86 25. LEGUMIXOS.^. 



Tr. III. JIEDYSAREJE. Pod dividing transversely into 

 1-seeded joints. L. imparipinnate. 



10. ORNITHOPUS. Cal. long-, tubular, with 5 nearly equal 

 teeth, 2 upper ones slightly combined and converging. 

 Keel blunt. Pod long, compressed, of many 1-m-r/W 

 indehiscent joints equally narrowed on both Hides at the. 

 joinings. Apex of the common peduncle bearing a small 

 pinnate, leaf just below the flowers. 



17. ARTHROLOBIUM. Cal. long, tubular, with 5 nearly equal 

 teeth, 2 upper ones combined up to their middle and 

 straight, keel blunt. PocHong, terete, of many 1-seeded 

 indehiscent joints scarcely narrowed at the joinings. No 

 leaf at the apex of the peduncles. 



18. HIPPOCREPIS. Cal. short, bellshaped, with 5 nearly 

 equal teeth, 2 upper ones combined up to their middle. 

 Keel narrowed into a beak. Pod long, compressed, of 

 many 1-seeded crescent- shaped joints, so that each pod has 

 many notches on one side. 



19. ONOBRYCHIS. Cal. with 5 nearly equal subulate teeth. 

 Keel obliquely truncate, longer than the wings. Pod 

 \-celled, compressed, indehiscent, \-seeded, upper suture 

 straight^ lower curved toothed winged or crested. 



Tribe I. Lotea. 



1. U'LEX Linn. Furze. Whin. Gorse. 



1. U. europce'us (L.) ; young 1. shaggy beneath furrowed, 

 primary spines strong terete-polygonal furrowed rough, st. 

 hairy, fl. lateral, bracts ovate lax, cal. shagyy, wings longer 

 than keel. E. B. 742. St. shrubby, 4 6 'feet high, much 

 branched, spreading. Fl. bright yellow, from both the primary 

 and secondary spines. Cal.-teeth converging, finely downy. 

 Spines branching at their base and up to about their middle, 

 not exceeding the flowers. U.strictus (Mack.) ; primary spines 

 small slender tetragonal, plant 1 2 ft. high, with upright 

 branches. Does not come true from seed. E. B. S. 2988. 

 Heaths. Sh. II. VI. E. S. I. 



2. U. Gal'lii (Planch.) ; young 1. glabrous ciliate furrowed, 

 primary spines strong derfexed subterete striate smooth, st. 

 hairy, fl. lateral and terminal, bracts minute adpressed, cal. 



finely downy, winus longer than keel. E. B. S. 2987. St. 2 

 5 ft. high. Fl. orange, pet. more or less divaricate ; wings not 

 straight and thus often seeming shorter than keel. Cal.-teeth 



