38 KOSACE.E. 



3. SAROTHAMNIJS. Teeth of the cal. very short. Style long, 



curved, thickened upwards. Legume long, flat. Le. ternate 

 or simple. 



ttt Cal m 5 -cleft, segments narrow. 



4. ONONIS. Style filiform. Pod inflated, with few seeds. Le. 



simple or ternate. 



5. ANTHYLLIS. Cal. inflated, covering the fruit. Le pinnate. 



B. Stamens diadelphous9 united and Ifree. 

 f Leaves ternate. 



6. MEDIC AGO. Legume spirally twisted or falcate. 



7. MELILOTUS. Legume short, nearly straight, swollen, slightly 



exceeding the cal. Fl. in long racemes. 



8. TRIFOLIUM. Legume not exceeding the cal. Fl. in capitate 



heads, or short racemes. 



9. LOTUS. Legume linear, nearly straight, 1012 times longer 



than the cal. 



ft Leaves pinnate. Legume divided transversely, apparently 

 jointed. 



10. ORNITHOPUS. Fl. capitate, very small. Legume curved, of 

 many joints. Peduncle with a small pinnate leaf at its apex. 



*H*t Leaves pinnate, without a terminal odd leaflet. Legume 

 2-valved, several- seeded. 



11. VICIA. Style filiform, pubescent all round, or with a tuft of 

 hairs beneath the stigma. 



12. LATHYRIS. Style flattened upwards, downy 011 the upper 

 side. 



OED. 24. BOSACEJE. 



Sub-Order 1. AMYGDALE^:. Cal. deciduous. Style 1. Carpel 

 free, superior. Stipules free. 



1. PRUNUS. Drupe fleshy, nut smooth or wrinkled. Trees or 



shrubs. 



Sub-Order 2. KOSE^E. Cal. persistent, inferior. Carpels distinct t 



or united in the dry or fleshy cal. tube. Stipules united to 

 the petiole. 



A. Fruit of several distinct follicles, with 1 6 seeds. 



2. SPIRAEA. Cal. 5-cleft. Pet. 5, roundish. Follicles opening 



when ripe. 



B. Fruit consisting of achenes with long awns. 



3. GEUM. Cal. 10-cleft, outer or alternate segments minute. 



Awns jointed. 



