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cured by the application of a solution of Indigo by means of a 
rag. 
VI. Clitoria. 
Calyx bibracteolated at the base, 5-fid. Standard 
of the corolla large. Stamens diadelphous, inserted 
with the petals not at the bottom, but above the base 
of the calyx. Style subdilated at the apex. Legume 
linear, compressed, straight, bivalve, acuminated with 
the base of the style, 1 -celled, co-seed. Seed generally 
intercepted by cellulose isthmi . — De Cand. 
Scandent plants ; leaves trifoliate ; flowers axillary. 
1. Clitoria Virginiana. Common Pea-flower. 
Stem glabrous or subpuberulous, leaflets hispidu- 
lous with minute uncinate hairs especially above, pe- 
duncles 1-4-fiowered, bracteoles ovate acuminate 
about the length of the calyx, standard spurred, 
legumes linear compressed. 
Swartz, Obs. 282 . — De Cand. Prod. II. 234. 
HAB. Common, especially on fences and in thickets. 
FL. July — November. 
Stem twining, filiform, striated, subglabrous. Leaflets, 
ovato-oldong, mucronate, hispidulous, especially above, witli 
minute uncinate hairs, nerved. Peduncles axillary, usually two 
together, of which one is short and 1-2-flowered; the other 
longer and 2-8-flowered. Bracteoles close to the flower, ovate, 
acuminate, slightly longer than the upper, but rather shorter 
than the lower lip of the calyx. Calyx externally hispidulous 
and ciliated with minute hooked hairs ; upper lip 2-fid with 
the divisions approximating; lower lip 3-fid with the divisions 
lanceolato-subulate, and the middle one the longest. Standard 
large, roundish, emarginate, of a purple colour, marked with a 
yellow spot in the centre, minutely hispidulous externally. 
Ovary suhtetragonal, sulcated, glabrous : style, dilatato-expanded 
towards the stigma. Legume about 3| inches long, straight, 
linear, compressed, beaked with the persistent style, of a black 
colour, glabrous; seeds about 18, yellowish. 
There are, according to De Candolle, three varieties of this 
species; 1. an gusti folia, with linear or lineari-lanceolate leaves; 
2. eltiptica, with ovato-oblong or elliptic; and 3. ovata, with 
ovate. This plant is very common in all parts of the Island. 
It is also indigenous to Virginia, Carolina, St Domingo, and 
Porto- Hi co. 
