Centrosema 



LEGUMINOSiE 



45 



Fee- fee. 



In fl. and fr. Oct.-Jan. ; Sloane Herb. iii. 73 (pods only) ! Barham in 

 Herb. Sloane clxii. 269 ! Houstoun 1 common in Wythiwood, Lindsay ; 

 Broughton\ Distin ; Purdie ; Wullschlaegel ; Wilson; Bog Walk, Port 

 Morant, LiXLcea, Hitchcock ; Hope; near Castleton ; Harris \ — West Indies, 

 tropical continental America. 



J^eduncles few (2-6)-fiowered, 3-7 cm. 1. Bracteoles ovate-elliptical, 

 about 1'5 cm. 1. Calyx about '5 cm. 1. Corolla, standard sparsely 

 puberulous outside, white stained with crimson and deep bright purple; 

 wings white, stained with purple towards the apex. Pod 12-15 cm. 1. 



2. C. pubeseens Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen. 55 (1837); 

 leaflets elliptical or oblong, apex often very shortly acuminate, 



Fig. 12. — Centrosema puiegeens Benth. 



A, Portion of branch showing leaf, flowers, 



and part of pod, x i. 



B, Bracteoles slightly magnifled. 



C, Calyx cut open, nat. size. 



D, Standard x |. 



E, Standard, side view, folded, x 



F, Keel x f. 



G, Wing X 'i. 

 n, stamens X §. 



(After Bentham.) 



obtuse, soft and velvety to the touch on both sides, later 

 glabrate, 3 ' 5-7 cm. 1. ; bracteoles somewhat shorter than the 

 calyx ; the uppermost segment of the calyx distant and shortly 

 2-toothed, about equalling the tube, the lowest linear and much 

 longer than the tube ; standard 4 cm. br. ; pod 6 mm. in diam. 

 with ribs close to and forming part of the margin, — Benth. in 

 Ann. Wien.Mus. ii. 119 (1838) & in Fl. Bras.xv. pt. 1, 131, /. 34, 

 /. II. ; Oriseh. loc. cit. ; Urb. loc. cit. C. moUe Mart. ms. ex Benth. 



