1897.] O, King — Mahriahfor u Flnm of the Mnlaifan Fminmla, 57 
Ahdamans j commoxily cultivatod, Panokore ; Sayrteehini f Uia- 
TRlB. I common throoghout thu tropics in gardeus and as an escape. 
2. Clitoria CAJAKiFOLiA Ben til. in Mart. Flor. BrasiL XV, 121. 
A Btibeveot underBhrub with terete pilose brauclieg. Leaves 2-3"5 in, 
long; petiole "1 in» and mcliiB adpreaaetl-pilose ; leaflets terminal and 
m 1 lateral pair lanceolate or oblaiiceolate obtuse subcoriaceoua ^5 in. 
long, "75-1 in. wide, glabroas above, densely gTey-canescerit beDeatb ; 
stipules shortly triangular, pmbesceiU, atipels subulate. Flawerv axiWurj 
uaually 2 on a pubescent peduncle 1-1'5 in, long; braoteolcs small ovato 
or lanceolat«o. Oalynti *75 in. long, teeth much sborter than tube. 
Corolla l"5-2 in. long ; standard 1^5 in, wide pale-violet Tvith a dull- 
purpto centre. Pod tui-gid, with a lib ftlong face of valves, 1'25 in. long, 
m. wide quite glabi-ous, S-V'eeedod. Bak. in Flor.- Brit. Ind. IT, 
209. Neurocarpu7n cafaiiifoHnm Preal* Symb. 17, t. 9 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. 
Bat. I, 225. retusmn Haaak. PI. Jav, Bar. 376. Lotus Jiuminensu 
Veil. Flor. ¥,\um, VII, t. 152. 
Malacca and SiwaAPORE, in old clearinga, common. DmiRiB. A 
native of Bi^zil now naturalised in the localities mentioned^ in Java, 
and ill Siam. 
1-L Centrosema Benth. 
Twining h©rba or shrubs; stems with woody base. Leaves pin- 
Batf*ly 3-foliolato, stipollate ; atipulos persistent baainxed- FUnoers very 
largo and showy with peraisteut bracts large persistent bracteoles. 
Oa^viu-teeth short the upper pair connate or obsolete. Corolla much 
exsei'ted ; standai*d orbictilar emarginate shortly spurred near base, 
longer than the falcate obovate witiga and the broad incnrved slightly 
shorter keel. Stamens usually diadelpbous; anthera uniform. Ovary 
subsessile, many-ovuled, style incurved dilated at the apex, stigma 
terminal beardless. Fod subseasile liivear flattened, 2-va!i^d, sli^?htly 
septate between the seeds, both sutures thiekenetl and both valves 
sti-ongly ridged along the face pai-allel to the sutures. Species about 
25, all American. 
Dr. Kont^e stntoB f Jfeu. Gen. PL I, 163) tbat Bradburya Raf„ redticed in the 
Ji»<Je« Kewejuiis to Wustaria, in in reality this gonus, imd that BufiiieaqTie'e deecnp- 
tion rofore to Centrosema virginianwn a upeciefl widely collivated in Asia and uow 
quite uttturalbed in Javsk tkongli not yet reported aa an eBcape in our area, 
Centbosema pLUMiEiti Bt>nth. in Ann, Wien. Mus, 11, 118. A large 
climber with woody base and twining slender lirm glabrous or puhernloua 
branches. Lraves 6-10 in. long ; hafleis 3 papery daik green glabrous 
above pubtjrulous on the nerves beiieatU broadly ovale acuta ov acurai- 
nato 3-6 in. long, 2-5-5 id. across; petioles 3-6 in., glabiws or puheru- 
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