380 XLYIII. LEGUMINOS.'E. 



Vifpia Caijanfi, "Walp. in Linn?ea, v. 13 (1839) p. 533, a suberect 

 annual, cultivated. thoup;li not very extenvsively, in the Bombay Presi- 

 dency, but not found wild. Its pods vary from 4 in. to 2 ft. in length, 

 and are less than h in. broad. The variety sinensis (Vigna sinensis f^P-J 

 Endl.) is a twining plant with larger leaves. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. SO-l ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Xat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425 : AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 4, p. 236.— A^kun. Chavli. 



48. CLITORIA, Linn. 



Herbs or sbrubs erect or climbing. Leaves pinnate, 3-many-foliolate ; 

 stipules persistent, striate. Leaflets stipellate. Flowers showy, axillary, 

 solitary, fascicled or racemose ; bracts persistent, stipale-like ; bracteoles 

 usually larger, striate, persistent. Calyx tubular ; the 2 upper teeth 

 subconnate. Corolla much exserted ; standard large, erect, emarginate, 

 narrowed and not appendiculate at the base : wings falcate-oblong, 

 spreading, adhering to the middle of the keel ; keel shorter than the 

 wings, incurved, acute. Stamens monadelphous or diadelplious ; anthers 

 uniform. Ovarv stalked ; ovules many : style elongate, incurved, more 

 or less flattened, bearded along the inner side. Pod stalked, linear, 

 compressed or turgid. — Distrib, AV^armer regions of the world ; 

 species 27. 



Twining; stems terete ; flowers solitary 1. C. Ternatea. 



Erect; stems angular ; flowers in pairs 2. C.hiflora. 



1. Clitoria Ternatea, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 753. A perennial 

 twining herb; stems terete, more or less pubescent. Leaves impari- 

 pinnate ; petioles |-1 in. long ; stipules 1 in. long, hnear, acute. Leaf- 

 lets 5-7, subcoriaceous, 1-2 by ^-l^in., elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glabrous 

 or with a few short appressed hairs, base obtuse or acute ; stipels fili- 

 form. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels ^-h in. long; bracts small, 

 linear; bracteoles ^^ in. long, roundish, obtuse. Calyx ^-f in. long ; 

 teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla l|-2 in. long; standard 

 bright-blue or sometimes white, with an orange centre. Pods 2-4 by 

 •1— i in., flattened, nearly straight, sharply beaked, sparsely appressedly 

 hairy. Seeds 6-10, yellowish-brown, smooth. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 208; 

 Grab. Cat. p; 47; Dak. & Gibs. p. OS; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 2, p. 75; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425; AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. v. 2, p. 375. — Flowers : June-Jan. Vert^. Gol-mn ; Supli. 



Very common in hedges everywhere tbrouglioiit the Presidency. The root is used 

 in medicine, being a powerful cathartic like jalap. See Watt, Diet. Econ, Prod. 1. c — 

 Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 



Var. inlomla, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 208. Leaflets 

 much smaller, \-^ in. long. Flowers white ; standard 1 in. long. Pods 

 smaller. C. pilosula, AVall. Cat. 5347 (sp.). 



Gujarat: Dewar near Kaira, Stocks'. 



2. Clitoria biflora, Dalz. in Kew Joro-n. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 35. 

 Herbaceous, erect, 15-20 in. high ; stems angular, striate with lines of 

 hairs. Leaves imparipinnate ; petioles |-i in. long, hairy; stipules i in. 

 long, subulate. Leaflets 5, membranous (the terminal the largest and 

 the lowest pair of lateral leaflets smaller than the rest), 1-3 by |-1^ in., 

 variable in shape, from broadly elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, to lanceolate. 



