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XXX. LEGrUMINOSiE 
Flowers red or orange red. 
Calyx 2-lipped. Pod glabrous, cylindric 
Calyx tubular. Pod tomentose, flat 
Shrubs or herbs. 
Leaflets toothed. Flowers small. 
Flowers yellow. 
Pod straight or nearly so . . . . 
Pod spirally twisted or strongly curved 
Flowers white. Pod ovoid. Seeds only 1 or 2 
Leaflets entire. 
Pod jointed, or constricted between the seeds. 
Stems twining. 
Flowers yellow 
Flowers purple-blue 
Stems erect or prostrate. 
Racemes -cylindric. Pod folded within the 
calyx 
Racemek simple. Pod straight, protruding . 
Pod neither jointed nor constricted between the 
seeds. 
Stems erect. Pod 1-seeded .... 
Stems twining or trailing . 2 Pod more than 1- 
seeded, except sometimes in Bhynchosia. 
Flowers \ in., pale lilac, solitary, in pairs or 
in short racemes 
Flowers ^ in., pink-white, racemed. Lower 
bracts large, involucrate .... 
Flowers 1-1^ in., pink or red, clustered at the 
end of long, naked stalks . . 
Flowers in., yellow. Keel and style 
spirally twisted ...... 
Flowers in., pale yellow. Standard with 
2 small pouches in the middle 
Flowers 5 -lJ in., yellow. Pod with trans- 
verse, parallel grooves between the seeds 
Flowers §-§ in., yellow or red. Pod f-lj in. . 
29: Erythrina. 
80. Butea. 
7. Trigonella. 
9. Medicago. 
8 . Melilotus. 
28. Dumasia. 
31. Pueraria. 
20. Ur aria. 
23. Desmodium. 1 
16. Lespedeza. 
26. Amphicarpcca. 
27. Shuteria. 
33. Vigna. 
32. Phaseolus. 
34. Dolichos. 
35. Atylosia . 3 
36. Bhynchosia. 
f f Terminal leaflet sessile. (See also Atylosia and Trifolium minus.) 
Stamens- all free. A shrub. Flowers yellow. Anthers 
uniform 1 . Piptanthus. 
Stamens all united. Anthers dissimilar. 
Pod flat, f -1 in. Seeds 1-15 3. Argyrolobium. 
Pod globose, } in. Seeds 2 4. Crotalaria . 4 
Upper stamen free, others united. 
Flowers numerous, in heads or racemes. 
Flowers in terminal heads 5. Trifolium . 5 
Flowers in axillary racemes 11 . Indigofera. 6 
Flowers few, in small clusters or solitary. 
Flowers red, in terminal, head-like clusters . . 37. Flemingia. 7 
Flowers blue, solitary or in pairs .... 6 . Parochetus. 
* * * Leaflets 5 or more 
t Leaves with a terminal leaflet 
Stamens all free. A shrub. Leaflets 21-41. Flowers yellow 39. Sophora, 
1 D. gangeticum only has simple leaves. 2 F fruticulosa only. 3 A. scara- 
bceoides has the terminal leaflet very shortly stalked. 4 C. medicaginea only. 
5 T. minus has the terminal leaflet shortly stalked. 6 I. trifoliata only. 7 F. 
vestita only. 
