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25. LBGUMINOS^:. 
12. Lotus. Cal. campanulate 5-toothed. Keel beaked acu- 
minate. Style simple subulate. Pod straight linear spuri- 
ously lomentaceous or many-celled, many-seeded. — Herb, 
or suflr. FI. y. 
13. Pedrosia. Cal. campanulate 5 -partite. Style bifid or 
toothed beneath. The rest as in Lotus. 
ttt Tribe V. GALEGEuE. 
The Goat’s-Eue Tribe. 
Stam. 1-delphous or diadelphous. Ovules 2 or more. Pod 
mostly 2-valve. L. pinnate. FI. racemose. Cot. aerial leafy. 
ttt 14- Robixia. Cal. short campanulate f-toothed. Stand- 
ard rounded large reflexed. Stam. diadelphous. Pod flat 
margined at the upper edge bivalve. — Tr. or shr. with often 
prickly stip. L. odd-pinnate, lfts. stipellate. FI. hand- 
some w. or rose in drooping axillary rac. 
Tribe VI. IIEDYSAREjE. 
The Saintfoin Tribe. 
Pod jointed, separating when ripe transversely into 1-seeded 
indehiscent joints or cells. — Cot. aerial leafy. Habit various. 
L. mostly odd-pinnate, sometimes 3-foliate, rarely simple. FI. 
umbellate or racemose. 
* FI. umbellate. L. odd-pinnate. 
15. Arthrolobium. Cal. tubular. Keel obtuse. Pod 
curved very slender subcylindrical, joints scarcely contracted 
at each end. — Herb, smooth. FI. small y. in axillary stalked 
bractless umbels. (Belongs probably to Lotece.) 
10. Ornithopus. Cal. tubular. Keel obtuse. Pod com- 
pressed ; joints equally contracted at each end. — Herb, pu- 
bescent. FI. small in axillary stalked umbels bracteate 
(with an odd-pinnate 1.) at Up. 
17. IIippocrepis. Cal. campanulate. Keel beaked acuminate. 
Pod compressed, the upper suture excised- sinuate, the joints 
crescent- or horse-shoe-shaped. Seeds curved or crescent- 
shaped. — Herb. FI. y. in axillary stalked bractless umbels. 
** FI. umbellate. L. simple. 
18. Scorpiurus. Cal. campanulate. Keel beaked acuminate. 
Pod spirally or circularly curled or revolute , longitudinally 
grooved, 3-6-jointed. — Ilerb. FI. y. in axillary stalked 
bractless umbels. 
