so 
LEUUMINOSAL 
[ Teramnus . 
not clearly known, is cultivated and casually subspontaneous in Mauri- 
tius. It is a subglabrous perennial twiner, with a large tuberous root, 
spurred lanceolate stipules, 3 large rhomboid membranous acute stipu- 
late leaflets, lax few-flowered long-peduncled axillary racemes, ovate 
bracteoles shorter than the calyx, short calyx-teeth, rather large white 
and blue corolla, monadelphous stamens, a large square pod with 4 
crisped coriaceous wings, septate between the seeds, and style long 
much recurved penicillate round the terminal stigma. 
10. CAN A V ALIA, DC. 
Calyx-tube deeply campanulate, with two lips, the upper largest, the 
short lower one obscurely 3-toothed. Corolla papilionaceous, much 
exserted ; petals about equal in length. Stamens monadelphous ; an- 
thers uniform. Ovary short-stalked ; ovules several ; style incurved, 
beardless ; stigma terminal. Pod large, ensiform, turgid, with a dis- 
tinct rib down each valve near the upper suture, septate between the 
large beanlike seeds. — Herbaceous twiners, with stipellate trifoliolate 
leaves, and few flowers in lax axillary racemes, with tumid nodes. Dis- 
tkib. Pound the world in the tropics, mostly American. Species 
10 - 12 . 
Leaflets thin, acute 1. C. ensiformis. 
Leaflets thicker, obtuse 2. C. obtusifolia. 
1. C. ensiformis, DC. Frod . ii. 404. Stems wide-twining, glabrous, 
biennial or perennial. Leaves distinctly petioled ; leaflets distinctly 
stalked, oblong, thin, acute, 3-6 in. long ; stipules minute, deciduous. 
Peduncles and racemes each 3-6 in. long ; peuicels geminate, very short ; 
bracteoles minute, ovate, caducous. Calyx •§—- 1 in. deep, glabrous, the 
upper lip a third of the length of the tube. Corolla more than twice 
as long as the calyx, red or white. Pod 6-9 in. long, rather recurved, 
8-12-seeded. C. gladiata and incurva, DC. 
Seychelles, Dr. Wright ! Rodriguez, in the Riviere Cascade Valley, Dr. 
Balfour ! In Mauritius planted only. Everywhere in the tropics. Pois Sabre. 
Dolic. 
2. C. obtusifolia, DC. Frod. ii. 404. A glabrous perennial, climb- 
ing or trailing. Leaflets thicker than in C. ensiformis , obovate, obtuse, 
often emarginate, 3-4 in. long. Eacemes overtopping the leaves, the 
flowers few and distant; pedicels in. long, springing from fleshy 
tubercles. Calyx f in. deep, the upper lip shorter than in the other 
species. Corolla red, fragrant, an inch long. Pod 4-6 in. long, 
rather recurved ; seeds 6-10, compressed | in. broad, chesnut-brown. 
C. emarginata, DC. 
Mauritius and Seychelles, common on the shores. Rodriguez, on the 
shore at English Bay, Dr. Balfour ! Round the world in the tropics. Also 
Natal. 
