254 calyciflora;. 



long, distinct ; standard broader than the rest, in- 

 cumbent. Stamens diadelphous. Style glabrous : 

 stigma obtuse. Legume terete or compressed, many- 

 seeded, 2-valved, 1 -celled, elongated. — De Cand. 



Suffruticose or herbaceous twining plants : leaves impari- 

 pinnate, 1- cc -jugate ; racemes axillary. — Name, from yaXa 

 milk, the species about to be described, being milky in all its 

 parts. 



1. Galactia pendula. Pendulous Galactia. 

 Branches pubescent, leaflets ovato-oblong with the 

 apex rounded or emarginate apiculated glabrous above 

 pubescent beneath, racemes longer than the leaf, flow- 

 ers in pairs pendulous, petals four times the length of 

 the calyx. 



Phaseolus minor latescens, flore purpureo, Shane, 1. 1. 144, f. 

 4 — Galactia, Browne, 298. t. 32. f. 2.— Clitoria Galactia, Linn. 

 Spec. 1026. — Lun. Hort I. 103.— Galactia pendula, Ker. Bot. 

 Eeg. t. 269. 



HAB. Common in the plains and lower hills. 



FL. August — October. 



Suffrutescent, twining ; towards the extremities of the 

 branches terete, incano-pubescent. Leaves impari-pinnate, 

 one-paired ; middle leaflet the largest, ovato-oblong, obtuse or 

 emarginate, apiculate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath : pe- 

 tiole short, terete, pubescent. Stipules setaceous : stipels sub- 

 ulate, glandulose. Racemes axillary, many times longer than 

 the leaf, sub-simple : common peduncle angulose, pubescent : 

 pedicels 2-4 together, filiform, pubescent, inserted on a tumid 

 globular receptacle, furnished at the base with a small ovato- 

 lanceolate bractea. Flowers showy, crimson. Calyx exter- 

 nally puberulous, purpurascent, 4-fid ; the 2 lateral segments 

 rather smaller. Petals as in the generic character. Ovary 

 linear oblong, sericeo-villous. Legume 4-5 inches long, vil- 

 lous, shape of an Italic/, subterete, compressed : seeds enclosed 

 in the thin diaphanous membrane of the endocarp, ovato- 

 subrotund, compressed. 



This plant ascends to a considerable height, partly by twin- 

 ing, and partly by supporting itself on neighbouring shrubs and 

 trees. The flowers are rather beautiful. In England it is 

 propagated by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass. In the wild 

 state, it is principally to be found in limestone districts. 



IX. Tephrosia. 

 Calyx ebracteolated, subequal, 5-dentate, Stan- 

 dard of the corolla large, subrotund, externally seri- 



