Clitoria» 
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CLITORIA. S.V.660. 
CLITORIA virginiana» S. V. 1. c. 3 . 
Descr. Caulis herbaceus, filiformis, fubdivifuSj 
fcandeus, voiubiiis, teres, ffriatus, pubefcens. 
Folia petiolata, ternata: Petioli longiufculi, pube., 
fcentes. 
Foliola oblonga, acuminata, apice obtufo, integra, 
nervofa, glabra, interdum pubefcentia. Petio-^ 
iuli breves. 
Pedunculi petiolis longiores, eredi, angulati, ftria=^ 
ti, hirfuti, 3-4-flori. 
Flores pedicellati, exalbidi, 
Ca/. duplex. Exter, diphyllus; Foliola ovato -acu,, 
ta, concava, carinata, pubefcentia. Interior tu- 
bulatus, 2-labiatos: dentes 2 fuperiores brevio- 
res , approximat! ; ^ inferiores longiores acuti , 
intermedia 3-pio longiore. 
Cor. papilionacea , refupinata. 
Vexillum magnum, patens, apice emarginatum, 
margine obtufo, caerulefcens , flriis a bafi obli- 
quis, purpurafcentibus notatum; pollice fufcum, 
tomentofum. ' 
'Alce oblongae, obtufae, apice conniventes, vexillo 
breviores. Carina fub alis, fubrotundo- falcata, 
acuminata. 
Filamenta 10, ultimo libero, Antherce fimplices, 
fubrotundae , albidae. 
Germen oblongum. Stpks adfcendens. Stigma 
obtufum. 
Legumen longum, lineare, corapreffum, 2-valve, 
apice fubuiato longiore, 
Semina plura, oblonga, reniformia, grifea, glabra, 
Habitat in fruticetis montofis Jamaicae, - 
CYTL 
