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36. Centrosema DC.'—Flowers of Periandra; standard dorsally 
spurred, or more rarely more or less gibbous (Vewilaria*) near base. 
Germen subsessile, «-ovulate, style curved ; apex more or less dilated, 
slightly bearded round terminal stigma. Legume subsessile; both 
sutures thickened; valves traversed on each side by a rather promi- 
nent vein not far from margin, or winged close to anterior suture.— 
Herbs or undershrubs, twining or prostrate ; leaves pinnate, or more 
rarely subdigitate, 3- or more rarely, 1- or 5-7- foliolate, stipellate ; 
stipules striated persistent; flowers’ axillary ; peduncles 1— o-flowered, 
solitary or in pairs; bracts stipuliform in pairs; superior bracts 
connate striated ; pedicels solitary or in pairs; bractlets appressed 
to flower, persistent, rather large (South, Central’ and North America, 
Java’). 
37. Clitoria L.'—Receptacle concave, lined by a disk. Calyx 
gamosepalous tubular; lobes 5, nearly equal, or 2 superior connate 
for a considerable distance, or lowest narrower. Petals usually very 
unequal; standard large, erect, emarginate; wings oblong subfal- 
cate, spreading, more or less adhering to keel ; keel curved acute, often 
much shorter than wings. Stamens 10, 2-adelphous (9—]); anthers 
uniform. Germen stipitate, o-ovulate; style curved, longitudinally 
bearded interiorly ; apex stigmatiferous, more or less dilated. Legume 
stipitate linear-compressed; sutures 1 or 2 slightly thickened ; faces 
bare or traversed by a rather prominent longitudinal rib (Meuwrocar- 
pum’); continuous or membranous, stuffed within, 2-valved. Seeds 
somewhat compressed, exarillate.—Herbs or shrubs,’ erect or twining; 
leaves pinnate, 1—3-foliolate (Veurocarpum) or 3-foliolate (Chitorianthes’), 
more rarely 5—Y-foliolate (Zernatea”), almost always stipellate; stipules 
n. 6635.—B. H., Gen., 528, n. 191.—Clitorius 
1 Prodr., ii, 284 (Clitoria sect. iii.) —Brytu., 
Petiv., in Ray Hist., iii—Nauchea Dusc., in 
in Ann. Wien. Mus., ii. 117; Gen., 527, n, 189.— 
Envi, Gen., n. 6638.—Cruminium DEsvx., in 
Ann. Se, Nat., sér. 1, ix. 423,—Steganotropis 
Lzum., Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. (1826). 
2 Benru., in Ann. Wien. Mus., ii. 117.— 
Pilanthus Porr., ex EnpL., Gen., n. 6637.— 
Platysema HorrM., ex BentH., loc. cit., 122. 
3 Whitish, pink, violet, or bluish; handsome. 
4 Species about 25. H.B. K., Nov. Gen. et 
Spec., t. 591.— Brntu., in Mart. Fl. Bras., 
Papil., 125, t. 84.—Bot. Reg., t. 268, 1047. 
5 Species 1, introduced. 
6 Gen., n. 869.—Gmrtn., Fruct., ii. 321, t. 
149.—DC., Prodr.,, ii. 233 (part.).—-ENDL., Gen., 
Mém. Soe. Linn. Par., iv. 3, t. 1. 
7 Desvx., in Journ. Bot., i. (iii.) 75.—K., 
Mimos., t. 59, 60.—Prest, Symbol, t. 9.— 
Enpu., Gen., n. 6686.—Martia LeanpR., in 
Denksr. Acad, Minch. vii. 233, t. 12 (nec 
Benta.).—Zuce., in Abhand. Miiach., i. 337 
(part.).—Martiusia Scuutr., Mant., i. 69.— 
DC., Prodr., ii. 236 (nec BENTH.). 
8 Species about 25. 
9 BuntH., in Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil., t. 32, 
83; Gen., 529. 
WT, in Act. Acad. Par. (1706), t. L— 
H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Spec., vi. 415. 
