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stipulas ; umbels of small rose-coloured flowers, on long axillary 

 peduncle's. 



1 O. MICROPIIY'LLUS. 3. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Lotus microphyllus, Hook, hot. mag. 2808. 



Small-leaved Ovatropis. Fl. July. Clt. 1827. PI. decumbent. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant should be sown thinly in a pot 

 of light mould, and placed in the green-house, where the plants 

 will rise, flower and seed, the same season. 



LXXXI. CLITO'RIA (from clitoris, an anatomical term, a 

 resemblance to the subject of which has been fancied to exist in 

 the flower). Lin. gen. no. 869. Lam. ill. GO!). Grcrtn. fruct. 2. 

 p. 1 49. D.C. legum. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 233. Ternatea, Tourn. 

 act. aead. par. 1706. t. 1 Clitorius, Pet. in Rai. hist. .'). p. p.p. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphla, Dccandria. Calyx furnished with 2 

 larue bracteas at the base, 5-clei't (f. 34. a.). Vexilltim large 

 (f. 34. b.). Stamens diadelphous (f. 34. rf.), inserted along with 

 the petals above the base of the calyx. Style rather dilated at 

 the apex. Legume linear, compressed (f. 34. c.),. straight, 2- 

 valved, acuminated by the base of the style, 1 -celled, many- 

 seeded. Seeds usually separated by cellular substance. Climb- 

 ing herbs, with impari-pinnate leaves, having 2 to 4 pairs of leaf- 

 lets, but usually the leaves are pinnately-trifoliate ; the leaflets 

 usually stipellate. Flowers axillary, pedicellate, large, white, 

 blue or purple, usually resupinate. 



SECT. I. TERNA'TEA (in allusion to C. Ternatea being a native 

 of the island of Tcrnate). Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 115. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 233. Calyx tubular. Vexillum spurless. 

 Leaves impari-pinnate, having 2 to 4 pairs of leaflets. 



1 C. IIETEROPHY'LLA (Lam. diet. 2. p. 51.) stems twining, 

 slender, glabrous ; leaves with 2 to 4 pairs of roundish, ovate, or 

 linear leaflets ; stipels none ; pedicels solitary, 1 -flowered ; brac- 

 teoles small, acute. If. . '"'. S. Native of the Mauritius. Vent. 

 choix. t. 26. Sims, bot. mag. 2111. Flowers blue. 



Variable-leaved Clitoria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. tw. 



FIG. 31, 



2 C. TERNA'TEA (Lin. spec. 

 1026.) steins twining, and rather 

 pubescent ; leaves with 2 to 4 

 pairs of oval or ovate leaflets ; 

 stipels subulate ; pedicels solitary, 

 one-flowered ; bracteoles lare, 

 roundish ; legumes smoothish. If. . 

 r *. S. Native of the East Indies, 

 Mauritius, Arabia,Cuba, and usual- 

 ly cultivated in gardens in almost 

 all parts of the world. Sims, bot. 

 mag. 1542. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 

 31. Rheed. mal. 8. t. 38. C. 

 spectabilis, Sal. prod. 336. La- 

 tliyrus spectabilis, Forsk. descr. 

 135. Ternatea vulgaris, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 415. 

 Plumule inconspicuous according 

 to Gaertn. There are varieties of this plant with blue and white 

 flowers, and also variegated with those colours. 



Var. ft, bractcata (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 301.) leaflets rather sca- 

 brous ; legumes pubescent, Jj S. Native of? Flowers whitish- 

 purple. 



Ternatea Clitoria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. PI. tw. 



SECT. II. EUCLITORIA (from eu, well or good, and clitoria ; in 

 reference to this section containing the true species of the genus). 

 D. C. legum. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 234. Calyx tubular. Vexil- 

 lum spurless. Leaves pinnately trifoliate, that is, with only one 

 pair of leaflets and an odd one. 



3 C. MARIA' NA (Lin. spec. 102C.) stems twining, glabrous; 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels solitary, 1-3-flowered; brac- 

 teoles lanceolate, and are, as well as the calyxes, smooth ; teeth 

 of calyx nearly equal. 2. '"'. F. Native of North America, 

 from Virginia to Carolina, in hedges by the sides of rivulets. 

 Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 62. Flowers pale-blue, and flesh- 

 coloured. Legume torulose. Seeds glutinous according to Michx. 



Maryland Clitoria. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. tw. 



4 C. MEXICA'NA (Link. enum. 2. p. 235.) stems twining; 

 leaflets mucronate, glaticescent and pilose beneath ; pedicels twin, 

 1 -flowered; calyx cylindrical, much longer than the linear brac- 

 teoles; legume straight, hairy. I/ . / ~ > . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers of an obscure purple colour. The plant is said to be 

 nearly allied to the preceding species. 



Mexican Clitoria. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1823. PI. tw. 



5 C. ANGUsTiFbLiA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 417.) stems twining, glabrous; leaflets linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 and rather mucronate, rather scabrous above and glabrous be- 

 neath ; pedicels usually solitary, 1 -flowered; calyx smoothish, 

 having the 4 superior teeth very short. % . ^. S. Native of 

 South America, near Angustura. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Narrow-leaned Clitoria. PI. tw. 



I! C. FORMOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 417.) 

 stems twining, smoothish ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, ending in a 

 short mucrone each, glabrous ; pedicels 1-4 together, 1 -flowered ; 

 calyx urceolate, glabrous, having the 4 superior teeth very 

 short. I/ . r *. S. Native on the banks of the river Orinoco. 

 Flowers violaceous. Legume compressed, sessile, glabrous. 



Beautiful Clitoria. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. tw. 



7 C. RACEMOSA ; stems twining, pilose ; leaves pinnately tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets ovate, entire, pilose ; racemes axillary, spike- 

 formed ; legume curved. If.. ^. S. Native of the island of St. 

 Thomas, in the Gulf of Guinea. Flowers large, blue. Vexillum 

 spurless ? 



Racemose-dowered Clitoria. PI. tw. 



8 C. ? A'LBA ; plant glabrous, twining ; leaves pinnately tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets oblique, entire, glabrous ; peduncles 2-3-flowcr- 

 ed. T^. 7 " 1 . S. Native of the island of St. Thomas, in the 

 Gulph of Guinea. Flowers white. Vexillum spurless ? 



7/7iite-flowered Clitoria. PI. tw. 



9 C. PoiT/E 1 ! (D. C. prod. 2. p. 234.) stems erect, rather vel- 

 vety ; leaflets elliptic, glabrous above, but clothed with silky 

 velvety pubescence beneath, as well as the peduncles and 

 calyxes ; racemes longer than the leaves, rather panicled, spicate, 

 many-flowered ; calycine lobes acuminated, nearly equal. If.. 

 S. Native of French Guiana. Flowers large, red, and beau- 

 tiful, disposed along the peduncles, sessile, and furnished with 

 abractea and 2 bracteoles each, appearing at first sight to be fur- 

 nished with 3 bracteoles each ; legume compressed, linear, gla- 

 brous, each standing on a stipe, which is equal in length to the 

 calyx, 4 or a inches long, and 6 lines broad. 



Poilcau's Clitoria. PI. 2 feet ? 



SECT. III. CENTROSE'MA (from Ktt'rpov, cenlron, a spur, and 

 <rj/xa, scma, a standard or vexillum ; in reference to the vexillum 

 being furnished with a spur behind). D.C. legum. mem. vi. prod. 

 2. p. 234. Calyx campanulate, cleft into 5 beyond the middle. 

 Vexillum furnished with a spur behind. Bracteoles striated 

 lengthwise. Leaves pinnately trifoliate, having one pair of 

 leaflets, and an odd one. 



10 C. VIROINIA'NA (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 753.) stems climbing, 

 and are, as well as the leaves, glabrous or puberulous ; peduncles 

 1-4-flowered ; bracteoles lanceolate, about the length of the 

 calyx ; legumes linear, compressed. If. . v _ / . F. Native of Vir- 

 ginia, Carolina, Jamaica, St. Domingo, and Porto-Rico, growing 

 in hedges. Flowers very large, purplish or blue. Lindl. bot. 



