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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Clitoria 



Oxford, near Troy, 1400 ft. ; Kellits, Clarendon, 2000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 9261, 9429, 11,153. — West Indies, Panama, tropical S. America. 



Stem twining, villose-pubescent. Leaflets elliptical to oblong ; beneath 

 lighter-coloured and more or less softly silky-pubescent, 4-9 cm. 1. 

 Peduncles 1-3-flowered, 3-9 cm. 1. Bracteoles elliptical, acute, less than 

 half as long as the calyx, 8-9 mm. 1. Flowers white, standard with lilac, 

 rose, or crimson streaks in the centre, very fragrant. Calyx 2-3 cm. 1. 

 Standard 4-5 cm. 1. Pod, valves convex, glabrous, 3*5-4 cm. 1. Seeds 

 somewhat globose, with a netwoirk. of transparent dried mucilage. 



14. TERAMNUS Sw. 



Twining slender shrubby herbs. Inflorescence often of two 

 forms on the same plant ; flowers very small, a few in clusters 

 in the axils, or 2 or more in clusters along the rhachis of axillary 

 racemes. Calyx, segments 5 or 4, Standard obovate, narrowed 



Fig. 14. — Teramniis uncinatus Sw. 



A, End of shoot with leaves, flowers D, Keel X 5. 



I and fruit X |. E, Stamens and pistil X 4. 



B, Standard X 3. F, Pod X |. 



C, Wing X 4. (A, E, F after Benth.) 



into a long claw. Stamens all united ; anthers alternately sterile. 

 Style glabrous. Pod linear, with partitions between the seeds. 

 Species 6, growing in the tropics. 



Pod densely villose with a hooked beak. Calyx- 

 segments 5, longer than the tube 1. T. uncinatus. 



Pod with scattered hairs and oblique beak. 

 Calyx-segments not longer than the tube. 

 Leaflets oblong to elliptical-lanceolate. Calyx- 

 segments 4 2. T. volubilis. 



Leaflets elliptical, obtuse. Calyx-segments 5... 3. T.lahialis. 



