337. Standard clawed. Wings adhering to the keel. Ovules several or many, very rarely only 2. Stigma usually penicillate. Fruit linear, rarely oblong or ovate, dehiscing by two valves. Leaflets usually with many parallel side-nerves. Flowers white or red, in terminal or leaf-opposed racemes, rarely in axillary fascicles or racemes; in this case ovules numerous. Bracteoles absent. (See 233.) =Tephrosia= Pers. Standard nearly sessile. Wings short. Ovules 1-3. Fruit oblong to orbicular, indehiscent, very rarely dehiscing by two valves. Flowers in axillary spikes or racemes. 338 338. Calyx-lobes much longer than the tube, feathery. Corolla red; keel adhering to the staminal tube. Fruit enclosed by the calyx, oblong or ovate. Unarmed, hairy plants. Stipules connate.--Species 2. North Africa. =Ebenus= L. Calyx-lobes as long as or shorter than the tube. Fruit projecting beyond the calyx, hemispherical or spirally twisted.--Species 10. North Africa and Abyssinia. Sainfoin (_O. sativa_ Lam.) is cultivated in various regions for fodder, sometimes also as a medicinal or ornamental plant. =Onobrychis= Gaertn. 339. Style bearded lengthwise towards the top. Fruit 2-valved. 340 Style glabrous above or penicillate round the stigma. 343 340. Style thread-shaped, bearded on the outside or all round. Calyx-teeth subequal. Petals red or white, clawed; standard exceeding the wings and the keel. Seeds kidney-shaped, with a filiform funicle. Flowers in racemes.--Species 40. South Africa to Angola. Some are used medicinally. (_Coluteastrum_ Heist.) =Lessertia= DC. Style flattened, bearded on the inner side. 341 341. Calyx-teeth unequal, the two upper ones united high up. Corolla blue or white. Seeds without an outgrowth at the hilum. Leaflets usually stipellate. Bracteoles persistent. (See 274.) =Clitoria= L. Calyx-teeth about equal. Seeds with a small aril covering the hilum. Leaflets not stipellate. Bracteoles rudimentary or wanting. 342 342. Staminal tube obliquely truncate. Keel somewhat pointed. Ovary almost sessile. Ovules 2. Aril ovate or oblong. Flowers small, bluish-white. (See 212.) =Lens= Gren. & Godr. Staminal tube evenly truncate. Keel shorter than the wings, usually blunt. Ovules 3 or more. Aril usually linear. (See 128.) =Lathyrus= L. 343. Connective of the stamens bearing a gland, a point, or a tuft of hairs. Fruit transversely septate, 2-valved. Plants with appressed hairs fixed by the middle. (See 215.) =Indigofera= L. Connective without an appendage. Hairs rarely fixed by the middle. 344 344. Leaflets stipellate, 5-7. Flowers in terminal racemes, without bracteoles. Fruit jointed, enclosed by the calyx; joints ovate, slightly flattened.--Species 1. Central Africa. Used as an ornamental and medicinal plant. =Uraria= Desv. Leaflets not stipellate. Fruit jointed, with orbicular or quadrate flattened joints, or not jointed. 345