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Andamans ; commonly cultivated. Pangk:ore ; Scortechini ! Dis- 

 TRiB. ; common throughout the tropics in gardens and as an escape. 



2. Clitokia cajanifolia Benth. in Mart. Flor. Brasil. XV, 121. 

 A suberect undershrub with terele pilose branches. Leaves 2-3'5 in. 

 long; petiole 1 in. and rachis adpiessed-pilose; leaflets terminal and 

 ill 1 lateral pair lanceolate or oblanceolate obtuse subcoriaceous 2-5 in. 

 long, "75-1 in. wide, ^hibrous above, densely- grej^-eanescent beneath ; 

 sti])ules shortly triangular, pubescent, stipels subulate. FZ^zp^rs axillary 

 usually 2 on a pubescent peduncle 1-15 in. long; biacteoles small ovate 

 or lanceolate. Calyx 'lb in. long, teeth much shorter than tube. 

 Corolla 1-5-2 in. long; standard 15 in. wide pale-violet with a dull- 

 purple centre. Fod turgid, with a rib along face of valves, 1"25 in. long, 

 '35 in. wide quite glabrous, 5-7 seeded. Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. 11, 

 209. Neurocarpum cojauifoUum Presl. Symb. 17, t. 9; Miq. Flor. Ind. 

 Bat. I, 225. N. rctus2om Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. 376. Lotus jiuminensis 

 Yell. Flor. Flum. VU, t. l/2./ '^^ > 



Malacca and Singapore, in old clearings, common. Distrib. A 

 native of Brazil now naturalised in the localities mentioned, in Java, 

 and in Siam. 



14. Centrosi:ma Benth. 



Twining herbs or shrubs ; stems with woody base. Leaves piu- 

 nately 3-foliolate, stipellate ; stipules persistent basifixed. Flowers very 

 large and showy with persistent bracts and large persistent bracteoles. 

 Calyx-teeth short the upper pair connate or obsolete. Corolla much 

 exserted ; standard orbicular emarginate shortly spurred near base, 

 longer than the falcate obovate wings and the broad incurved slightly 

 shorter keel. Stamens usually diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 subsessile, many-ovuled, style incurved dilated at the apex, stigma 

 terminal beardless. Pod subsessile linear flattened, 2-valved, slightly 

 septate between the seeds, both sutures thickened and both valves 

 strongly ridged along the face parallel to the sutures. Species about 

 25, all American. 



Dr. Knntze states (l^ev. Gen. PL 1, 163) that Bradhurya Raf., rednced in the 

 Index Ketcensis to Wistaria, is in reality this genus, and that Rafiiiesque's descrip- 

 tion refers to Cenfrosema virginianum a species widely cultivated in Asia and now 

 quite naturalized in Java though not yet reported as an escape in cur area. 



Centrosema Plumiebi Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. II, 118. A large 

 climber with woody base and twining slender firm glabrous or puberulous 

 branches. Leaves 6-10 in. long ; leaflets 3 papery dark green glabrous 

 above puberulous on the nerves beneath bioadly ovate acute or acumi- 

 nate 3-6 in. long, 2*5-5 in. across; petioles 3-6 in., glabrous or puberu- 



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