. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . lyx or more: sti/le aboutthe length of the germen or longer, round, ending in anarrowly cuneate transversely flattened stigma with adowny edged truncated top, rather concave at the underside. Pod about half a foot long, smooth, brown, linearlyelongated, compressedly squared, not much broader at thesides that at the upper and under parts, with corners finingoff to an even shallowly projecting undulated coriaceo-car-tilaginous edge, the sides flat and even, end acuminatedand pointed by a part of the persistent style, many-celledand ent
. The Botanical register consisting of coloured figures of . lyx or more: sti/le aboutthe length of the germen or longer, round, ending in anarrowly cuneate transversely flattened stigma with adowny edged truncated top, rather concave at the underside. Pod about half a foot long, smooth, brown, linearlyelongated, compressedly squared, not much broader at thesides that at the upper and under parts, with corners finingoff to an even shallowly projecting undulated coriaceo-car-tilaginous edge, the sides flat and even, end acuminatedand pointed by a part of the persistent style, many-celledand entirely smooth on the inside, divided into one-Seeded compartments by partitions of a membrano-cellularsubstance. Seeds 13, according to Plumier and Mr. Her-bert, not much bigger than a common pea, and of abrownish yellow or tawny hue. ft The standard or vexillura. b One of the two wings or alae. c Thesimple stamen, d The 9-cleft stamen, e The two partial bractes whichenclose and conceal the calyx. ^The calyx, g The germen and part ofthe style, h The 269 GALACTIA Galactia, DIADELPHIA DECJNDRIA. Nat. ord. Jussie?i gc?i. 345. Dii\ V. Cor. irregularispapilonacea. Legum. l-loc, 2-valve. GALACTIA. Cal. 4-dentatas, 2-bracteatus. Cor. 5-petala, petalisomnibus oblongis; vexillo caeteris latiore, incumbente. Stigma teres. Sem. subrotunda. Michaux bor. amer. 2. 61. ° , foliis ternatis, racemo erecto, floribus pendulis. Persoon 302. Clitoria Galactia. Linn, sp, pi. 2. 1026, Willd. sp, pi. 3. 1070. Hort,Keiv. ed. 2. 4. 301. Galactia foliis ovatis glabris pinnato-ternatis, spicis elongatis terminalibus. Browne jam. 298. t. 32. fg. minor lactescens, flore purpureo. Sloane jam. 1. 188. 114. Frutex lactescens? orgyalis w idtra, appresse villosus, ramis lignosisvolubilibus teretibus. Fol. alterne distantia, ternata, scepe deflexa, Jirma , subtiis et ad petioles villosa, supra glabra; foliola ovato-oblong
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