fire 
- three 
tee 
th along the quadrangular apex, representing 
0 Clitori 
“itoria occur at the base of the pedicels, 
- large 
‘ 
1893.) Botanical Notes from Bainbridge. 461 
tu ‘ 
oneal and in front, but which above, is open for most of its 
‘ portion of the case being held together only by the 
walls o i 
f the tubular calyx. Near the tip, however, the outer 
side 
” ec. of the keel are strongly infolded, overlap, 
OS ete ti si eas by a mucilaginous substance leaving 
BS tye. p free, as a passage for the terminal end of 
The | 
ain are diadelphous, the upper stamens being 
“a age though pasted to the inner sides of the 
or. es ous portion formed by the other nine stam- 
. a ¥ this tenth stamen is free for one milli- 
Be ghar . . e escape of the honey formed by the horse- 
The Bag #9: the base of the stamens within the tube. 
aie ‘i of the stamen is also entirely free. The 
ike thes is held in position not only by the mucilage, but 
e fact that the sides of the slit tube formed by the 
lower si 
side of the flattened style is smooth, the upper side is 
upper margin. 
When ae 
visited by bees only the upper portion of the style ap- 
lated as to 
ve been ¢ : 
een described as a Clitoria by Willdenow. Its general 
at the base of 
simple ovate bract, in which all three ele- 
peeats ar 
€ probably united. The tripartite bracts subtend 
The two bracts which 
United Into a st in Centrosema are 
at the base ops large ovate bract directly over the bract 
Sita bx e pedicel. At the base of the calyx are two 
and if the n acts a little shorter than the teeth of the calyx, 
ext lower bract were divided into two as it should 
Morp} ; 
Phologically, then the bracts at the base of the calyx 
the | 
. - OWer, the rest the upper pedicels. 
| Woul 
] d decussate with the latter. 
