Ixii GENERA. 



included. Keel obtuse. Leg. covered with glands. Shrubs, with divaricate branches, ternate 

 L., Stlp. on. the L.-stalks, and racemes of yellow Fl. p. 80. 



202. LUPIKUS. Cal. mth 2 lips. Keel of 3 petals, beaked. Five of the Anthers 

 oblong, and five subrotund. Pod coriaceous. Seeds separated by a cellular mass. L. digitate. 

 p. 110. 



iii. Calyx of 5, nearly equal teeth. 



170. OKONIS. Cal. not inflated, open in the fi-uit (lower tooth longest, Sm.). Standard, 

 large, striate. Keel beaked. Herbs, or Shrubs. L. simple or ternate ijn . YimysiSi, pinnate) . 

 Fl. axillary. Stalks generally with a little soft awn. Seeds 1-3 ? p. 80. 



171. AWTHYLLIS, Cal. inflated, persistent, covering the fruit. Seeds 1 or 2. Shrubs, 

 or Herbs, of very various habit. The Pod of A. tetraphyUa is transversely '^-celled, p. 82. 



B. One Stamen separate. Fod continuous, 1-celled. 

 i. L. ternate. Slip, not leaf-like. 

 179. PSORALEA. Seed one. Leg. not opening. Primordial L. opposite! European 

 perennial plants, with purplish Fl. Cal. with glandular tubercles. Tenth Stamen sometimes 

 united to the others at the base. p. 96. 



172. MEDICAGO. Leg. falcate or spiral ! Seeds many. Organs springing elasticaUy 

 from the keel. Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. M. arborea is a shrub, and some others are 

 woody at the base ; M. circinata has some pinnate L. ; M. sativa has bluish Fl. ; the others 

 are mostly low, prostrate, perennial plants, with yellow FL, ternate L., and Slip, not 

 like the Lts. p. 83. 



173. TKIGONELLA. Leg. linear, compressed, acuminate, slightly curved. Seeds many. 

 PQ. not attached to petals. Low plants, mostly annual. Smell agreeable . p. 86. 



174. MELILOTUS. Leg. short, but exceeding calyx, elliptical or obovate. Seeds 1-8. 

 Fil. not attached to petals. Fl. in racemes, numerous, yellow or white. Erect or diffuse Herbs. 

 p. 87. 



175. TRIEOLIUM. Leg. not exceeding calyx. Seeds 1-3. Pil. more or less attached 

 to petals. Fl. in dense spikes, heads, or compact umbels. T. Lupinaster has quitiate L. 

 Herbs, with purple, yellow, or white Fl. p. 88. 



ii. L. ternate, but with Slip, like two additional Lts. 



176. DOIlYC]SriUM. Pod short. Seeds about 2. Cal. 2-lipped, gibbous. "Wings some- 

 what exceeding beakless keel, shorter than standard. Stigma evidently capitate. Somewhat 

 shrubby. Fl. numerous, small, whitish, in heads. D. rectum has a linear pod and many 

 seeds, p. 94. 



177. LOTUS. Leg. linear or cylindrical, not winged. Seeds many, imbedded. Cal. some- 

 what 2-lLpped : segments acuminate. Wings connivent. Keel beaked. Stigma to the naked 

 eye subulate. Fl. 1-6, with a floral L., ^e«i?ra% ^e^/oz«. p. 95. 



178. TETEAGONOLOBirS. Leg. vrith 4 wings, many-seeded. Keel beaked. Fl. 

 yellow or yurple. p. 96. 



ill. L. pinnate, with an odd Lt. 



180. GLYGYRRHIZA. The single Sta. quite free. Keel acute. Standard lanceolate, 

 straight. Leg. oblong. Seeds 1-4. Cal. 2-lipped; upper least divided. Perennial. Rac, 

 axillary. Fl. pmrplish or white, p. 96. 



181. GALEGA. The single Sta. united to the others at the base. Keel obtuse. Leg. to- 

 rulose, obliquely striate, not inflated. Cal. of 5, nearly equal, subulate teeth. Smooth, erect 

 Perennials. Fl. whiie or purplish, p. 96. 



