LEGUMINOS^. 193 



back ; ribs of the legume-valves $'" distant from the margin. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 24. t. 34. 

 f- 2. — C. intermedium, Rich. C. virginianum, PL Carib. {non Benth). Clitoria virgiuiana, 

 Sw. Observ. {non L.), Mac/, par tint ! — Leaflets usually pubescent beneath; standard 1" 

 diam.; seeds subcompressed-eubieal, 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, all collectors; Antigua!, 

 WullschL; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Brazil! and New Granada!]. 



82. C. virginianum, Benth.! Stem twining; leaflets 3, ovate, oblong, or linear; 

 peduncles 3-1-flowercd : bracteoles ovate, somewhat exceeded by the calyx ; calyx-lobes 5, 

 subequal, longer than the tube, distant, linear ; standard spurred, puberulous on the back ; 

 ribs of the legume-valves juxtamarginal. — Besc. Fl. 8. t. 590. — Clitoria, L., Mac/, partim ! 

 C. decumbens, Mart., Benth. ! — Herbaceous, slender ; corolla violet : standard 8"'-10'" long ; 

 legume 2"' broad, narrower than in the preceding; seeds cubical, If'" long. 



a. Leaflets ovate or oblong. 



#. angustifolium. Leaflets linear, or the inferior oblong. — C. pascuorum, Benth. ! Cli- 

 toria virginiana, a, BC. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Hjalmars. (fi) ; Jamaica !, AL, Pel., Bist. (a) ; Antigua !, WullschL 

 (a, j8) ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Lucia ! ; [Virginia, Alabama !, Florida !, throughout trop. 

 America to Rio Grande do Sul ! ; Niger!]. 



83. C. hastatum, Benth. Stem twining; leaflets single, hastate: petiole winged ; 

 peduncles 3-1 -flowered : bracteoles as long as the calyx ; ribs of the legume-valves marginal. 

 — Kth. jV. Gen. 6. t. 591. — Itudolphia dubia, Kth. — Our single West Indian specimen is 

 pubescent, and approaches to C. fasciculatum, Benth. : its calyx-lobes are lanceolate-linear, 

 and twice as long as the tube, while in Venezuela specimens (Fendl. 247) the leaflets are 

 glabrous, and the calyx-lobes shorter than or as long as the tube. Seeds compressed-cubical, 

 2"' long.— Hab. S. Kitts ! ; [Cuba ; Venezuela! to Brazil]. 



30. TERAMNUS, Sic. 



Calyx campanulate-tnbular, bilabiate or 5-fid; lobes lanceolate. Standard obovate. 

 Stamens monadclphous, alternately sterile. Stigma capitate. Legume linear, compressed, 

 with the valves convex : seeds separated by spurious dissepiments. — Twining, suffrntcscent, 

 slender herbs ; leaves pinnately Z-foliolate ; inflorescence axillary : flowers small, purple, 

 interruptedly fascicled-racemose, occasionally simply fascicled : bracteoles minute, deciduous. 



84. T. volubilis, Sw. ! Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, pubescent beneath ; upper 

 lip of the calyx shortly bidentate, inferior 3-partite ; wings exceeding the keel ; legume 

 pubescent, obliquely beaked.— Sw. Fl. t. 25 : analyt. — Glycine oblonga, Benth. ! — Corolla 

 3'" long, twice as long as the calyx; legume l"-!^ long : beak straight, l'"long; seeds 

 yellowish, oblong, 1'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., among mountain-shrubs ; [New Granada !, 

 equatorial Brazil!]. ■* 



85. T. uncinatus, Sw. ! Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, pubescent above, sericeous be- 

 neath ; calyx 5-fid: lobes subequal; wings exceeding the keel, their lamina being twice as 

 long ; legume rusty -hirsute, terminated with a recurved beak. — Besc. Fl. 8. t. 653. Mart. 

 FL Bras. 24. t. 37- — Dolichos, L. Glycine discolor, Mart. #• Galeott. ! — Stem villous, an- 

 gular ; corolla 3'" long; legume lf-2" long: beak linear, arcuate, 14"' long, seeds 

 yellowish, oblong, 1^"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, M'Nab, among shrubs in arid situations ; 

 [Mexico !, Venezuela !, Peru !]. 



86. T. labialis, Spreng. Leaflets elliptical or ovate, sparingly pubescent beneath ; 

 calyx 5-fid : lobes subeqnal, or the upper lip bifid to or beyond the middle, the inferior 

 3-partite; wings slightly exceeding the keel; legume slightly pubescent, rounded at the 

 top, with a short uncinate beak. — Wight, Ic. 1. t. 108. — Glycine, L. G. parviflora, Imtk. 

 G. abyssinica, Hochst. ! T. volubilis, Macf. partim I {nonSw.). Bujacia gampsonychia, 

 E. Mey. ! — Stem hispidulous or glabrate ; corolla 3"'loug ; legume 1£* Jong : beak thickish, 

 £"' long ; seeds black, compressed-cubical, 1"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., March, com- 

 mon ; Antigua !, WullschL ; [trop. Africa ! to the Cape ! ; East Indies !]. 



31. GALACTIA, P. Br. 



Calyx campanulate, 4-fid or 4-toothed : lobes entire, acuminate. Standard obovate. 



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