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Orotalana, or " Eattlepod," common garden plants; some yielc 

 good fibre and are cultivated for that purpose. Lupinus, the well- 

 known flower ; Genista and Spartiwn, the Brooms ; or Ulex Europmws 

 the Furze bush. 



Tribe 3. TEiFOiiEiB. — Herbs, very rarely shrubs. Leaflets 

 usually 3, pinnate or rarely digitate, the veinlets extending to the 

 edge and often produced into minute teeth. Peduncles, racemes, oi 

 flower-heads axillary (or apparently terminal by the reduction of the 

 upper floral leaves), never leaf-opposed. Upper stamens free (excepi 

 Ononis) , the others united in a sheath. Pod not articulate. Examples : 

 Medicago, Trifolium (clover), the Lucerne and Clovers. 



Tribe 4. LoTEiE. — Herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves pinnate, leaflets 

 entire. Mowers capitate or umbellate on axillary peduncles. TJppei 

 stamen usually free, at least at the base, the others united in a sheath ; 

 filaments either all or 5 only dilated towards the end. Pod not 

 articulate. Example: Lotus, or Birdsfoot Trefoil. Some of the 

 species are pretty border plants. 



Tribe 5. GrALEGEiE. — Herbs not tvdning, shrubs, or rarely trees 

 or tall woody climbers. Leaves pinnate, rarely reduced to 3 or 1 

 leaflets. Stipellee none, or setaceous in a few pinnate genera. 

 Stamens 9, upper one usually free, at least at the base, the others 

 united in a sheath, very rarely all united ; filaments filiform. Ovules 2 

 or more (except in Indigofera linifolia and Psoralea). Pod not 

 articulate, 2-valved (except in Psoralea) . Examples : Indigofera, 

 Millettia, Swainsona or Darling Pea. 



Tribe 6. HEDTSAEEiE. — Herbs, or very rarely shrubs or trees. 

 Leaves various. Pod separating transversely into 1-seeded articles, 

 usually indehiscent, or sometimes reduced to a single 1-seeded 

 indehiscent reticulate article. An artificially distinguished group, 

 having the foliage and other characters sometimes of the Lotese, 

 sometimes of the Gralegese, or of the Phaseoleae. Examples : Zornia, 

 Desmodium, Lespedeza, or the 'EaxVa-nut,AracMs hypogwa. 



Tribe 7. ViciEiE. — Herbs. Leaves abruptly pinnate, the common 

 petiole usually ending in a tendril or fine point. Elowers and fruit of 

 PhaseolesB. Peduncles or racemes axillary. Examples : Pisum, Pea ; 

 Yicia, the Vetch ; Lathyrus, the Sweet Pea ; or Ahrus, Crab's-eyes. 



Tribe 8. PHASEOiEiE. — Herbs, usually twining or prostrate, 

 rarely erect or shrubby at the base, very rarely trees. Leaves 

 pinnately 3-foliolate or 1-foliolate, rarely 5 or 7-f oliolate, with stipellse 

 (digitate in Flemingia and a very few species of other genera, stipellse 

 minute or none in Phynchosia and its allies). Upper stamen usually 

 free, at least at the base or all but the base. Anthers uniform or 

 nearly so (except in Mucuna, in which they are alternately longer and 

 erect, and shorter versatile and often bearded). Pod not articulate, 

 2-valved. Examples: Phaseolus, Canavalia, Glycine, Sardenhergia, 

 the Bushman's Sarsaparilla ; Prythrina, the Cork or Coral tree ; 

 Canavalia gladiata. Sword Bean, &c.; all plentiful in gardens. 



Tribe 9. Daibeegieje. — Trees or woody climbers. Leaves 

 pinnate, with 5 or more leaflets or sometimes 1 leaflet, very rarely 3. 

 Stipellie none or small and subulate. Stamens all united in a sheath 

 or tube or into two parcels of 5, very rarely the upper one free. Pod 

 indehiscent. Examples : Lonchocarpus, Pongamia. The first is a 



