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* Leaflet solitary. Stamens monadelphous. 



1. UliEX. Cal, of 2 parts ; the upper with 2, the lower with 3 

 minute teeth, a bract on each side at the base. Pod thick, 

 few-seeded, scarcely longer than calyx wliicli nearly equals 

 the corolla. 



2. Genista. Cal. 2-lipped; upper bifid, lotverS-toothed. Style 

 subulate, ascending. Stigma terminal, oblique. Cor. much 

 exceeding calyx. — Many foreign species have ternate 



** Xeaf of 3 leaflets. Stamens monuddphous. 



3. Sabothamnus. Cal. 2-lipped, the upper with 2, the lower 

 with 3 teeth. Style long, curved, thickened upwards, chan- 

 nelled within. Stigma terminal, capitate, small. Pod flat. 



4. Ononis. Cal. 6-cleft; segments narrow, the lower ones 

 longer. Keel beaked. Style filiform, ascending. Stigma 

 terminal, subcapitate. Pod thick. 



*** Iieaf of 3 leaflets. Stamens diadelphous ; one free. 



5. Mbdicago. Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel blunt. 

 Filaments of the stamens filiform. Ovaries curved. Pod 

 1-celled, hooded or spirally twisted. Seeds 1 or many. 



6. Mblilottts. Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel blunt. 

 Filaments filiform, not adhering to the claws of the petals. 

 Ovary straight. Pod subglobose or oblong, 1-celled, 1 — 4- 

 seeded,' longer than the calyx. Pet. distinct, deciduous. 

 Fl. in long loose racemes. 



7. TniroLiDM. Cal. with 5 unequal teeth. Keel blunt. 

 Filaments slightly enlarged upwards and more or less adhering 

 to the claws of the petals. Pod oval, 1 — 4-seeded, included 

 in the calyx or slightly protruding. Pet. slightly combined, 

 persistent. — Fl. in close racemes. 



8. Falcatula. Cal. of 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel blunt. 

 Pilam. filiform, not adhering to the claws of the petals. Pod 

 compressed, truncate, straight, 6 — 8-seeded, protruding 

 from the calyx. Pet. distinct, deciduous ; wings and keel 

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

 duncle shorter than the petiole. 



9. LOTTTS. Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. Eeel ascending, 

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



