192: LEGUMINOSJl. * 



Series 3. Clitoriee9. — Calyx Ulracteolate. Pedicels devoid of a common knob at the base. 



28. CLITORIA, L. 



Calyx campanulate-tubular, 5-63 or 5-toothed. Standard large, emarginate-ronndieh. 

 Style dilated and bearded beneath at the top. — Pedancles axillary: bracteoles striate; 

 flowers purple.9 



Sect. 1. Tebnatea. — Legume flat, subsessile: valves ecostate. — Leaves impari-pinnate. 



76. O. Tematea, L. Stem twining, puberulous ; leaflets %-%-jugal (rarely 4-5-juga]), 

 V, ovate, blunt, or oval; peduncles 1 -flowered : bracteoles roundish, almost half as long as the 

 I calyx ; flowers resupinate ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate ; legume linear, pubescent. — 



Mart. Fi: Bras. 24. t. 31./. 1.— Herbaceous, suflrntescent ; flowers blue or white : stan- 

 dard 2" long ; seeds compressed. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al. ; Antigua I, Wullsohl. ; Barbadoes ; 

 [all tropical countries, chiefly East Indies ! and trop. Africa I ; often cultivated in America]. 



Sect. 2. Neukocarpum. — Legume stipitate: valves convex, each usually u>ith apromi- 

 nulous midrib, — Leaflets 3 (—1). 



77. C. glycinoides, DC. Stem twining, villoiis-pubescent ; leaflets 3, ovate-oblong, 

 villous or sericeous'beneath ; peduncles 8-1 -flowered : bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 times 

 exceeded by the calyx ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate ; legume oblong-linear, glabrescent : 

 valves mth a prominulous midrib. — Miinchen DenJcschr. 7. t. 12. — Neurocarpum, Sesv. 

 N, falcatum, DO. N. ellipticum, Desv. N. argenteum, Walp. I Martinsia physalodes, 

 Schult. — Herbaceous, sufirutescent ; flowers purple- variegated : standard H" long ; seeds 

 globose. — Hab. Jamaica!, Dist., Pd., rare; Trinidad !, iocAA. ; [Haiti I and Panama I to 

 Bio Grande do Sul ! and Peru !]. 



78. O. cajanifolia, Benth. Stem erebt, herbaceous, pubescent; leaflets 3 (-1), oblong, 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles 2-1-flowered ; bracteoles ovate, much exceeded by the calyx ; 

 legume-valves with a prominulous midrib, " rarely destitute of it." — ^Neurocarpum, Prl. — 

 Hab. Trinidad (fienth. ex Siei. Tr. 187); [Haiti to Brazil]. 



Sect. 3. Clitoeianthds. — Legume flat, stijiitate : values ecostate. — Shrubs, or vines ; 



leaves 3-foliolate. 



79. C. arborescens. Ait. Stem shrubby : branches twining, rusty-subtomentose ; 

 leaflets 3, elliptical or oval, rusty-tomentose or glabrescent beneath ; peduncles bearing a 

 short raceme : bracteoles ovate or ovate-lanceolate, much exceeded by the calyx-tube ; 

 calyx-teeth ovate-triangular, much shorter than the tube ; standard pubescent on the back ; 

 legume linear, tomentose : seeds separated by spurious dissepiments, — C. Poitsei, DC. Do- 

 lichos spurius, Meg. ! — A high climber ; leaflets apiculate, or blunt ; flowers purple : standard 

 more than 2" long ; seeds compressed. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad 1, Locleh. ; 

 [Panama 1 to Guiana !]. 



29. CENTROSEMA, Benth. 



Calyx infundibuliform, usually 5-fid. Standard roundish : back spurred or gibbous above 

 its base. Style dilated towards the top. Legume subsessUe, compressed: valves costate 

 near both margins. — Habit and bracteoles of Clitoria. 



80. O. Plunnierl, Benth. Stem twining, snffiutescent at the base ; leaflets 3, broadly 

 ovate; peduncles few-flowered: bracteoles ovate, twice as long as the calyx; calyx-teeth 

 very short, unequal ; standard spurred above the calyx, pubescent on the back ; ribs of the 

 legume-valves prominulous, IV" distant from the margin. — Desc. PI. 8. t. 591. — Clitoria, 

 Juss. — ^Leaflets large, turning black in drying ; corolla white, and variegated with bright- 

 purple and yellow; standard IV'diam.; seeds subcompressed-cubical, 3"Mt"' long. — ^Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Pd., Dist., Wils., Wullschl., common on fences ; S. Kitts I, S. Vincent !, Trini-'''" 

 dad I, Lockh. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico I to Brazil I and Peru I] . 



81. C. pubescens, -Be«tt. / Stem twining; leaflets 3, ovate qj ovate-oblong; pe- 

 duncles few-flowered : bracteoles ovate, as long as the calyx ; inferior calyx-lobe longer 

 than4he tube, the si^erior connected below the summit ; standard spurred, pubescent on the 



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