’ SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 
6, Cy't1sus, [Page 959.] Calyx two lipped, the upper lip 
mostly entire, the lower one slightly three toothed. 
Vexillum ovate, large, keel very blunt. Stamens mono- 
delphous. Legumes compressed, flat, many seeded.— 
Shrubs with yellow flowers and ternate leaves. 
2. Calyx five toothed, or indistinctly two lipped. 
7. Ono’nts, [Page 961.] Calyx cut into five linear teeth. 
Vevillum large, striated. Stamens monodelphous. Le- 
gumes turgid, sessile, few seeded.— Herbaceous plants or 
undershrubs, with ternate leaves and yellow or purple 
axillary flowers. ll 
8. AntHyz'tis, [Page 963.] Calya tubular, five toothed, per- 
sistent, often inflated. Petals nearly all of an equal 
length. Legumes ovate, turgid, one to three seeded, en- 
closed in the calyx.— Herbaceous plants or undershrubs, 
of various habits. 
B. Filaments diadelphous, nine united, one free. 
1. Style smooth. 
* Legumes of two more or less complete longitudinal cells. 
9. Astra’GALus, [Page 964.] Calya five toothed. Corolla 
with an obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous. Legumes 
more or less perfectly two celled, formed by the lower 
suture being turned inwards.—Herbaceous plants or low 
shrubs, with pinnate leaves. 
10. Oxy'tropis, [Page 966.] Calyx five toothed. Corolla 
with a pointed keel. Stamens diadelphous. Legumes 
more or less perfectly two celled, formed by the upper 
suture being turned inwards.—Herbaceous plants, with 
pinnated leaves, flowers spicate, on axiliary or radical 
peduncles. 
** Legumes of one cell, one or many seeded. 
11. Mexito'rus, [Page 968.] Calyx five toothed. Keel 
simple, wings shorter than the vexillum. Stamens dia- 
delphous. Legumes oblong, or sub-globose, coriaceous 
one or few seeded, indehiscent.—Herbaceous plants, leaves 
ternate, wilh the stipules attached to the petioles, flowers 
yellow or white, in lax racemes. 
12. Triro'tium, [Page 970.] Calyx tubular, persistent, five- 
cleft or five-toothed. Corolla persistent. Keel obtuse 
shorter than both the vexillum and wings. Slamens 
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