LI. 
CLITORIA CALCARIGERA. 
Spurred Clitoria. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Leguminose. Juss. Gen. b. 345. 
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Calyx brevis longusve, 5-fidus laciniis 2 superioribus approximatis. Corolla Vexillum grande, 
alas et carinam obumbrans, Filamenta diadelpha. ricarpium longum, sublineare su turd 
utroque margine lata, isthmis fungosis sepe in completis interceptum. Semina plurima, sub- 
ovalia. Herbe volubiles. Folia pinnata cum impart ; foliolis sepius 1. jugis. gt a peti- 
olo distincte. Flores resupinati, spicis axillaribus, 1-4-floris. Bractee 3, us” 
ca — Nomen generis aptissimum imposuit Petiver, selegit Dillenius, reformacit Linne, 
sancivit demum J ussiet, tot tantique viri: itaque delendum a pio illo Botanico, qué Vaillantium 
in Hypno nuperrime castigavit, relinquo. 
C. foliolis 1-jugis cum impari: yvexilli dorso in calcar unguem premens tumido. 
Variat a. foliolis angustis, elongatis. 
8. foliolis ovato-oblongis. 
Clitorius trifolius, &c. Dill. Hort. Elth. v. 1. p. 90. t. 76. auctoritate ejus speciminis. 
y- foliolis ovatis. : 
C. virginiana, Swartz Obs. p. 282. C. virginiana. ge Aa Pl. ed. 1. p. 753. Cli- 
torius alter trifollatas, &c. Clayt. in Gron. Fl. Virg . p- 73. auctoritate ejus 
speciminis. Foenum Grecum phaseoloides. Plukn. sh a 175. Phyt. t. 90.f. 1. 
Sponte nascentem in Ins. Barbadoes, legit Francis Lord Seaforth. 
Floret apud nos Julio, Augusto. 
of Jor, I <i ab scruple in changing ie name, for one whe at the same time serves as a 
‘Specific character. ‘The genus is nearly allied to Phaseolus ae 
placed it, who very judiciously enquires if the species with 3-nate leaves ought to be separa 
Such a difference would, in all probability, be attended with others more material in’ — 
cation; but the leaves of these Clitorias are really pinnate, not 3-nate; for teas a 
sisting of a single pair of leaflets besides the odd one, two are placed below is aetna in 
petiole. Geitner’s account of the embryo in another species merits a further peg: hole 
ours, the Plumula is very conspicuons. “The Vexillum alone is never resupinated, pepe Ww 
flower, and it is one among many others which prove the superiority of Jussieu Serge ed of th 
is, if T may be allowed the expression, e..Eanne's. Can Oe ually 
than the cane in which the copies of these two ee als Genera Plantarum id ao st iy 
While the pages of on. oe unsullied, those of the other are dirtied r 
~ with being: Gonads turned o 
ih not a varies both i in hd shape of ae leaves, size of the oe 
stmetines gettace variegated or quite “aso ones; the parortes co jron in the soil Th 
n tosuppose may occasion this. The ¥ ariet y here eh ay as commu 
tae - Charles Greville. Stem slender, only about 3 fect 
: <s eyes near the margin. Flowers in short spikes, 
