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delpha v. filamento vexillari demum soluto diadelpha. Ovarium sti- 

 pitatum, basi disco brevi cupulato circumdatum, pluriovulatum. 

 Stylus incurvus, apice plus minus dilatatus, facie interiore longitudi- 

 naliter barbatus. Legumen stipitatum, lineare, valvulis planis v. con- 

 vexis, uudis v. medio costa longitudinali percursis. Semina com- 

 pressa v. subglobosa, estrophiolata. 

 Herbse fruticesve, nunc volubiles v. alte scandentes, nunc humiles sub- 

 erecti v. prostrati, Americani, Asiatici v. Orientali-Africani. Stipufe 

 persistentes, saepe lineatse. Folia piunatim tri-pluri-foliolata, foliolis 



ranus subnullis. Pe- 



dunculi 



tariis v. ssepius gerainis. Bracteae persistentes, stipulis similes v. 

 ssepius majores, inferiores biyse oppositae distinetee, superiores soli- 

 tariae (duae in unam coalitae). Bracteolae sub calyce geminae, vulgo 

 bracteis majores. Flores speciosi (saepe 2-3-pollicares) purpurascentes, 

 eaerulei, albi v. rubri- 



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Sect. I. Ternatea. 



Caulis herbaeeus v. rarius fniticosus, prostratus, volubilis v. scandens. 



Folia 5-9-foliolata rarius subtrifoliolata, Leguminis valvulae plana? 



V. leviter convexae, non costatse. Semina subreniformia, compressa» 

 laevia. 



1. C. LASCiVA, Boj. (Benth, in Ann. Mus. Vind. vol. ii. p. 114), caule 

 fruticoso volubili foliisque subtus tomentoso-pubescentibus, foliolis 

 7-11 ovatis V. ovato-lanceolatis, stipellis setaceis, pedunculis elon- 

 gatis bi-pluri-floris, bracteolis late ovatis acutis calycis dimidio bre- 

 vioribus, legumine pubescente. 



Kab. In ins. Madagascaria, ubi scandet in arbores et frutices, ad mar- 

 cines fluviorum urovinciae Betanimena orae orientalis (Bojer), 



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2, C. TERNATEA (Linn. Spec. PI. p. 1086), herbacea volubilis pube- 



ranus 



unifloris, bracteolis late ovatis orbiculatisve calycis dimidium sub- 

 aequantibuSj legumine acuminato pubescente. 

 C. ternatea, Bot. Mag. t. 1542.— Ternatea vulgaris, H. B. et K. Nov. 



Gen. et Sp. Amer. vol, vi. p. 415. 

 Hab. In Asiae, Africse, et Americae regionibus calidioribus frequentis- 

 sime culta et hinc inde quasi spontanea, verosimiliter in Africa orien- 



tali tropica indigena. 

 Foliola vulgo poUicaria v. majora. Flores azurei, fere bipoUicares. 



3. C. piLosuLA (Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5347), herbacea volubilis 

 pilosula, foliolis 5-7 parvis ovatis oblongisve, pedunculis brevibus 

 unifloris, bracteis late ovatis orbiculatisve calycis dimidio brevioribus, 



legumine pubescente mutico. 

 Hab. In India Orientalis Peninsulae provincia Coucan (Stocks). 

 An C. ternafete var. ? Specimina pauca qua vidi differrevidentur foliolis 



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