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25. LEGBMNOSiE. 
either fleshy or leafy, aerial (rising above ground), or subter- 
ranean (remaining underground) in germination. — L. alternate 
mostly compound, pinnate or temate, with stip. general and 
partial. Pedic. mostly jointed on the ped. 
Suborder I. PAPILIONACE^E. 
FI. irregular papilionaceous. Pet. clawed imbricate in bud, 
the upper one external, the 2 lower combined into a keel. Stam. 
perigynous nearly equal, their Jil. variously combined. Embryo 
curved pleurorhizal. 
Tribe I. GENISTEJE. 
The Broom Tribe. 
Stam. completely monadelphous. Ovules 2 or more. FI. race- 
mose (the rac. terminal or opposite the 1.), or axillary. — Shr. or 
herb, erect not climbing or twisting. L. simple or digitate 
with 3 or more lfts., rarely pinnate. Cot. aerial leafy. 
fftl. Lupinbs. Cal. deeply 2-lipped mostly 2-bractleted. 
Keel beaked acuminate. Sides of standard strongly re- 
flexed. Anth. 5 small precocious, 5 large oblotig later-ripe. 
Stigma bearded. Pod large compressed coriaceous. — Herb, 
or suffruticose. L. simple or digitate with 5-15 rarely 3 
lfts. Stip. adnate to petiole. FI. in erect spikes or rac. 
blue, w. or y. Cal. often with 2 caducous bractlets at the 
base. Cot. thick fleshy. 
tf2. Ulex. Cal. very deeply 2-lipped almost 2 -sepalous or 
bivalve, always 2-bractleted at the base. Pod small turgid 
few-seeded. — Shr. spinose apparently leafless ; l. spinescent. 
FI. axillary y. 
+3. Sarothamnus. Cal. indistinctly 2-lipped spathaceous or 
scarious at the edge. Pet. loose or spreading. Stam. exserted. 
Style long ascending thickened upwards channeled or flat- 
tened on the inner side. Stigma terminal capitate. Pod flat. 
— Shr. unarmed. L. inconspicuous simple or ternate. FI. 
axillary y. 
4. Genista. Cal. f- lipped , 3 lower sep. sometimes connate. 
Style subulate ascending. Stigma sublateral inwardly, oblique. 
Pod flat. — Shr. unarmed or spinose. L. simple or 3-foliate. 
FI. racemose y. 
5. Adenocarpus. Like Genista but pod and often cal. 
glandulose. — Shr. unarmed, branches divaricate. L. with 
3 mostly small lfts. FI. racemose y. 
0. Ononis. Cal. campanulate 5 -fid persistent spreading in fr. 
