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aa. Leaflets 1 to 3 ; bractlets linear. 

 b. Stems climbing. 



Clitoria (?) muJtiflora Mart. & Gall. Bull. Acad. Brux. 10, pt. 2 : 188. 1843. 



This species is based on specimens collected by Galeotti at "Mirador," State of 

 Vera Cruz, and near " Comaltepeque." 



I do not know this species. I have seen a specimen of Clitoria from Mirador, but 

 it does not agree with the description of the above. 

 Clitoria glycinoides DC. Prodr. 2 : 234. 1825. 



This species is reported from Panama. I have seen specimens only from Jamaica. 

 Clitoria mexicana Link, Enmn. 2 : 235. 1822. 



Stems climbing, more or less pilose; leaflets 3, ovate to lanceolate, acute to 

 shortly acuminate, rounded at base, glabrous above, pahs and slightly pilose beneath, 

 2.5 to 5 cm. long; petioles 10 to 35 mm. long; stipules and bractlets similar, but 

 the latter narrower; peduncles short, 2 or 3 flowered; calyx tube purplish, 10 mm. 

 long; the teeth ovate, acute; flowers purplish (f); pods stipitate, flattened, 4 to 5 

 cm. long, constricted between the seeds. 



Collected by Mr. E. W. Nelson, near Totontepoc, July 21 to 27, 1891, and by Mr. C. 

 G.Pringle, near Las Sedas, September 24, 1894 (No. 5846), both places in the State 

 of Oaxaca; by E. W. D. llolway, near Jalapa, State of Vera Cruz, October 3, 1898 

 (No. 3088); by Dr. C. Sartorius, Mirador, State of Vera Cruz; by Iieyde & Lux, in 

 Guatemala, November, 1892 (No. 4144). 



This is apparently the C. mexicana of Link, which Mr. Bentham has referred to 

 C.mariana, from which, however, it seems clearly distinct. C. mariana has the 

 stipules narrower, the leaves broader, obtuse, with the under surface perhaps not so 

 pale, the pods more shiny and less constricted between the seeds, the calyx not 

 purplish, and the flowers considerably larger. 



Clitoria javitensis (H. B. K.) Bonth. Journ. Linn. Soc. 2 : 42. 1858. Neurooarpum 

 javitense IL B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 6 : 409. 1823. 



I have seen no Mexican specimens. The type comes from South America. 



aa. Stems erect. 



Clitoria polystachya Benth. PI. Hartw. 00. 1840. 



The type of this species was collected by T, Hartweg at Talea, State of Oaxaca. 



I have referred here Mr. Nelson's No. 819 from near Choapam, State of Oaxaca, 

 July 28, 29, 1894. 



Clitoria triflora Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 22 : 407. 1887. 



Collected by J. N. Rose on the west side of the east range of the Sierra Madre in 

 the State of Durango, August 16, 1897 (No. 3519.) 



Tliis species haw heretofore been found only in the State of Jalisco. 

 Clitoria humilis Pose, sp. nov. 



Stems low, erect, 10 to 12 cm. high, puberulent; leaflets 3, oblong, 3 to 6 cm. long, 

 rounded at base, rounded or retnse at apex, glabrous above, pale, reticulated, and 

 becoming glabrate beneath; peduncle nearly wanting, 2-flowered; bractlets nar- 

 row, acute; calyx 10 mm. long, not purplish; the two upper teeth united to near 

 the middle, all acute; banner 36 mm. long, yellowish. 



Collected by J. N. Rose on the east side of the west range of the Sierra Madre, in 

 the State of Durango, August 13, 1897 (No. 2251). 

 Clitoria subsessilis Rose, sp. nov. 



Stems herbaceous, erect, 1 to 2 dm. high, somewhat pilose; leallets 1 or 3, oblong, 

 rounded at apex, sometimes refuse, mucronate, rounded at base, glabrous above, 

 paler and at first somewhat pilose, but becoming glabrate beneath, distinctly reticu- 

 late, especially above, 5 to 10 cm. long, 2 cm. or less wide; petioles very short or 

 wanting; stipules ovate, acute, nerved; peduncles short, 2-flowered; the subteud- 



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