Dumasia
(named in honour of M. Dumas, one of the editors of " Annales des Sciences Naturelles "). ORD. Leguminosae. A genus of three species of ornamental greenhouse evergreen twiners. Flowers yellow, disposed in axillary racemes. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, stipellate. For culture, see Clitoria. D. villosa (villous). fl. yellow; racemes axillary. August. l., leaflets ovate. Branches, petioles, peduncles, and leaves pubescent. Tropical Asia, &c., 1824. (B. R. 961.)