283 
Srzc. Cuar. Herbaceous, climbing: leaves unequally pinnat~ 
ed; leaflets 2-3 pair, oval or ovate: peduncles short, axillary, so+ 
litary, 1-flowered : legumes slightly pubescent: flowers resupinate,. 
large, blue. 
Peninsula. Assam. Flowering all the year. ‘There isa variety 
with white flowers. 
(2) C. prrtora. ( Dalz.) 
Ident. Dalz, Bomb. flor. p. 68.—Hook. Journ. Bot. IIT. p. 34. 
Spec. Cuar. Herbaceous, erect: stem striated with lines o 
hairs ; leaflets ovate or lanceolate, acute, strigose beneath: pedun- 
cles very short, 2-flowered : bracts small, lanceolate-acuminate s. 
bracteoles large, ovate-acuminate : calyx tubular, hairy, the teeth 
with bristly points: ovary silky: flowers small, blue, 
Common in the Concan.. 
GENUS XII. PUERARIA. 
Monadelphia Decandria. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv, Called after Mons. Puerari, a Professor of Copenhagen: 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx campanulate, somewhat 2-lipped with’ 2 
caducous bracteoles at its base; upper lip entire or slightly 2- 
toothed, the lower trifid: corolla papilionaceous: keel straight, ob- 
.tuse: vexillum obovate : legume flat, attenuated at the base, point« 
ed with the style, 2-valved : seeds several. ; 
(1) P. ruszrosa. (Dec.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 205.—Dec. prod. IT. p. 240. 
Syn. Hedygarum tuberosum, Roxb. ft.. Ind. III. p- 363, 
Eingrav. Icon. Kempf. t. 25. 
Srzc. Cuan. Twining shrub: leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets round 
ish, pubescent above, silky villous beneath: root tuberous, very, 
large: stipules cordate: calyx 4-cleft, silky; segments nearly 
equal, ovate, the upper one broadest and almost entire: racemes. 
simple or branched, springing from the scars of the fallen leaves + 
legumes very hairy, linear, 2—6-seeded, much contracted between 
the seeds : flowers in threes, blue. 
A rare species. A native of valleys far up among the Circar 
mountains, flowering in the hot season, at which time it is perfectly 
destitute of leaves. 
GENUS XIV. DUMASIA.. 
Diadelphia Decandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Called after Mons. Dumas, one of the Editors of the 
* Annales des Sciences Naturelles,” 
