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Tribe I. LOTE/JL. Pod continuous. Cotyledons rising above 

 the ground and becoming green leaves. Leaves of 1 of 3 

 leaflets or pinnate with a terminal leaflet [or digitate]. 



* Leaflet solitary. Stamens monadelphous. 



1. ULEX. Cal. of "2 parts ; the upper with 2, the lower with 3 

 minute teeth, a bract on each side at the base. Pod thick, 

 few-seeded, scarcely longer than calyx which nearly equals 

 the corolla. 



2. GENISTA. Cal. ^-lipped ; upper bifld, lower ^-toothed. Style 

 subulate, ascending. Stigma terminal, oblique. Cor. 

 much exceeding calyx. Many foreign species have ternate 

 leaves. 



** Leaf of & leaflets. Stamens monadelphous. 



3. SAROTHAMNUS. Cal. 2-lipped; the upper with 2, the lower 

 with 3 teeth. Style long, curved, thickened upwards, 

 channelled within. Stigma terminal, capitate, small. Pod 



fiat. 



4. ONONIS. Cal. 5-cleft; segments narrow, the lower ones 

 longer. Keel beaked. Style filiform, ascending. Stigma 

 terminal, subcapitate. Pod thick. 



*** Leaf digitate. Stamens monadelphous. 



[5. LUPINUS. Cal. deeply 2-lipped. Keel rostrate. Style filiform 

 curved. Stigma capitate. Pod flattened.] 



*### Leaf of 3 leaflets. Stamens diadelphous ; one free. 



6. MEDICAGO. Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel blunt. 

 Filaments of the stamens filiform. Ovaries curved. Pod 

 1 -celled, hooded or spirally twisted. Seeds 1 or many. 



7. MELILOTUS. Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel blunt. 

 Filaments filiform, not adhering to the claws of the petals. 

 Ovary straight. Pod subglobose or oblong, 1 -celled, 1 4- 

 seeded, longer than the calyx. Pet. distinct, deciduous. 

 Fl. in long loose racemes. 



8. TRIFOLIUM. Cal. with 5 unequal teeth. Keel blunt. 

 Filaments slightly enlarged upwards and more or less adhering 

 to the claws of the petals. Pod oval, 1 4-seeded, included 

 in the calyx or slightly protruding. Pet. slightly combined, 

 persistent. Fl. in close racemes. 



