192 LEGUMINOS.E. 



Series 2. Clitorieae. — Calyx bibracteolate. Pedicels devoid of a common knob at^thebase. 



28. CLITORIA, L. 



Calyx campanulate-tubular, 5-fid or 5-toothed. Standard large, emarginate-roundish. 

 Style dilated and bearded beneath at the top. — Peduncles axillary: bracteoles striate; 

 flowers purple. 



Sect. 1. Ternatea. — Legume flat, subsessile: valves ecostate. — Leaves impari-pinnate. 



76. C. Ternatea, L. Stem twining, puberulous ; leaflets 2-S-jugal (rarely 4-5-jugal), 

 ovate, blunt, or oval ; peduncles 1-flowered : bracteoles roundish, almost half as long as the 

 calyx ; flowers resupinate ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate ; legume linear, pubescent. — 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. 24. t. 31../. 1. — Herbaceous, suffrutescent ; flowers blue or white : stan- 

 dard 2" long ; seeds compressed. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al. ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Barbadoes ; 

 [all tropical countries, chiefly East Indies ! and trop. Africa ! ; often cultivated in America]. 



Sect. 2. Neurocarpum. — Legume stipitate: valves convex, each usually with a promi- 

 nulous midrib. — Leaflets 3 (—1). 



77- C. glycinoides, DC. Stem twining, vi/lous-pubescent ; leaflets 3, ovate-oblong, 

 villous or sericeous beneath ; peduncles 3-1 -flowered : bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 times 

 exceeded by the calyx ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate ; legume oblong-linear, glabrescent : 

 valves with a prominulous midrib. — Miinchen Denkschr. 7. t. 12. — Neurocarpum, Desv. 

 N, falcatum, DC. N. ellipticum, Desv. N. argenteum, Walp. ! Martiusia physalodes, 

 Schult. — Herbaceous, suffrutescent ; flowers purple-variegated : standard 1 J" long ; seeds 

 globose. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., Pd., rare ; Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Haiti ! and Panama ! to 

 Rio Grande do Sul ! and Peru !]. 



78. C. cajanifolia, Benth. Stem erect, herbaceous, pubescent; leaflets 3 (-1), oblong, 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles 2-1 -flowered : bracteoles ovate, much exceeded by the calyx ; 

 legume-valves with a prominulous midrib, " rarely destitute of it." — Neurocarpum, Prl. — 

 Hab. Trinidad {Benth. ex Sieb. Tr. 187) ; [Haiti to Brazil]. 



Sect. 3. Clitokianthus. — Legume flat, stipitate : valves ecostate. — Shrubs, or vines ; 



leaves 3-foliolate. 



79. C. arborescens, Ait. Stem shrubby : branches twining, rusty-subtomentose ; 

 leaflets 3, elliptical or oval, rusty-tomentose or glabrescent beneath ; peduncles bearing a 

 short raceme : bracteoles ovate or ovate-lanceolate, much exceeded by the calyx-tube ; 

 calyx-teeth ovate-triangular, much shorter than the tube ; standard pubescent on the back ; 

 legume linear, tomentose : seeds separated by spurious dissepiments. — C. Poitsei, DC. Do- 

 lichos spurius, Mey. ! — A high climber ; leaflets apiculate, or blunt ; flowers purple : standard 

 more than 2" long ; seeds compressed. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Lockh. ; 

 [Panama I to Guiana !]. 



29. CENTROSEMA, Benth. 

 Calyx infundibuliform, usually 5-fid. Standard roundish : back spurred or gibbous above 

 its base. Style dilated towards the top. Legume subsessile, compressed : valves costate 

 near both margins. — Habit and bracteoles of Clitoria. 



80. C. Plumieri, Benth. Stem twining, suffrutescent at the base ; leaflets 3, broadly 

 ovate ; peduncles few-flowered : bracteoles ovate, twice as long as the calyx ; calyx-teeth 

 very short, unequal ; standard spurred above the calyx, pubescent on the back ; ribs of the 

 legume- valves prominulous, lj"' distant from the margin. — Desc. Fl. 8. t. 591. — Clitoria, 

 Juss. — Leaflets large, turning black in drying ; corolla white, and variegated with bright- 

 purple and yellow; standard Indiana. ; seeds subcompressed-cubical, Z"'-A w long. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Pd., Dist., Wils., Wullschl., common on fences; S. Kitts!, S. Vincent!, Trini- 

 dad 1, Lockh.; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Brazil ! and Peru !]. 



81. C. pubescens, Benth. ! Stem twining; leaflets 3, ovate or ovate-oblong; pe- 

 duncles few-flowered : bracteoles ovate, as long as the calyx ; inferior calyx-lobe longer 

 than the tube, the superior connected below the summit ; standard spurred, pubescent on the 



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