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CALYCI FLORA!. 
long, distinct ; standard broader than the rest, in- 
cumbent. Stamens diadelphous. Style glabrous : 
stigma obtuse. Legume terete or compressed, many- 
seeded, 2-valved, 1 -cel led, elongated. — De Cand. 
Suffruticose or herbaceous twining plants: leaves impari- 
pinnate, 1- oc -jugate ; racemes axillary. — Name, from yaXu 
milk, the species about to be described, being milky in ail its 
parts. 
1. Galactia pendula. Pendulous Galactia. 
Branches pubescent, leaflets ovato-oblong with the 
apex rounded or emarginate apiculated glabrous above 
pubescent beneath, racemes longer than the leaf, flow- 
ers in pairs pendulous, petals four times the length of 
the calyx. 
Phaseolus minor latescens, flore purpureo, Sloane, 1. 1. 144. f. 
4. — Galactia, Broivne, 298. t. 32. f. 2. — Clitoria Galactia, Linn. 
Spec. 1026. — Lun. Hort. I. 103. — Galactia pendula, Ker. Bot. 
Reg. t. 269. 
HAB. Common in the plains and lower hills. 
FL. August — October. 
Suffrutescent, twining ; towards the extremities of the 
branches terete, incano-pubescent. Leaves impari-pinnate, 
one-paired ; middle leaflet the largest, ovato-oblong, obtuse or 
emarginate, apiculate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath : pe- 
tiole short, terete, pubescent. Stipules setaceous : stipels sub- 
ulate, glandulose. Racemes axillary, many times longer than 
the leaf, sub-simple : common peduncle angulose, pubescent : 
pedicels 2-4 together, filiform, pubescent, inserted on a tumid 
globular receptacle, furnished at the base with a small ovato- 
lanceolate bractea. Flowers showy, crimson. Calyx exter- 
nally puberulous, pnrpurascent, 4-fid ; the 2 lateral segments 
rather smaller. Petals as in the generic character. Ovary 
linear oblong, sericeo-villous. Legume 4-5 inches long, vil- 
lous, shape of an Italic f subterete, compressed : seeds enclosed 
in the thin diaphanous membrane of the endocarp, ovato- 
subrotund, compressed. 
This plant ascends to a considerable height, partly by twin- 
ing, and partly by supporting itself on neighbouring shrubs and 
trees. The flowers are rather beautiful. In England it is 
propagated by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass, in the wild 
state, it is principally to be found in limestone districts. 
IX. Tephrosia. 
Calyx ebracteolated, subequal, 5-dentate, Stan- 
dard of the corolla large, subrotund, externally seri- 
