25. LEGUMLNUSiE. 
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Keel beaked acuminate. Pod short turgid. — Suffr. or herb, 
more or less glandular-pubescent. Lfts. 3 denticulate. FI. 
racemose or axillary, pink, w. or y. 
7. Anthyllis. Cal. tubular injlated 5-toothed or subbilabiate 
f, persistent , bladdery in fr. Keel not beaked. Pod short 
rounded inclosed in the cal. — Herb, or sufirut. L. odd-pin- 
nate. FI. y. w. or pink, racemose but mostly congested into 
close crowded heads. 
Tribe II. PSORALEJE. 
The Psoralea Tribe. 
Stam. diadelplious 9jl or only halfway monadelphous. Omde 
single . — Suffr. or herb, not climbing- or twisting, often warty- 
glandular and strong-scented. L. various always without stipels. 
FI. axillary solitary or densely racemose in heads, bluish, iv. or 
lilac. Pod short indehiscent 1 -seeded. Cot. aerial leafy. 
8. Psoralea. The only Madeiran genus. (Cal. 5-fid per- 
sistent, its tube villose or glandulose. Pod glandulose.) 
Tribe III. TRIFOLIE2E. 
The Trefoil or Clover Tribe. 
Stam. diadelplious 9|1. Ovules 2 or more . — Herb. St. not 
climbing or twisting. L. with 3 very rarely 5 lflts. never sti- 
pelled ; lfts. mostly denticulated by the numerous excurrent nerves. 
FI. in axillary or spuriously terminal rac. forming often short 
compact heads, purple, r., p., w. or rarely y. Cot. aerial leafy. 
9. Trifolium. Cal. f- toothed . Pet. slightly combined per- 
sistent withering. Fil. somewhat dilated upwards. Pod 
straight small mostly inclosed in the cal. subindehiscent 
1-4-seeded. — FI. mostly numerous in dense congested rac. 
or heads, purple, r., p., w., or sometimes y. 
10. Melilotus. Cal. 5-toothed. Pet. distinct deciduous. Pod 
ovoid or globose small but not inclosed in the cal. 1-2-seeded. 
Seeds ovoid. — FI. in long somewhat lax rac. y. or rarefy w. 
11. Medic ago. Cal. 5-toothed. Pet. distinct deciduous. 
Pod spirally curled, rarely falcate or reniform , large exserted 
from the cal. Seeds reniform. 
Tribe IV. LOTEJE. 
The Bird’s-foot Trefoil Tribe. 
FI. umbellate mostly y. rarely p. or w. Lfts. 3 entire , their 
nerves not excurrcnt. The rest as in Trifoliece. 
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