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L. LEGUMiNOSJ!. (J. Gr. Baker.) 



28. Tateenieea. 



29. Ebentis. 



30. Geissapsis. 



31. Onobetchis. 



Tribe VI. KedysaresB. Stamens diadelphous or monadelplious. Pod 

 jointed if more than l-seeded. Leaves odd-pinnate. 



* Leaves exstipdlate. 



Stamens monadelphous ; anthers nnifonn. 

 Leaflets 1-3. Flowers in a lax raceme 

 Leaflets 3. Howers in a dense head 

 Leaflets 4 . . ... 



Leaflets many 



Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1) ; anthers uniforiQ. 

 Ovule solitary. Pod 1-jointed .... 

 OTules few. 



Spiny shrub, with simple leaves . 

 Herbs with imparipinnate leaves. 

 Pod distinctly jointed ' . ' . 

 Pod marked only by faint transverse lines 

 Stamens uKinadelphous ; anthers dimorphous. 

 Joints of pod 2-6, muricated .... 

 Joints of pod 1-2, rugose .... 



Stamens in two bundles of 5 each ; anthers uniform. 

 Pod twisted inside the calyx . . 

 Po.d straight exserted from the calyx. 



Calyx 2-lipped 



Calyx 5-toothed 



32. Lespkdbza. 



S3. AxHAGI. 



34. Hedtsaeum. 



35. Steacheta. 



36. ZOKNIA. 



37. SrYiOSANTHBS. 



8. Smithia. 



39. .^schtnomene. 



40. Oemocaeptjm. 



** Leaves sttpeClate.. (Stamens in aU 9 and 1 ; anthers uniform,) 



Ovary l-ovule3. 



Eacemes terminal, capitate . .. . . " . , 41. Leptodesmia. 



Bacemes axillary, lax .,.,... 42. Elbiotis. 

 Ovules several. Pod not distinctly jointed. • 



Pod turgid . . .43. Ptcnospoea. 



Pod flat , 44. PsEin>AETHBIA. 



Ovules 2 or more. Pod distinctly jointed.. 

 Pod twisted up so that the joints are brought face to face. 



Calyx accrescent ; teeth lanceolate . . „ . 45. Loxteea. 



Calyx not accrescent ; teeth setaceous . . . .46. TTbaeia. 

 Pod not twisted up. 



Joints targid 47. Aitsicaepus. 



Joints flattened. 

 Pedicel abruptly ihflesgd' at the tip .... 48. Mecopus. 

 Pedicel not inflexed. 



Eacemes in fascicles- from the old woodi .... 49. Otjgeinia. 

 Eacemes simple orpanicled from the year's shoots . 60. Desmodiuii. 



Tribe VII. Vicleae. Stamens diadelphous (the tenth abortive in Abrus). 

 Fod dehiscent, not jointed. Leaves equally- pinnate ; petiole ending in a tendril 

 or bristle. 



Shrubs with the tenth stamen absent .... 



Herbs, with diadelphous stamens (9 and 1). 



Leaflets toothed ....... 



Leaflets entire. 



Tube of stamens oblique at mouth 

 Tube of stamens truncate at mouth 



51. Abeus. 



52. Ciceb. 



63. ViciA. 

 54. Lathtbus. 



Tribe VIII. Fhaseoleae. Stamens nlonadelphous or diadelphous. Pod 

 dehiscent, not jointed. .Climbing, rarely erect terbs or shrubs, with pinnately 

 3-foliolate leaves. 



