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FABACEAE. 



Pods flattened. 

 Leaf-blades equally pinnate. 



4. CBACCA. 



5. GLOTTII'II M. 



TBIBB IV. DALBERGIEAE. 



Leaf-blades 1-follolnte: pods suborblcular, 1 -seeded. 

 Leaf-blades pinnately several-follolate : pods linear, several- 

 seeded. 



TBIBE V. PSORALEAE. 

 Stamens 9 or 10. 



Corolla of a single petal (standard). 

 Corolla of 5 petals. 

 Stamens 5. 



Spikes not Involucrate: calyx-lobes rather broad, shorter 



than the tube. 



Spikes involucrate : calyx-lobes bristle-like, longer than 

 the tube. 



TBIBB VI. HEDYSAREAE. 



Corolla yellow, or sometimes purple- or red-tinged. 

 Flowers perfect 



Calyx spathe-like, the 2 long lobes minutely toothed 

 at the apex : standard-blade longer than wide, 

 cuneate at the base : wings and keel-petals sessile 

 or short-clawed, minutely auricled at the base. 

 Calyx not spathe-like, the short lips prominently lobed : 

 standard-blades as wide as long or wider, cordate 

 at the base: keel- and wing-petals slender-clawed, 

 prominently auricled. 

 Flowers monoecious, at least some of them sterile, others 



fertile. 

 Corolla white, blue, violet, or purple. 



TBIBB VII. PHASEOLEAE. 

 Keel of the corolla neither curved nor colled. 



Style glabrous or sparingly pubescent below. 



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Standard not 

 Corolla yellow. 



Ovules, and seeds, 2 or 3. 

 Ovules, and seeds, several. 

 Corolla blue, purple, scarlet, or white. 

 Pod terete, torulose : corolla scarlet. 

 Pod flattened, not torulose: corolla blue, purple, 



or white. 



Standard shorter than the wings. 

 Standard longer than the wings. 

 Standard with a spur at the base of the blade. 

 Style bearded along the Inner side. 

 Keel of the corolla colled or curved. 

 Keel spirally twisted. 



Leaflets 6 or nu>rp. wlBff-MtalS with an Incurved 



auricle at the base of the blade. 

 Leaflets 3, wtng-petnis merely angled at the base of 



the blade. 

 Keel Incurved. 



Inflorescence capitate. 



Pods flattened : keel-petals with an elongate narrow 



tip. 



Pods nearly terete : keel-petals without a tip. 

 Inflorescence racemose or paniculate. 



Upper calyx-lip shorter than the lower : keel 

 style pubescent. 



ralyx lip 1 

 style glabrous. 



Upper calyx-lip longer than the lower : keel curved : 



6. DALBEBGIA. 



7. Il HTHYOMETHIA. 



8. AMOBPHA. 



0. PABOSELA, 



10. PETALOSTEMOX. 



11. KUHMSTEBA. 



12. AESCHYNOMEXE. 



IS, si., i i .A. 



i STYLOSANTHES. 

 15. MEIBOMIA. 



10. DOLICHOLUB. 

 17. CAJAV 



18. EBYTIIBIXA. 



\CTIA. 



21. BSADBt'BTA. 



LIBIA. 



23. GLTCISB. 



24. PIIASBOLCS. 



25. STROPIIOSTTI 



27. DOLICHOS. 



28. CAXAVAI.I. 



TBIBB VIII. ViriEAE. 

 Style terete, with a toft of hairs at the apex. 20. VICIA. 



1. 80PHORA L. Shrubs, trees, or herbs. Leaf-blades several-foliolate. 

 Racemes erect. Calyx nearly equally 5-lobed or truncate. Standard markedly 

 clawed Wings and kt*l petals aurieled on one side. Pod thick. Seeds thick. 



