Centrosema 



LEGUMINOS^ 



45 



Fe e- f ee. 



In fl. and fr. Oct.-Jan. ; Sloanc Herb. iii. 73 (pods only) ! Barliam in 

 Herb. Sloane clxii. 269 ! Houstoun ! common in Wythiwood, Lindsay ; 

 Broughtonl Distin ; Purdie ; Wullschlaegel ; Wilson; Bog Walk, Port 

 Morant, Lucea, Hitchcock ; Hope ; near Castleton ; Harris ! West Indies, 

 tropical continental America. 



Peduncles few (2-6)-flowered, 3-7 cm. 1. Bractcoles ovate-elliptical, 

 about 1*5 cm. 1. Calyx about -5 cm. 1. Corolla, standard sparsely 

 puberulous outside, white stained with crimson and deep bright purple ; 

 wings white, stained with purple towards the apex. Pod 12-15 cm. 1. 



_. C. pubescens Bentlt. Contm. Legum. Gen. 55 (1837) ; 

 leaflets elliptical or oblong, apex often very shortly acuminate. 



Fig. 12. Centrosema pubescens Benth. 



A, Portion of branch showing loaf, tlnwers, 



and part of pod, x .:. 



B, Bracteoles slightly magnified. 



C, Calyx cut open, nat. size. 



D, Standard x 



E, Standard, side view, folded, x 



F, Keel X '-. 

 <i. Wing x 



II. stamens X -;. 



(After Benthani.) 



obtuse, soft and velvety 10 the touch on both sides, later 

 slabrate, 3 5-7 cm. 1. bracteoles somewhat shorter than the 



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calyx; the uppermost segment of the calyx distant and shortly 

 2-toothecl, about equalling the tube, the lowest linear and much 

 longer than the tube; standard 4 cm. br. ; pod 6 mm. in diam. 

 with ribs close to and forming part of the margin. Bcnth. in 

 Ann. Wien. Max. ii 119 (1838) & in Fl. Bras.xv.pt. 1, 131, /. 34, 

 f. II. ; Grixrb. /'"- <''/. ; Urb. he. eit. C. inolle Mart. nis. ex BcntJi. 



