Part 3, 1923] 



FABACEAE: GALEGEAE 



ings liuear-ob- 



Corolla 14-1.5 mm. long; banner oval or obovate; 

 lanceolate or oblong. 

 Leaflets 21-29. not strongly veined beneath. 

 Leaflets 15-21. strongly veined beneath. 

 Corolla more than 2 cm. long. 



VI. Candidas 

 Calyx-lobes rounded-oval; racemes short. 

 Calyx-lobes deltoid-lanceolate; racemes elongate. 



VII. Pringleanae 

 One species. 



VIII. Vicioidks 

 Stem pilose, with spreading hairs. 

 Leaves glabrous above. 

 Leaves pubescent on both sides. 

 Stem strigose. 



IX. NlTBNTBS 



One species. 



X. Crassifoi.iab 

 Leaflets 1-7. 



Leaves glabrous on both sides. 

 Leaves densely white-pubescent beneath. 

 Leaves silky beneath; pods flat. 

 Leaves tomentose beneath; pods turgid. 



Pubescence of the branches and lower surface of the leaves short 

 (tomentose) ; racemes elongate. 

 Inflorescence lax; bracts lanceolate or linear; terminal leaflets 



(except of the upper leaves) 10-20 cm. long. 

 Inflorescence dense; bracts broadly ovate; terminal leaflets 

 6-10 cm. long. 

 Pubescence of the branches and lower surface of the leaves rather 

 long (villous-tomentose) ; inflorescence short and dense. 

 Leaflets 7-13. 



Branches and lower surface of the leaflets villous-velutinous; leaflets oval 



or elliptic; racemes terminal and axillary, less than 1 dm. long. 

 Branches and lower surface of the leaflets short-velutinous; leaflets 

 oblong; racemes terminal, more than 1 dm. long. 



One species. 



One species. 



XI. I.ANGLASSEANAB 



XII. RlTGELIANAB 



20. C. Heydeana. 



21. C. nicaraguehsis 



22. C. macrantha. 



23. C. Candida. 



24. C. submontava. 



25 i Pringlei. 



26. C. vie hides. 



27. C. Brandegei. 

 6.1. ('. piscatoi ia. 



29. C. madrensis. 



30. C. Walsoniana. 



31. C. Mil helinna. 



32. C. diversifolia. 



33. C. platyphylla. 



34. C. lanata. 

 3.5. C. velutina. 



36. C. Langlassei. 



37. C. Rugelii. 



XIII. Chrysophyu,ae 



Pubescence of the stem spreading; leaflets 1-3 cm. long; corolla 1 cm. long 

 or more; pods 3.5-4.5 cm. long. 



Racemes shorter than the leaves, either terminal or axillary. 



Racemes longer than and opposite to the leaves. 

 Pubescence of the stem appressed or ascending; leaflets 0.5-1.5 era. long. 



Corolla fully 1 cm. long; pods 4 cm. long; leaflets obovate. 



Corolla about 8 mm. long; pods 2 cm. long; leaflets elliptic. 



XIV. LindheimerianaE 



Leaves strigose above at least when young; calyx lobes deltoid or deltoid- 

 lanceolate. 

 Leaves glabrous above; calyx-lobes lance-subulate. 



XV. Sricatae 



Leaves green, or canescent, or ferruginous, not silvery. 



Racemes few-flowered, the flowers 1 or 2 at each node, mostly near the 

 end of the peduncle. 

 Pubescence of the stem spreading. 



Leaflets oblong or obovate, spreading, the terminal nearly similar 

 to the rest. 

 Pubescence of the stem and leaflets dense, long, and loose. 

 Pubescence of the stem short and sp.irsi-, that of the leaflets 

 appressed. 

 Leaflets linear, reflexed, the terminal one much longer than the 

 rest. 

 Pubescence of the stem appressed. 



Petioles not much longer than the lower leaflets; leaflets oblong or 

 elliptic. 



37. C. Rugelii. 



38. ('. chrysophylla 



39, c. Carpenteri. 



40. C. Chapmanii. 



41. C. Lindheimeri 



42. C polosina. 



43. C. spicata. 

 4-i. C. intermedia. 



45. C. flexuosa. 



46. C. hispidttla. 



