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glabrous, petiolules '15 in. sparsely hairy along the sides ; stipels lanceo- 

 late o-labrous '1 in. long, stipules oblanceolate acute towards both ends 

 from the almost median insertion, '.S in. long, glabrous. Racemes lax 

 4-6 fld. ; peduncles 2-6 in. lon^r ; pedicels geminate -5 in. long, bracts 

 small ovate, "08 in long. Calyx campanulate glabrous oblique ; upper 

 connate teeth rounded emarginate, lateral oblong rather exceeding 

 lowest ; bracteoles 2 ovate, striate, glabrous, attached slightly above the 

 base '16 in. long twice as large as bracts, half as long as buds. Corolla 

 blue or white lo in. long. Pod 6-12 in. long, 1-35 in. wide, the wings 

 alono- the angles membranous '5 in. wide their margins crisped dentate 

 and°laciniate ; seeds 8-16, rounded. W. & A. Prodr. 252 ; Hassk. PI. 

 Jav. Rar. 388 (var. a. only); Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 181 (var. a. 

 only). Dolichos tetragonolohus Linn. Syst., Ed. X, 1162 ; Roxb. Flor. 

 Ind. Ill 305 (in part). D. ovatus Gv&h. in Wall. Cat. 55i0. — Rumph* 

 Herb. Amb. V. t. 133. 



Singapore ; Hnllett n. 75 ! 

 Cultivated throughout Southern Indo-Cliina and Malaya. 



13. Clitoeia Linn. 



Scandent or suberect undershrubs, with showy flowers, 3-7-foliolate 

 leaves, stipellate leaflets and persistent membranous small stipules and 

 bracts and large bracteoles. Calyx membranous, tubular ; teeth deltoid 

 or lanceolate. Corolla much exserted; standard spoon-shaped, very 

 large ; wings and incurved keel much shorter. Stamens monadelphous 

 or diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; style 

 incurved, flattened, bearded along the inner side. Pod linear, flattish or 

 turoid. Species 27, in tropics of old and new world, mostly the latter. 



Pod flattish, valves not keeled on the face (Subgen. 



Tematea) ; stems scandent ... ... •• L C. Ternatea. 



Pod turgid, with a rib along face of valves (Subgen. 



Jfeurocarpitm) ; stems suberect ... ... ... 2. C. cajanifolia. 



1 Clitoria Terxatea Linn. Sp. PI. 753. A climber with slender 

 terete downy stems. Leaves 4 in. long, petiole 75 in., rachis glabrous ; 

 leaflets terminal and in 2-3 opposite pairs ovate or oblong obtuse sub- 

 coriaceous ; 1-2 in. long 75-1 in. wide, stipules small 2 in. long 

 lanceolate, stipels minute linear. Flowers axillary solitary pedicels 

 •35--5 in., bracteoles large roundish obtuse •25--5 in. long. Calyx 6-76 

 in.; teeth lanceolate nearly as long as tube. Corolla 1-5-2 in. long; 

 standard 1 in. broad, bright blue with an orange centre or (in a com- 

 monly cultivated form) white. Pod flattish, valves smooth, 2-4 in. long, 

 •35 in. wide, sparsely hirsute; 6-10-seeded. DC. Prodr. II, 233; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1542; Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 321 ; Wall. Cat. 5344; Miq. Flor. 

 Ind° Bat. 1, 226 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 208. 

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