^^'«'^^*'«- LEGUMINOS^. 



year,. Tl,o he.bi^e i, very „„trili„™. Td » deep wil° iltj „±; ""'■ .""^ ?"<lu,e for m,„y 



pod, .„ e„,c„ with g„at avidity by cattle fnd .beep, Xl'^^U ..S'h^iintr-I^i;;'' "" 



form, l-se«le,l, not armed, black wl.en rip™ ' '^ '' ' ■'°''' """"■ ^'"- 



Sparingly introduced. 



8. HOSACKIA, Dougta. 

 Calyx-teeth nearly equal, usually shorter than the tube. Petals free from the 

 s amen.,, nearly equal : standard ovate or roundish, the elaw often remote from the 



acutely beaked. Stamens diadelphous ; anthe,. uniform. Style incurved Pod 



'heT;or"'Trb "' »""""'"",'"*■ ""''^' — l-do'l. P-titioned between 

 the eecls.- Herbaceous or rarely suffrutesoent ; leaves pinnate, 2 - many-foliolate • 



rstr34;v^z:t:rinn7:r"^"--"- ^-- ^- ™'- 



i. 490, with apparently ioSreJon Th« "^tf ^^ '' referred by Bentham & Hooker, Gen. PI. 



stipules large and foliaceous : perennials. 



Stinules scario'us, mostly snmU perennials ' "'"''''' '""""'• 2. H. stipclahis. 



Stout, J^-lyjW>,.us : leaflets 9 to 15. thickish : bract below tl.o urn- 



Dei calyx-teeth shot t : pod thick. <? u „ 



f^^"±;t::i^:d^^^:^s:,iS^^^^^ ■ " ■ 



''^^^^;:tets';u^rpiitr " ^'^^ "'"^^' --^"^ ^-^-^^^^^^^ = «--- ""'"• 



Silky-pubescent^:Jract at the umbel, usually l-foliolate : keel and ^" "' ''^^^"'^^"^ 

 Sti^Milos red need to bjaekish glands. ^" ^- Torrkyi, 



lerennial.s nnprewl-pubascont : flowers 1 to 8, rather larce. 



Inbrous '^°"* ' ■■' ^ ^^ ^ ' ''""''''' '^'o-'S'^tetf: pod long. 



uScent'"'"'^ ^ ^'^ ^ ' '"^'*''*'^"' "^"'"^ '"■ °°"^ = ^^ '^°'''''"' 



glnbrou.s. ' " ' ""«' „ „ 



More slender : leaflets 3 to R ■ rl,.M,;= .i....^ , . . ^- "• oRandiflora. 



H. rigida. 



