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CLITORIA virginiana. 
Virginian Clitoria. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosm. Tribus Loteee Decandolle. 
CLITORIA L.—Calyzx basi bracteis 2 majusculis instructus, 5-fidus. 
Corolle yexillum amplum. Stamina diadelpha, cum petalis non imo calyci. 
sed supra basin inserta. Stylus apice subdilatatus. Leguwmen lineare com- 
pressum rectum bivalve styli basi acuminatum, 1-loculare, polyspermum. 
Semina ‘isthmis cellulosis seepé intercepta. Herbee scandentes. Folia 
pinnata cum impart sepiis l-juga, rariis 2-3-juga, foliolis sepits stipellatis. 
Flores axillares, pedicellatt, amplz, albt, cerulet aut purpurei, sepée resupinati. 
Decand. prodr. 2. 233. ‘ 
Sect. III. Centrosema. D.C. 
Calyx campanulatus ulird medium 5-fidus. Vezillum postice calcaratum.— 
Bracteole longitudinaliter striate. Folia 1-juga, cum impare. 
C. virginiana ; caule scandente foliisque glabris aut subpuberulis, pedunculis 
1-4-floris, bracteolis lanceolatis circiter calycis longitudine, leguminibus. 
linearibus compressis. Decandolle l. c. 
C. major scandens, foliis geminatis. Browne jam. 298. 
C. virginiana. Linn. sp. pl. 1026. Swartz. obs. 272. “Willd. sp. pl. 
3. 1069. 
Caulis volubilis, glaber, striatus. Folia unijuga, cum impare, ovato-oblonga, 
membranacea, glabriuscula, subrugosa, petiolo pubescente. Pedunculi azil- 
lares, bi-tri-flori, petiolorum longitudine. Calyx 5-fidus, laciniis subulatis’ 
pubescentibus. Bractea ovato-lanceolata, calycis longitudine. Corolla magna, 
resupinata, lilacina, vexillo emarginato, dorso calcarato. Legumen longum, 
lineare, glabrum, marginatum, polyspermum. Semina cylindracea, truncata, 
olivacea, fusco atroque nebulosa. 
A native, according to Pursh, of hedges in Virginia and — 
Carolina; according to Decandolle, of Jamaica and Saint 
Domingo also. The plants from which this drawing was 
made, were raised from seeds received from Rio Janeiro, 
and communicated to Henry Bellenden Ker, Esq., by 
Mrs. Arnold Harrison. Our drawing was made in Mr. 
Ker’s garden, in August 1826. 
