PapiHonacea] XLV. LEGUMIXOS.E -213 



Tribe I. Podalyriece. — Leaves digitate ; stamens free ; pod dehiscent. 



Shrub with connate stipules 1. Piptakthus. 



Tribe II. Genisteie. — L. simple or digitately 3-foliolate; stamens monadelphous ; pod 

 dehiscent, not jointed. 



Keel beaked : pod turgid 2. Crotalabia. 



Keel beak" I : pod flat Pbiotbopis (p. 216). 



Tribe III. Galegete. — L. impari — rarely pari — pinnate; stamens usually diadelphous 

 pod dehiscent, ii"t jointed. 

 Shrubs, common petiole spinescenl . . .3. Cakagana. 



Shrubs, unarmed or branchlets spinescent. 



PI. yellow, anthers obtuse, pods inflated . . i. Colctea. 

 PL pink, purple or white, anthers apiculate, 



pods not inflated ...... 5. Indigofera. 



Soft-wooded trees, leaflets numerous, fl. large . 6. Sksbaxia. 



Trees or climbers. 



Alternate filaments dilated . . . .7. Mundulea. 



All filaments filiform . .... 8. Millettia. 



Tribe r/V. Hedysarece. — L. Lmparipinnate, rarely simple, pod jointed or 1-seeded. 

 Leaflets stipellate. 



Shrub- or herbs, fl. on this year's branchlets . 9. Desmodium. 

 A tree. fl. fasciculate on the old wood . . 10. Oogeihia. 

 Leaves without stipels. 



A tall water plant, leaflets numerous, pod of 



4-8 joints -Esc uyxomkxf. (p. 22 1 



Spinescent shrubs, leaves simple, pod of seve- 

 ral joints Ai.uai'.i (p. 225). 



Unarmed handsome undershrubs, leaves 3-fo- 

 liolate, pod 1-seeded Lespkdeza (p. 225). 



Tribe V. Ptcteae. — Leaves paripinnate, petiole ending in a tendril or bristle. 

 Climbers, with polished bright coloured seeds . 11. Anises. 



Tribe VI. Phaseolew. — Climbers, rarely ereci shrubs or herbs, with trifoliolate or 

 simple, rarely lmparipinnate leaves. 



Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, not gland-dotted beneath, leaflets stipellate. 

 Keri and wings Larger than standard, anthers 



dimorphic 12. Mictxa. 



Standard larger than keel and wings, anthers 



uniform ........ 13. Erytmrina. 



Petals equal, or nearly so. 



Pod oblong, turgid, L-2-s led . . . 1 i v (p. 228). 



Pod linear, Bat, manj - Led . . . 11. Puerabia. 



Seed one, at t he end of pod. 



Fl. small, in ample terminal panicles. L5. Spatholobi s. 



Fl. large yellow or orange, n mose . 16. Bi n \. 



i wes imparipinnate, leaflets 5 .... Crcddasia (p. 231). 

 Leaves digitately 3-foliidate or simple. e;hu,d dotted 

 beneath, no stipels IT. Fi.emingia. 



Tribe "VII. Dalhergiece. Trees or shrubs, leaves Lmparipinnate, pod do! jointed, inde- 

 hiscent. 



i Sets ;i Itei nate, 

 I'd. n hite, Lilac or purple ; pod Longer I ha d 



broad I s . Dalbergia. 



Fl.yellow; pod short, nearly circular . . 19. Ptebocarpus. 

 Leaflet - opp site. 



Pod Bat, thin, winged 20. Debris. 



Pod thick, almost « ly, nol winged . . 21. PoNGAJirx. 



Tribe VIII. Sophort ce. Trees or shrubs j leaves imparipinnate, rarely simple; stamens 



free. 



Leaflets opposite, mostly coriaceous; pod fleshy or 



" oody 22. < Irmosi v. 



Leaflets often alternate ; pod moniliform . . 28. Sopiiora. 

 Leaflets nearly opposite: pod flat, membranous . Calpcrnia (p. 244 



