PaplUonaccxe] XLV. LEGUMINOSJ] 215 



Tribe I. Podabjriem. — Leaves digitate ; stamens free ; pod dehiscent. 



Shrub witli connate btipiiles 1. PiPiANTHLb. 



Tribe II. Genistem. — L. simple or digitately 3-foliolate : stamens monadelphotis ] pod 

 dehiscent, not jointed. 



Keel beaked; pod turgid 2. Croialaeia. 



Keel beaked ; pod flat Pkxotkopis (p. 216). 



Tribe III. Galegece, — L. impari — rarely pari — pinnate ; stamens usually diadelphous 

 ]3od dehiscent, not jointed. 



Shrubs, common petiole spinescent . . .3. Caeagana. 



Shrubs, unarmed or branchlets spinescent. 



PL yellow, anthers obtuse, iDods inflated . . 4. Colutea. 



PL pink, purple or white, anthers apiculate, 



pods not inflated 5. Ij^diuopera. 



Soft-wooded trees, leaflets numerous, fl. large , 0. Sesbakia. 



Trees or climbers 



Alternate hlament& dilated . . . .7. Mujs'bulea. 



All filaments fililorm . .... 8. Milletiia. 



Tribe IV. Hedijsarece, — L. imparipinnate, rarely simple, pod I'oiuted or l-seeded. 

 Leaflets htipellate. 



Shrubs or herbs, fl. on thib year's branchlets . 9. DE&.M0DirM. 

 A tree, fl. fasciculate on the old wood . . 10. OuGrixiA. 



Leaves without stipels. 



A tall water plant, leaflets numerous, pod of 



4-8 jomtb ^EsGiirKOMENE (p. 224) 



Spinescent shrubs, leaves simjole, pod of seve- 

 ral joints Alhagi (p. 225). 



Unarmed handsome undershrubs, leaves 3-fo- 

 liolate, j)od l-seeded Lespedeza (p. 225). 



Tribe Y. Viciece. — Leaves paripinnate, petiole ending in a tendril or bristle. 

 Climbers, with polished bright coloured seeds . 11. Abeus. 



Tribe VI. Phcf^eolece — Climbers, rarely erect shrubs or herbs, with trifoliolate or 

 simple, rarely imparipinnate leaver. 



Leaves pmnately 3-foliolate, not gland-dotted beneath, leaflets stipellate. 

 Keel and wings larger than standard, anthers 



dimorphic 12. Mucuna. 



Standard larger than keel and wings, anthers 



uniform 13. Eryikrina. 



Petals equal, or nearly so. 



Pod oblong, turgid, 1-2-seeded . . . Dioclea (p. 228). 

 Pod linear, flat, many seeded . . 14. Puervria. 



Seed one, at the end of pod. 



PL small, in ample terminal panicles. 15. Sfaiiiolobus. 

 FL large yellow or orange, racemose . 16. Butea. 

 Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 5 . . . . Cruddasia Q>. 281). 



Leaves digitately 3-foliolate or simple, gland dotted 

 beneath, no stipels 17. Fleming ia. 



Tribe VII. Dalhergiem. — Trees or shrubs, leaves imparipinnate, pod not jointed, inde- 

 hiscent. 



Leaflets alternate. 



PL white, lilac or purple; pod longer than 



broad < 18. Dalbergia. 



PL yellow ; pod short, nearly circu.lar . . 19. Pterocarpus. 



Leaflets opposite. 



Pod flat, thin, winged 20. Berris. 



Pod thick, almost woody, not winged . . 21. Pokgamia. 



Tribe VIII. /S'op/iorece.— Trees or shrubs ; leaves imparipinnate, rarely simple ; stamens 

 free. 

 Leaflets opposite, mostly coriaceous ; pod fleshy or 



woody 22 Ormosia. 



Leaflets often alternate 5 i>od moniliform . . 23. Sophora. 



Leaflets nearly opposite : pod flat, membranous . Calpurnia (p. 244). 



