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iiStipules solitary. 
Twigs and leaflets shortly pubescent, the former 
terete ; terminal leaflet 5-10 mm. long (52) Sutherlandii. 
Twigs and leaflets hirtellous or densely hirsute, 
obovate-cuneate, the former angulate ; terminal 
leaflet elliptic, 10-15 mm. long, 4-7 mm. broad, 
subacute (rarely broadly obovate). 
Vexillum 4 mm. broad, auriculate at the base. (53) eriantha. 
Vexillum 2-5-3 mm. broad, attenuate at the 
base (55) corymbosa. 
** Corolla glabrous, except for a median longitudinal 
posticous line of deciduous hairs on the limb of the 
vexillum (54) piUchra. 
B, Plant drying black. 
f Stipulate. Flower-heads rarely exceeding 3 cm. in 
diameter. 
Carina 4 mm. broad (57) foliosa. 
Carina 2 mm. broad (56) lanceolata. 
f fExstipulate. Mower-heads exceeding 4 cm. in 
diameter, compactly 25-80-flowered (58) grandis. 
§ 6. LEOBORDEA. 
* Carina 14 mm. long. 
Petioles 6-8 mm. long, the leaflets slightly shorter ; 
stipule solitary, falcate (59) carinalis. 
**Carina 9 mm. long. Calyx subinflated and prominently 
nervate at the maturation of the fruit. Caespitose . . . . (60) Steingroeveriana. 
***Carina 4-7 mm. long. Calyx not inflated, prominently 
nervate. Dichotomously branched and spreading, rarely 
caespitose. 
Calyx 6 mm. long, shortly pubescent (61) clandestina. 
Calyx 3-4 mm. long, sericeous or villous (62) Leobordea. 
§ 7. LEPTIS. 
I. Leaves preponderatingiy 5-foliolate. Legume very shortly 
stipitate. 
a. Flowers large, exceeding 2 cm. ; vexillum much 
shorter than the carina. Leaflets thickly coriaceous (66) longiflora. 
b. Flowers small, not exceeding 1 cm. ; vexillum sub- 
equalling the carina. 
Petioles averaging 1-lJ cm. Legume glabrous . . (64) delicatula. 
Petioles 5 mm. long. Legume inconspicuously 
sericeous. 
Carina narrow, 1 mm. Corolla glabrous . . . . (63) quinata. 
Carina broad, 2-3 mm. Corolla sericeous . . . . (65) htpinifolia. 
II. Leaves trifoliolate, rarely unifoliolate. Legume sessile. 
A. Leaflets sericeous on both sides (rarely patently 
hirsute). 
*Carina acute. 
fPod included within the calyx. 
Stipules cordate-ovate. Bracts involucrate, 
con=;picuous, broadly subreniform (67) Burchellii. 
