570 XLVii. LEGUMiNos^. [ClitoHa. 



Shrub about 3 ft. tall, branched pilose. Leaves 2 to 3*5 in. 

 long; petioles 'i in. long; leaflets 3, elliptic obtuse, base cuneate, 

 coriaceous, finely reticulate, grey hairy beneath, 2 to 3 in. long, 

 •75 to I in. wide. Flowers i to 2 on axillary peduncles 2 in. long, 

 reversed. Calyx 75 in. long. Corolla 1*5 to 2 in. long; standard 

 1-5 in. wide, pale violet to white with purple spot at base. Pod 

 turgid, 1*25 in. long, '35 in. wide, glabrous, a rib along each valve- 

 face. Seeds 5 to 7 globose, viscid adhesive. Hab. Common by 

 roadsides in Singapore. Johor, Tebrau. Malacca, Bukit Sabukor. 

 Selangor, Langat. Negri Sembilan, Rembau (Cantley). Native 

 names : Beluntas Padi ; Rumput Sabusuk ; Rumput Turi. 



A native of Brazil, but now introduced into Java, Siam and Borneo 

 by cattle, to whose hair the viscid seeds adhere. Earliest date 1844 Malacca 

 (Griffith). 



12. TERAMNUS, Sw. 



Twining herb. Leaflets 3. Calyx campanulate, teeth sub- 

 equal. Corolla little exsert ; petals about equal ; standard not 

 spurred. Stamens monadelphous, alternate; anthers abortive. 

 Ovary sessile; ovules many; style short, beardless. Pod linear 

 hooked at tip by the style flattened, septate between seeds. 

 Species 4, tropics. 



(i) T. labialis Spreng. Syst. iii. 235 ; Baker, I.e. 184 ; Prain, 

 I.e. 79. 



Slender twiner sparsely hairy. Leaves 2*5 to 4-5 in. long; 

 petioles i"5 in. long; leaflets 3, membranous ovate-oblong, base 

 round, tip sub-acute or obtuse, terminal i to 2*5 in. long, 75 to 

 1*5 in. wide, laterals smaller sparsely hairy beneath. Racemes 

 lax axillary 8- to 12-flowered, 2 to 3 in. long; pedicels '2 in. long, 

 fascicled above. Calyx '15 in. long. Corolla '2$ in. long, reddish ; 

 standard emarginate. Pod glabrous linear recurved, i"5 to 2 in. 

 long, "2 in. wide. Seeds 8 to 12. Hab. Open rocky spots, rare. 

 Penang (Wallich 1822, No. 5518). Perils, Kanga. Distrib. 

 Tropics. 



13. DIOCLEA, H.B.K. 



Woody climbers. Leaves trifoliate sub-coriaceous. Flowers 

 often appearing without the leaves in elongate racemes, blue or 

 pink. Bracts long caducous. Calyx campanulate; teeth short, 

 upper 2 connate. Corolla large; keel incurved not beaked. 

 Stamens monadelphous, upper stamen free below, connate with 

 the others in the middle ; anther perfect, the other anthers alter- 

 nately perfect and abortive. Ovary sub-sessile, hairy; style 

 incurved glabrous. Pod oblong, turgid, i- to 3-seeded, flattened 

 along upper suture. Species 17 to 18, all tropical American except 

 these two. 



Leaflets glabrescent ; flowers '75 in. long . . . (i) D. reflexa 



Leaflets velvety beneath; flowers i in. long . . • (2) D. javanica 



