254 CALYCIFLORJE. 



long, distinct; standard broader than the rest, in- 

 cumbent. Stamens diadelphous. Style glabrous: 

 stigma obtuse. Legume terete or compressed, many- 

 seeled, 2-valved, 1 -eel led, elongated. De Cand. 



Suffruticose or herbaceous twining plants : leaves impari- 

 pinnate, 1-cc -jugate; racemes axillary. Name, from yXa 

 milk, the species about to be described, being milky in all its 

 parts. 



1. Galactia pendula. Pendulous Galactia. 



Branches pubescent, leaflets ovato-oblong with the 

 apex rounded or emarginate apiculated glabrous above 

 pubescent beneath, racemes longer than the leaf, flow- 

 ers in pairs pendulous, petals four times the length of 

 the calyx. 



Phaseolus minor latescens, flore purpureo, Sloane, I. 1. 144. f. 

 4. Galactia, Browne, 298. t. 32. f. 2. Clitoria Galactia, Linn. 

 Spec. 1026. Lnn. Hort. I. 103. Galactia pendula, Ker. Bot. 

 Reg. t. 269. 



HAB. Common in the plains and lower hills. 



FL. August October. 



Suffrutescent, twining ; towards the extremities of the 

 branches terete, incano-pubescent. Leaves impari-pinnate, 

 one-paired ; middle leaflet the largest, ovato-oblong, obtuse or 

 emarginate, apiculate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath : pe- 

 tiole short, terete, pubescent. Stipules setaceous : stipels sub- 

 ulate, glandulose. Racemes axillary, many times longer than 

 the leaf, sub-simple : common peduncle angulose, pubescent : 

 pedicels 2-4 together, filiform, pubescent, inserted on a tumid 

 globular receptacle, furnished at the base with a small ovato- 

 lanceolate bractea. Flowers showy> crimson. Calyx exter- 

 nally puberulous, purpurascent, 4-fid ; the 2 lateral segments 

 rather smaller. Petals as in the generic character. Ovary 

 linear oblong, sericeo-villous. Legume 4-5 inches long, vil- 

 lous, shape of an Italicyj subterete, compressed : seeds enclosed 

 in the thin diaphanous membrane of the endocarp, ovato- 

 subrotund, compressed. 



This plant ascends to a considerable height, partly by twin- 

 ing, and partly by supporting itself on neighbouring shrubs and 

 trees. The flowers are rather beautiful. In England it is 

 propagated by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass. In the wild 

 state, it is principally to be found in limestone districts. 



IX. TEPHROSIA. 



Calyx ebracteolated, subequal, 5-dentate, Stan- 

 dard of the corolla large, subrotund, externally seri- 



