LEGUMINOSyE. LXXXI. Clitoria. 



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It 



Mari 



stipulas ; umbels of small rose-coloured flowers, on long'axillary 



1^. G, Native of the Cape of Good 



Hope. Lotus microphyllus, Hook, bot. mag. 2808. .... 



Small-leaved Oustro])is. Fl. July. Clt. 1827. PL decumbent. from Virginia to Carolina, in hedges by the sides of rivulets. 



peduncles. 



1 O. micropiiy'llus. 



leaflets ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels solitary, 1-3-flowered ; brac- 

 teoles lanceolate, and are, as well as the calyxes, smooth ; teeth 

 of calyx nearly equal. % . ^. F. Native of North America, 



Cult. The seeds of this plant should be sown thinly in a pot 



Michx 



Flowers pale-blue, and flesh- 



of light mould, and placed in the green-house, where the plants coloured. Legume torulose. Seeds glutinous according to Michx. 



will rise, flower and seed, the same season. 



3Iar7jland'C\itovia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. tw. 



4 C. Mexica'na (Link. enum. 2. p. 2.'i5.) stems twining; 



LXXXL CLITO'RIA (from c/i^om, an anatomical term, a leaflets mucronate, glaucescent and pilose beneath ; pedicels twin, 



resemblance to the subject of which has been fancied to exist in 1-flowercd; calyx cylindrical, much longer than the linear brac- 



^, the flower). Lin. gen. no. 869. Lam. ill. 609. Gsertn. fruct. 2. teoles; legume straight, hairy. 1/ . ^. S. Native of Mexico. 



m P'149. D.C.legum. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 233. — Ternatea, Tourn. 



I^jp act. acad. par. 1706. t. 1. — Clitorius, Pet. in Rai. hist. 3. p. p.p. 



^f Lin. syst. Dladelphia, Dccdndria. Calyx furnished with 2 



large bracteas at the base, 5-cleft (f. 34. a.). Vexillum large 



■ (f 34. ft.). Stamens diadelphous (f. 34. d.), inserted along with ^ ^ ^ 



the petals above the base of the calyx. Style rather dilated at and rather mucronate, rather scabrous above and glabrous be- 



the apex. Legume linear, compressed (f. 34. c), straight, 2- neath ; pedicels usually sohtary, 1 -flowered ; calyx smoothisli, 



having the 4 superior teeth very short. %. ^. S. Native of 

 South America, near Angustura. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Flowers of an obscure purple colour. The plant is said to be 

 nearly allied to the preceding species. 



M^aricaw Clitoria. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1823. PI. tw. 



5 C. ANGusTiFOLiA (H. B. ct Kuuth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 417.) stems twining, glabrous; leaflets linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 



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Legume linear, compressed (f. 34. c), straight, 2- 

 valved, acuminated by the base of the style, 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds usually separated by cellular substance. — Climb- 

 ing herbs, with impari-pinnate leaves, having 2 to 4 pairs of leaf- 

 lets, but iisiiallv thp Ipavf^a avf^ ninnafpl v-frifnliatp • ihf^ IpaflptS 



Na 



PI. tw. 





blue or purple, usually resupinate. 



Sect. L Terna'tea (in allusion to C. Ternateaheing a native 

 of the island of Ternate). Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 415. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 233. Calyx tubular. Vexillum spurless. 

 Leaves impari-pinnate, having 2 to 4 pairs of leaflets. 



1 C. heterophy'lla (Lam. diet. 2. p. 51.) stems twining, 

 slender, glabrous ; leaves with 2 to 4 pairs of roundish, ovate, or 

 linear leaflets ; stipels none ; pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered; brac- 

 teoles small, acute. 



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choix. t. 26. 



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Sims, bot. mag. 2111. Flowers blue. 

 Variahle^eaved Clitoria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. tw. 

 2 C. Terxa'tea (Lin. spec 



ais* 



1026.) stems twining, and rather 

 pubescent; leaves with 2 to 4 

 pairs of oval or ovate leaflets ; 

 stipels subulate ; pedicels solitary, 

 one-flowered; bracteoles large, 

 ^undish ; legumes smoothish. % . 

 ' S. Native of the East Indies, 

 Mauritius, Arabia,Cuba, and usual- 

 ly cultivated in gardens in almost 

 all parts of the world, 

 "lag. 1542. 



