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25. LEGUMINOSJi. 
Tribe I. LOTEJi. Pod continuous. Cotyledons rising above 
the ground and becoming green leaves. Lea ves of \ or Z 
leaflets or pinnate ivith a termitml leaflet [or digitate]. 
* Leaflet solitarif. Stamens monadelphous. 
1 . Ulex. (Jal. 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 which nearly equals 
the corolla. 
2. Genista. Cal. ^-lipped ; vpper bijid, lower "i-toothed. 
Style subulate, ascending. Stigma terminal, oblique. 
Cor. much exceeding calyx. — Many foreign species have 
ternate leaves. 
** Leaf of 3 leaflets. Stamens monadeiphotis. 
3. Saeothamnus. Cal. "i-liirped ; the upper with 2, the lower 
viith 3 teeth.. Style long, curved, thickened upwards, 
channelled within. Stigma terminal, capitate, small. Pod 
fl<tt. 
4. Ononis. Cal. b-deft; segments narrow, the lower ones 
longer. Keel beaked. Style filiform, ascending. Stigma 
terminal, subcapitate. Pod thick. 
*'* Leaf dirjitati'. titanU'iis moiiadelplioiis, 
15. LupiNcs. Cal. lieeply 2-lipped. Keel rostrate. Style liliform curveil. 
Stigma capitate. Port flattened.] 
**** Leaf of 3 leaflets. Stamens diadelphous ; one free. 
6. Medicago. Cal. with 5 nearly equal teeth. Keel blunt. 
Filaments of the stamens filiform. Ovaries curved. Pod 
1-celled, hooded or spirally tAvisted. Seeds 1 or many. 
7. Melilotus. Cal. with 5 nearly eijual teeth. Keel blunt, 
Filaments filiform, not adhering to the claws of the i)etals. 
Ovary straight. Pod subglobose or oblong, 1-celled, 1 — 4- 
seeded, longer than the calyx. Pet. distinct, deciduous. 
Fl. in long loose racemes. 
8. TiUKoLitrM. Cal. with 5 unequal teeth. Keel blunt 
Filaments .dightli/ enlarged upwards and , inwe or lest 
adhering to the claics of the petals. Pod. oval, ] — 4- 
seeded, included in the calyx or slightly protruding. Pet 
s/ightly comhined, persistent. — Fl. in close racemes. 
