320 DIADELPHIA DliCANDRlA. CUtoritt. 



(lie branches lengthened much, fiml twined to a considerable 

 extent, the young- parts are round, and downy. Leaves ter- 

 nate. Letijlets cordate, entire, downy, from two to three inches 

 long", and from one to two broad. Petioles channelled, 

 downy. Stipules of the pelioles lanceolate; of the leaflets 

 subulate. Racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves. Floio- 

 ers yellow. Calyx to the base four-cleft, downy, permanent ; 

 divisions cuneate ; the upper one broad, two-parted. Corol 

 papilionaceous, shorter than the calyx, withering, but not 

 dropping. Legume of one, or two, nearly spherical, villous 

 lobes ; when two, about as long as the calyx. Seed a single, 

 round, highly polished, deep violet-blue one, of the size of a 

 pea, in each lobe of the legume. 



2. C. scariosa. Willd. iii. IOG'8. Corom. pi. 1. JV. 92. 



Pereimial, twining-. Ca///.r reticulate, scariose. Seedre- 

 niform, compressed. 



This plant is perennial with a woody twining stem, a na- 

 tive of the mountainous parts of the Circars. 



Leaves ternate. Leaflets entire, downy, pointed, the exte- 

 rior one long rhombiform ; the pairs obliquely ovate. Sti- 

 pules short, cordate. Racemes axillary, erect, as long as the 

 leaves. Flowers many, yellow, hid in the calyx, except just 

 when expanded, and then only appearing in front. CalifX 

 one-leaved, four-parted, chaffy, slightly downy, beautifully re- 

 ticulate with coloured veins; upper division shortest, broad, 

 refuse; under division long, retuse ; lateral parts smaUeat^ 

 cordate, all are permanent. Corol^ stamem, and pistillum as 

 in Dolichos. Legumes obliquely oval, downy, hid in the 

 calyx. Seed one, flat, reniform. 



CLITOniA. Schreb. gen. N. 1183. 

 Corol supine ; banner large, expanding under the wings. 



