25. LEGTJMINOSiE. 79 



from the calyx. Pet. distinct, deciduous ; winn;3 and keel 

 nearly equally long.— PL 1, 2 or 3 together. Common pe- 

 duncle shorter than the petiole. 



9. toTus. Cal. with 6 nearly equal teeth. Keel ascending, 

 with a narrowed point (beak). Wings connivent at their 

 upper margin. Longer filaments dilated upwards. Style 

 kneed at the base, iili^rm-subulate. Pod linear, tnany- 

 seeded, 2-valved, imperfectly divided by transverse parti- 

 tionis. 



**** Zeaf pinnate with an odd one. Stamens monadelphoas. 



10. .Ajs'THYLua. Cal. tubular, inflated, 5-cleft, segments un- 

 • equal. M^eel not beaked. Style filiform. Stigma capitate. 



***** Leaf pinnate vnth an odd one. Stamens diadelphous. 



11. OxYTBOPis. Cal. with 5 teeth. Keel with a narrow 

 straight point. Pod imperfectly 2-celIed, cells formed by the 

 imflexed margin of the tipper suture. 



12. AsTEAGAiiTJS. Cal. with 5 teeth. Keel blunt. Pods im- 

 perfectly 2-celled, cells formed by the inflexed margin of the 

 lower suture. 



Tr. II. VIOIEjE. Pod continuous. Stam. diadelphous. Coty- 

 ledons remaining under ground. L. pinnate without the term, 

 odd leaflet or apparently simple. 



* Tube of stam. very obliquely truncate, 



1.3. ViciA. Cal. 5-fid or 5-toothed. Style flliform; its' upper 

 part hairy all over, or bearded on the underside and at the 

 same time hairy or glabrous. Pods 1-ceUed, 2-valved. 



** Tube of stam. transversely truncate. 



14. LATHYatrs. Cal. 5-fid or 5-toothed. Styleflattened' up- 

 •wards, hairy beneath the stigma. Pods 1-celled, 2-valved. 



Tr. in. SEDYSAREJE. Pod divided transversely into 1- 

 seeded joints. , L.pinnate with a terminal leafl,et. 



1-0. Obnithopits. Cal. long, tubular, with 6 nearly equal 

 teeth, 2 upper ones slightly combineci and converging. 

 Keel blunt. Policing, compressed, o/" manyl-seeded inde- 

 hiscentjomfs equally narfoioed on both sides at the joinings. — 

 Apex of the common peduiicles bearing a small pinnate leaf 

 just below the flowers. 