81 — ^^Rheed. mal. 8. t. 88. C. 

 •pectabilis, Sal. 



FIG. 34. 



Sims, bot. 



Rumph. amb. 5. t. 

 Rheed. mal. 



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j- , prod. 336. La- 



1 //"VP"",^^^'^'^' Forsk. descr. 



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135. Ternatea vulg^iris, H. B 

 J«nth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. -5 



et 



p. 415. 



*'i«imule inconspicuous according 

 pa *'■*"• There are varieties of this plant with blue and white 

 ^Tr^*^*' 5"*^ ^^so variegated with those colours. 





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bro 



us 



ftf bracteata {Voir, suppl. 2. p. 301.) leaflets rather sca- 



legumes pubescent, h . S. Native of? Flowers whitish- 

 purple. ^ 



Ternatea Cl 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. ^Pl. tw. 



good 



Sect. II. Euclitoria (from eu, well oi ^ 

 eterence to this section containing the true'species of the genus). 



• ^. legum. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 234. Calyx tubular. Vexil- 

 urn spurless. Leaves pinnately trifoliate, that is, with only one 

 P^'r of leaflets and an odd nn^ 



6 C. FORMOSA (H. B. et Kuntb, nov. gen. amer. G. p. 417.) 

 stems twining, smoothish ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, ending in a 

 short mucrone each, glabrous ; pedicels 1-4 together, 1 -flowered ; 

 calyx urceolate, glabrous, having the 4 superior teeth very 

 short. 11. ^. .S. Native on the banks of the river Orinoco. 

 Flowers violaceous. Legume compressed, sessile, glabrous. 



Beautiful Clitoria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. tw. 



7 C. racemosa; stems twining, pilose; leaves pinnately tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets ovate, entire, pilose ; racemes axillary, spike- 

 formed; legume curved, i;. ^. S. Native of the island of St. 

 Thomas, in the Gulf of Guinea. Flowers large, blue. Vexillum 



spurless ? 



Jtacemose-Aowered Clitoria. PI. tw. 



8 C. 1 a'lba ; plant glabrous, twining ; leaves pinnately tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets oblique, entire, glabrous ; peduncles 2-3-flower- 

 ed. 1^.^. S. Native of the island of St. Thomas, in the 

 Gulph of Guinea. Flowers white. Vexillum spurless? 



White 'Row ered Clitoria. PI. tw. 



9 C. PoiT^'i (D. C. prod. 2. p. 234.) stems erect, rather vel- 

 vety ; leaflets elliptic, glabrous above, but clothed with silky 

 velvety pubescence beneath, as well as the peduncles^ and 

 calyxes; racemes longer than the leaves, rather panicled,spicate, 

 many- flowered ; calycine lobes acuminated, nearly equal. 1/. 

 S. Native of French Guiana. Flowers large, red, and beau- 

 tiful, disposed along the peduncles, sessile, and furnished witli 

 abractea and 2 bracteoles each, appearing at first sight to be fur- 

 nished with 3 bracteoles each; legume compressed, linear, gla- 

 brous, each standing on a stipe, which is equal in length to the 

 calyx, 4 or 5 inches long, and 6 lines broad. 



Poiteau's Clitoria. PL 2 feet ? 



Sect. III. Centrose*ma (from Ktvrpov, ccnlron, a spur, and 

 «rjj/ia, sema, a standard or vexilUim ; in reference to the vexillum 

 being furnished with a spur behind). D.C. legum. mem. vi. prod. 

 2. p. 234. Calyx campanulate, cleft into 5 beyond the middle. 

 Vexillum furnished with a spur behind. Bracteoles striated 

 lengthwise. Leaves pinnately trifoliate, having one pair of 

 leaflets, and an odd one. , 



10 C. Virginia'na (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 753.) stems climbmg, 

 and are, as well as the leaves, glabrous or puberulous ; peduncles 

 1 -4.-flnw«-rpd : bracteoles lanceolate, about the length of tlie 



. .. F. Native of Vir- 



legu 



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ginia, Carolina. Jamaica, &t. uommgo, aim iruit«-xv.w,^...»...j 

 m hedges. Flowers very large, purplish or blue. Lnidl. bot 



