230 L EG UMIN08JE. [Clitoeia. 



the seeds are grey. The stems and leaves are much valued all over India 

 as a good fodder for cattle. It must not be confused with Cyamopsis 

 psoralioides, to which the name hulthi is sometimes applied. 



17. CLITORIA, Linn ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 208. 



Scandent or suberect undershrnbs, with showy flowers, 3-7 -foliolate 

 leaves, stipellate leaflets and persistent membranous small stipules and 

 bracts and large bracteoles. Calyx membranous, tubular ; teeth del- 

 toid or lanceolate. Corolla much exserted ; standard spoon-shaped, 

 very large ; wings and incurved heel much shorter. Stamens 1- 

 adelphous or 2-adelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovaru stalked, many 

 oyuled; style incurved, flattened, bearded along the inner side. Tod 

 linear, flattit-h or turgid. — Species about 30, inhabiting chiefly the 

 tropics of the New World- 



C. Ternatea, Linn. Sp. PI. 753 ; Boxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 321; F. B. I. ii, 

 •208; Watt ED. Yexn. Aparagita. 



A climber with slender terete downy stems. Leaves 4 in. long ; petiole 

 fin.; stipules small, lanceolate ; leaflets l-2in. long, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse, subcoriaceaus ; stipels minute, linear. Flowers solitary, axil- 

 lary ; bracteoles large, obtuse. Calyx \-\ in, ; teeth lanceolate, nearly as 

 long as the tube. Corolla If-S in. long, bright blue with an orange 

 centre, or white. Fod 2-4 in., flattish, sparingly hairy, 6-10-seeded. 



Extensively cultivated within the area, and often" found in hedges as 

 an escape. Distbib. Throughout India, and in most tropical countries. 

 A dye is obtained, from the flowers and seeds, and various parts of the 

 plant are used medicinally The flowers are used in religious cere- 

 monies. 



18. SHUTERIA, W. & A. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii, 181. 



Climbers, with 3-foliolate stipellate leaves, and persistent striated 

 stipules bracts and bracteoles. Flowers in racemes, medium-sized. 

 Calyx-tube gibbous ; teeth distinct, shorter than the tube. Corolla 

 exserted ; petals nearly equal, standard without auricles, wmgs 

 spurred. Stamens 2-adelphous, anthers uniform Ovary subsesf.ile, 

 manv-ovuled ; style incurved, filiform, beardless, .s•^^^?7^a capitate. Fod 

 flat, linear, recurved.— Species 6, five in India and one in Africa. 



S. densiflora. Benth. in PI. Jungh. 232; Prain in Journ. As. Boc. 

 Beng. LXVI, 402. 8 vestita, var. densiflora, Bale, in F. B^ I. ii, 182. 

 Leaflets oblong, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Flowers in dense racemes, often 



several from the same node. Calyx and pofi. glabrous. 



