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Legume obliquely broad-obovate. 1. hr achy pus, Harv/ 
Legume obliquely broad-oblong. 
11. benguelensis, Baker. 
Racemes longer than the leaves. 
Pubescence of soft hairs. 25. microccirpa , E. Mey. 
Pubescence strigose on stem and leaves. 
Carina about as long as alae. 14. Harveycina, L Bolus. 
Carina much shorter than alae. 22. Flanaganii, L. Bolus. 
Racemes usually many-fld. 
Legumes conspicuously inflated, usually membranous. 
Leaflets 4 — 9 -jugate. 
Legume semi-lunate ; pubescence of long soft spreading hairs. 
29. excisa, DC. 7 
Legume not semi- 1 unate ; pubescence strigose on stem and 
leaves. 
Peduncles longer than leaf. 19. physodes, E. and Z. 
Peduncles shorter than leaf. 21. depressa, Harv.-' 
Leaflets 10 — 14-jugate. 20. tenuifolia, E. Mey. 
Legumes more or less compressed, usually not membranous. 
Pubescence strigose on stem and leaves. 
More or less rigid and erect. 
Legume obliquely obovate-oblong. 
Pedicel and calyx nigro-pubescent ; fls. about 5 Is. long. 
3. rigida, E. Mey. - J 
Pedicel and calyx albo-pubescent ; fls. < 5 Is. long. 
13. stricta, Bolus. v 
Legume suborbicular or broadly obovate. 
12. fruticosa, Lindl. 
More or less herbaceous, decumbent or trailing. 
Racemes lax ; legume < 1 in. long ; annual ? 
15. linearis, DC. 
Racemes dense ; legume 1 in. or more long ; perennial. 
Leaflets 5 — 6-jugate; legume 16 — 20-seeded. 
16. subumbellata, Harv. 
Leaflets 6 — 14-jugate; legume 4 — 6-seeded. 
17. pulchra, Sims. - / 
Pubescence of long soft spreading hairs. 
More or less shrubby and erect. 
Branches short, twiggy ; calyx-lobes deltoid, shorter than 
the tube. 5. flexuosa, E. Mey. v 
Branches long, virgate ; calyx-lobes not as above. 
Plant thinly silky. 6. peremians, DC. . 
