CLITORIA. 



Stem twining, pubescent. Leaflets in 2-3-pairs, oval or ovate ; 

 partial stipules setaceous. Peduncles short, axillary, solitary, 1- 

 flowered. Bractlets large, roundish. Flowers resupinate. Legumes 

 slightly pubescent. W. and A. Roots are emetic. 



PUERARIA. 



Calyx campanulate, with two deciduous bractlets at its base, 

 somewhat 2-lipped : the upper lip entire or slightly 2-toothed ; 

 the lower trifid. Corolla papilionaceous : keel straight, obtuse : 

 vexillum obovate. Stamens monadelphous below the middle, 

 the tenth often free upwards. Legume flat, compressed, atten- 

 uated at the base, pointed with the style, 2-valved, continuous. 

 Seeds several. Twining shrubs. Stipules deciduous, free 

 from the petiole. Leaves trifoliolate : leaflets large, ovate, 

 acute, reticulately veined, with partial stipules at their base. 

 Racemes compound, branched. Flowers pedicellate, in pairs or 

 threes. W. and A. 



499. P. tuberosa DC. prodr. ii. 24-0. W. and A. i. 205. 

 Hedysarum tuberosum Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 363. (Banks ic. Kcempf. 

 t. 25.) Circar mountains. 



Root tuberous, very large. Stems twining, woody, running over 

 high trees, &c. Leaves alternate, stalked, ternate. Leaflets roundish, 

 pointed, entire, downy, from 6 to 12 inches each way. Petioles chan- 

 nelled, from 6 to 12 inches long; Stipules of the petioles cordate; 

 those of the leaflets subulate. Racemes simple or branched, as long as 

 the leaves, from tuberosities caused by the cicatrices of the old leaves, 

 erect, round, smooth. Flowers numerous, ternate, pretty large, blue. 

 Legumes from 2 to 6-jointed, pendulous, compressed, pointed, much 

 contracted at the joints, very hairy. The root peeled and bruised into 

 a poultice is employed by the natives of the mountains where it grows 

 to reduce swellings of the joints. 



GLYCYRRHIZA. 



Calyx naked, tubular, 5-cleft, bilabiate; with the 2 upper 

 lobes united more than the others. Vexillum ovate-lanceolate, 

 straight; keel 2-petalous or 2-parted, straight, acute. Stamens 

 diadelphous. Style filiform. Legume ovate or oblong, com- 

 pressed, 1-celled, 1-4-seeded. Perennial herbaceous plants, 

 with extremely sweet roots. Leaves unequally pinnated. Ra- 

 cemes axillary. Flowers blue, violet, or white. 



500 G. glabra Linn. sp. pi. 1046. AcJi. Rich. lot. med. 557. 

 DC. prodr. ii. 247. Woodv. t. 169. S. and C. iii. t. 134. 

 Liquiritia officinalis Mcench. meth. 132. South of Europe, in a 

 light deep soil. (Liquorice). 



Root cylindrical, running to a considerable length and depth, bright 

 brown on the outside, yellow inside, soft and succulent. Stem erect, 

 2 feet high, smooth, of a dull glaucous gray colour. * Leaves unequally 

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