pod inflated, turgid 

 or terete, longitudi- 

 nally septate or un- 

 divided, rarely flat 

 and when so always 

 longitudinally sep- 

 tate 



E. St.vles variously 



bearded above. . . 

 F. Petals accuminate.ioo. CuAXTHHS. 

 FF. Petals not acumi 



Date 



g. Standard erect. . . 101. Sutherlandia. 

 GG. Standard spread- 

 ing or reflexed. . 

 H. Stigma small... 102. Swainsona. 

 HH. Stigma promi- 

 nent 103. COLUTEA. 



EE. style not bearded. . 



F. L V s. eve n-p i n- 



nate : shrubs or 

 trees. 



G. Pod stipitate. ob- 



ovoid or oblong.104. Halimodendron 

 GG. Pod linear, usual- 

 ly acute 105. Caragana. 



FF. L V s. odd-pinnate 

 or with a spiny 

 petiole instead 

 of an odd Ift.. . 

 G. Anther cells con- 

 fluent at apex. ..106. Glycyerhiza. 

 GG. .Anthers uniform. 

 H. Petals not all 

 narrow. the 

 standard obo- 

 vate or orbic- 

 ular. 107, Calophaca. 



HH. Petals narrow.. 



I. Keel blunt 108. Astragalus. 



II. Keel acute. . . . 100. Oxytropis. 



15. Bauhinia Tribe. 



a. Petals erect or spreading, 



only slightly unequal .... 110. Bauhinia. 

 AA. Petals falsely pea-like, the 



standard inmost 111. Cercis. 



10. A51HERSTIA Tribe. 



A. The petals absent: sepals 4.112. Saraca. 



AA. The petals present 



b. Bractlets persistent, in- 



closin.g the hud 



c. Petals 5. slightly un- 

 equal. 113. Brownea. 



cc. Petals unequal, 1 

 very wide, 2 narrow, 

 2 minute and rudi- 

 mentary 114. Amherstia. 



BB. Bractlets small or decidu- 

 ous 



c. Lfts. 1 pair 115. Hymen.ea. 



cc. Lfts. 2 or more pairs.. 

 D. Petals 5 ; 3 perfect, 2 



rudimentary 116. Tamarindds. 



DD. Petals 5, slightly un- 

 equal 117. Schotia. 



