332 . LEGUMINOSE. [ Ellipanthus. 
f 4 e . 
Sera binlesteck 2 
t+ —_ simple or digitately — or pin- “ 
tely Bagg Serge creer tamen usually 
at least at the bas 
A Pre imple or digitata 9 8-foliolate. 
Pods in . . . Crotalaria. 
Pods ens : . Priotropis. 
AA “Leaves pinnately 3- 1-foliolate. - 
{ Pods indehiscent, bearing the seed at 
§ E Tubs. 
Prickly Sere — 2 resinous- seed dete 3-foliolate . Erythrina. sad 
marmed; leaves more or less gland-dotted, 3-1-foliolate ; pods | 
eenied, ‘nfla a . Flemingia. | 
Unarmed ; leaves oo resinous- -gland-dotted, B-foliolate 5 pods 
several- seeded, to . Cajanus. 
§ Climbers o or -twiners. 
sae 7 flowering nlnane and s ; leaves resinous- 
. Cylista. 
Calys changed ; Jeaves not resinous- -dotted. 5 
|| Flowers from knots (reduced ramifications) along ; 
rachis. 
— shorter than the wings; bracts often large, but decid- 
andes h longer than the wings. " Bracts persis stent . Dioclea. 
As former, but bracts deciduous and small ; the endocarp separat- 
ing and enclosing the seeds . Canavalia. 
Il I — pa inflorescence not thickened | - be 
the flowe alyx-tu 
arical, Meee than the ‘iba: ac bet 
. Clitoria. 
++ Pods — the articles dehiscent or indehis- 
Abnormal genus ; sate ee i -seeded, indehiscent . Lespedeza. : ; 
Pods 2- many-seeded ; leaves ee 1-3-foliolate ; Jeaflets sti- é 
. Desmodium. 
Pods 2- many-seeded, m moniliform ; leaves pinnate; . stipulets none , Ormocarpum. 
* & Upper petals (standard) always inside, or sometimes ; : | 
anting or catecad ie in number. 
x Petals all Jeveaiuat but unequal. Seeds with albumen. 
© Anthers usually Yoaltlc, oe opening by pores. 
Leaves ambit 8 pinnate; pods dehiscent or indehiseent, cham- 
O oO ey ethos versatile, opening by longitudinal slits. : 
oe Leaves simple or 2-lobed, rarely 2-foliolate. 0s 
= Calyx eutiesoas or valvately-sepalled . Bauhinia. 
ee Leaves bipinnate. Sepals more or less 
Spiny armed; pods chartaccous, torose or almost merger in- 2 
dehiscent z . Parkinsonia. 
aS — Raest rigidly « corinceous, flat, “dehiscent = $ . Poinciana. 
oe ane car eee bipinnate. Sepals more or = imbri- 
cS cate. Petals 5, all developed. Anthers versatile, 
coriaceous or thick, dehiscent or not . . . Cesalpinia. 
at Pods winged or wing ike extended, indchisoent, 
ines acter imbricated. 
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