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mimite teeth, a bract on eaoli side at the base. Pod thick, 

 few-seeded, scarcely longer tban calyx, -wbicli nearly equals 

 the corolla. 



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

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

 exceeding calyx. — Many foreign species have ternate 

 leaves. 



** lieaf of ?> leaflets. Stamens monadelphous. 



8. Sarothamntjs. Cal. 'it-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. 5-cleft; segments narrow, the lower ones 

 longer. Keel beaked. Style filiform, ascending. Stigma 

 terminal, subcapitate. Pod thick. 



*** Leaf of B leqfi/ets. Stamens diadelphous ; am free. 



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

 Filaments of the stamens filiform. Ovaries curved. Pod 

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



6. MBLiLOTtrs. 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. Tbifolium. 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. Oal. of 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel blunt. 

 Filam. 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. Lotus. Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel ascending, 

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

 upper margin. Longer filaments dilated upwards. Style 

 kneed at the base, filiform-subulate. Pod linear many- 

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

 tions. 



