Fruit linear, several-or many-seeded, ripening above ground. Ovules several or many. 282 282. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, with acuminate segments. Keel pointed; wings auricled. Undershrubs with erect or ascending branches.--Species 1. South Africa. (Under _Vigna_ Savi). =Otoptera= DC. Calyx 4-5-toothed or 5-cleft. Keel blunt or beaked.--Species 65. Tropical and South Africa and Egypt. Some species yield fibre used for rope-making, and edible fruits or seeds. (Including _Liebrechtsia_ De Wild.) =Vigna= Savi 283. Stigma very oblique. Style-apex wedge-shaped, hairy. Calyx-teeth very short and broad. Keel blunt. Fruit linear.--Species 5. Central and South-east Africa. (Under _Vigna_ Savi). =Sphenostylis= E. Mey. Stigma slightly oblique or straight. 284 284. Upper lip of the calyx entire. Style bearded lengthwise. Fruit oblong, 2-4-seeded. 285 Upper lip of the calyx notched. 286 285. Keel almost straight, blunt. Standard oblong, straight, folded over the other petals. Corolla yellow-green. Style flat at base, hairy above.--Species 1. South Africa. (Under _Dolichos_ L.) =Chloryllis= E. Mey. Keel sharply bent upwards, pointed. Standard orbicular, bent back, expanded. Corolla white or red. Style flat and bearded above.--Species 1 (_L. vulgaris_ Savi). Tropical and South-east Africa; also cultivated in Egypt. It yields edible fruits and seeds, fodder, and medicaments, and serves also as an ornamental plant. (Under _Dolichos_ L.) =Lablab= Savi 286. Ovules 2. Style flattened and hairy above. Keel pointed. Upper calyx-teeth united to about the middle. Glandular plants.--Species 10. Central Africa. (Under _Dolichos_ L.) =Adenodolichos= Harms Ovules 3 or more. Style thread-shaped. Keel shortly beaked. Glandless plants. (See 276.) =Dolichos= L. 287. (272.) Ovules 1-2. 288 Ovules 3 or more. 295 288. Connective of the stamens produced into a gland, a tuft of hairs, or a short point. Calyx-teeth subequal. Corolla usually red; keel gibbous or spurred on each side. Fruit more or less turgid, with transverse partitions. Plants clothed with appressed hairs fixed by the middle. Bracteoles none. (See 215.) =Indigofera= L. Connective without an appendage. Fruit more or less compressed. 289 289. Ovule 1. Calyx-teeth about equal, bristle-like. Keel obtuse. Fruit enclosed by the calyx. Bracts broad. (See 237.) =Leptodesmia= Benth. Ovules 2, rarely ovule 1, but then calyx-teeth unequal (the upper ones more or less united). 290 290. Bracteoles present. 291 Bracteoles absent. Corolla usually yellow; standard auricled at the base. 293 291. Style hairy at the base, bent almost at a right angle above the middle. Ovary surrounded at the base by a cupular disc. Calyx-teeth and bracteoles ending in a club-shaped gland. Corolla spotted with violet. Fruit 1-celled. Leaflets toothed.--Species 5. Central Africa. (Under _Rhynchosia_ Lour.) =Eminia= Taub. Style glabrous, slightly curved. Fruit transversely chambered. 292