3. 



4. 



I. 

 I. 



glandulosa. 

 enneaphylla. 



5. 



I. 



anahaptista. 



6. 



I 



glabra. 



7- 



1. 



viscosa. 



8. 

 9 



I. 

 I. 



trifoliata. 

 trita. 



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Leaves imparipinnate. 

 Flowers in axillary short-pedunoled heads. 

 Leaves 3-£oliolate . . . , . 



Leaves 5-9-foliolate 



Flowers in axillary racemes. 



Pod quite flat 



Pod more or less turgid 



Racemes laxly 2-4j-flowered, leaflets 5 

 Racemes 6-12-flowered. 

 Leaflets 7-11. A gland-pubescent annual 

 Leaflets 3. 

 End leaflet sessile. A perennial herb 

 End leaflet stalked. An undershrub . 

 Eacemes more than 12-flowered, bracts 

 minute. 

 Leaves 5-foliolate. 



Pod not torulose, 8-12-seeded . . 10. I, suhulata. 



Pod distinctly toralose, 1-3-seeded • 11. 7. angulosa. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate, or the upper ones 

 5 fol. 



Leaflets alternate, pod torulose. A 

 silvery-canescent shrub . . 12. I. ohlongifolia. 



Leaflets opposite, pod slightly toru- 

 lose. A dwarfed undershrub . . 13. I. Ramiltonii. 



Leaves 5-11-foliolate. 

 Pod 4-gonoas, very hairy . . .14. I. hirsuta. 



Pod cylindrical, glabrous when ma- 

 ture. 

 Pod 2-4-seeded, slightly torulose. 



A silvery canescent shrub . . 15. I. articnlata, 

 Pod 8-12-seeded, not torulose . . 16. I. tinctoria. 

 Eacemes more than 12-flowered, bracts 

 exceeding the buds . . . . 17. I. pulchella. 



1. I. linifolia, Betz. Ohs. iv, 29; Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 320-, W. 4- A, 

 Prod. 19S; 0.4- a. Bomb. Fl 53; F. B. I. ii, 92; Watt E. !>.— Vern. 

 Torlii. 



A procumbent persistently silvery-pubescent perennial herb. Stems 

 many, much branched. Leaves simple, |-1 in. long, sessile or nearly so, 

 usually linear, acute at both ends, mucronate, silvery above and be- 

 neath ; stipules minute, setaceous. Fioivers 6-12, in very small dense 

 subsessile axillary racemes. Calyx-teeth setaceous, much longer than 

 the tube. Corolla 2-3 times the calyx, bright red or white. Pod 

 minute, globose, 1-seeded, apiculate, silvery- tvhite. Seeds globose, 

 shining. 



