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11. CLITORIA, Linn. 
Calyx large, funnel-shaped, with a pair of persistent bracteoles at the 
base ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla papilionaceous, with a large obovate 
standard, much exceeding in size, and hiding the wings and incurved 
acute keel. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, 
linear, many-ovuled ; style flattened, bearded down the inner face ; 
stigma terminal. Pod linear, thin, flat. — Herbaceous twiners, with 
impari pinnate leaves with flowers solitary in their axils. Distrib. 
Round the world in the tropics. Species 27. 
Bracteoles large, round, obtuse 1. C. Ternatea. 
Bracteoles small, ovate, acute 2. C. heterophylla. 
1. C. Ternatea, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 223. A wide-climbing peren- 
nial herb, witb glabrous or finely downy slender stems. Leaves petioled, 
imparipinnate ; leaflets 5-7, large, oblong, obtuse, membranous, short- 
stalked, stipellate ; stipules minute, lanceolate. Flowers solitary, on 
very short pedicels in the axils of the leaves. Calyx with a pair of 
round persistent bracteoles at the base, J-f in. long ; teeth lan- 
ceolate, shorter than the tube. Standard in. long, nearly as 
broad, bright blue, sometimes white, with an orange spot at the 
throat. Pod 3-4 in. long, flat, glabrescent ; seeds 8-10. Bot. Mag. 
tab. 1542. 
Mauritius, in woods at Mome, Brabant, etc. Coin de Mire, Horne ! Seychelles, 
rare in Mahe, Perville ! Horne! Rodriguez, on tbe shore at English Bay, 
Dr. Balfour. Round the world in the tropics. Liane Madame. Liane Ternate. 
2. C. heterophylla, Lam. , DC. Prod. ii. 223. A glabrous annual, 
witb very slender copiously twining stems. Leaves distinctly petioled ; 
leaflets 3-7, very variable in shape, ligulate, oblong, or even round, 
J— 1J in. long, rather firm, obtuse, with a mucro ; stipules minute, 
linear. Flowers distinctly peduncled, solitary in the axils of the leaves. 
Calyx with a pair of small ovate acute bracteoles at the base, under \ 
in. long ; teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Standard f 
in. long, bright blue, with a white throat. Pod glabrous, 1-1\ in. long ; 
seeds 5-6. 
Mauritius, roadsides at Flacq, Moka, and Pamplemousses. Also Bourbon and 
Madagascar. 
12. ERYTHRINA, Linn. 
Calyx oblique, spathaceous in our plant, splitting down to the base. 
Petals very unequal in length, the standard being much longc r 
than the wings and keel ; upper stamen nearly or quite free ; anthers 
all alike. Ovary stalked ; ovules numerous ; style incurved, beardless, 
with a capitate stigma. Pod large, linear, turgid, torulose. — Trees with 
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