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lous ; petiolules -15 in. pubescent ; stipels -25 in. long, lanceolate ; stipules 

 ovate-oblong persistent subscarious 4 in. Racemes 2-6-fld., peduncles 

 thick 1-2 in. long, pedicels usually geminate '1-15 in. long, bracts 

 pubescent orbicular-cucullate as long as Ipedicels. Calyx '25 in. long, 

 oblique wide-campanulate glabrescent, upper tooth very short, lateral 

 wide blunt, lower longer lanceolate, completely hidden by the large 

 persistent coriaceous striate ovate obtuse bracts *6--75 in. long. 

 Corolla large, standard 1*75 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, white, or white with 

 crimson centre, pubescent externally ; wings white tipped with violet 

 or rose 1 in. long, "5 in. wide ; keel sometimes white, sometimes crimson. 

 Pod 6 in. long, *5 in. wide, straight, beaked by the persistent style 1 in. 

 long, both sutures thickened, the lower with narrow longitudinal wings 

 •1 in. remote from the suture ; seeds 10-12 oblong or subglobose, hilum 

 oblong-linear. Mart. Flor. Bras. XV, I, 127. Clitoria Plumieri Juss. 

 in Pers. Synops. II, 303; Edwards, Bot. Reg. IV, 268. G.fiuminensis 

 Veil. Flor. Flum. VII, 312, t. 128. Cruminium giganteum Desv. Ann. 

 Sc. Nat, Ser. I, IX, 423. 



Perak ; at Kampar, Curtis 3140 ! Singapore ; Hullett 57 ! 669 \ 

 no doubt an escape from gardens, as it also is in Sumatra where it 

 has been found growing in forests near Lampar (Forbes n. 2599 !) A 

 native of South America ; cultivated in Asiatic gardens on account of its 

 handsome flowers. 



15. Teramnus Sw. 



Twining herbs, of slender habit. Calyx-tube campanulate; teeth 

 distinct, subequal or two upper not so long. Corolla little exserted ; pe- 

 tals about equal in length ; standard not spurred. Stamens monadel- 

 phous; alternate anthers small, abortive. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; 

 style short, curved, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod linear, hooked with 

 the persistent style at the tip, flattish, septate between the seeds. 

 Species 4, belting the world in the tropics. 



Teramnus labialis Spreng. Syst. Ill, 235. A wide-spreading 

 climber of slender habit with a few adpressed hairs on the stem. Leaves 

 2*5-4 - 5 in. long, petiole 1-1*5 in. sparsely adpressed-hirsute ; leaflets 3 

 membranous or subooriaceous ovate-oblong base rounded apex subacute 

 or at times, especially of lateral pair, obtuse, terminal l-2'5 in. long 

 75-l'5 in. wide, lateral slightly smaller, green glabrescent above sparsely 

 adpressed-hirsute beneath ; stipules minute lanceolate deciduous '15 in. 

 long, stipels subulate *1 in. Inflorescence of elongated lax axillary 

 8-12-fld. racemes 2-3 in. long ; pedicels *2 in. solitary below fascicled 

 upwards, bracts narrowly lanceolate '1 in. long, bracteoles close under 

 calyx minute subulate. Calyx *15-*2 in. long, 2-labiate, teeth subequal 



