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CLITORIA? ARBORESCENS. Woopy 
CLiToRIA. 
Class and Order. 
2; ¥ 
Diapetraia Decanpris. ~ 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosa. ) | 
Generic Character. 
Cal. basi bracteis 2 majusculis instructus, 5-fidus. Cor. 
vexillum amplum. Stam. diadelpha, cum petalis non imo 
calyci sed supra basin.inserta, Stylus apice subdilatatus. 
Legumen lineare compressum rectum bivalve styli basi acu- 
minatum 1-loculare, polyspermum. Semina isthmis cellu- 
losis sepe intercepta——Herbe scandentes. Folia pinnata 
cum wmpari sepius l-juga, rarius 2—3-juga, foliolis sepius 
stipellatis. Flores axillares, pedicellati, ampli albi, cerulet 
aut purpuret, sepe resupinati. D C. i 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cuivorra ? arborescens ; caule scandente lignoso, foliolis 3 
amplis ellipticis brevi-acuminatis subtus elevatim ve- 
nosis junioribus ferrugineo-pubescentibus, pedunculis 
multiforis, floribus maximis, calycibus tubulosis, vex- 
illo sericeo, pistillo pubescenti-tomentoso. 
Curorta arborescens. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 302. 
De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 235. 
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Descr. Stem apparently climbing to a great height, 
and very woody, the young shoots only soft and herba- 
Ceous, rounded, glabrous. Leaves large, on long, rounded 
petioles, which have two persistent stipules at their base, 
ternate : leaflets elliptical, or somewhat obovate, shortly 
acuminate, subcoriaceous, nearly glabrous, the young ones 
only clothed with soft, ferruginous down, many nerved, 
the nerves oblique, parallel, prominent beneath, oe con- 
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