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CANAVALIA* bonariensis. 



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Buenos Ayres Canavalia. 



MONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



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Nat. ord. Leguminosje. § Phaseolese. Dec. 

 ^ CANA VALIA Dec— Calyx tubulosus, bilabiatus, labio inferiore denti- 

 bus tribus (vel unico) acutis parvis, superiore lobis 2 amplis rotundatis. 

 CorollcB vexillum amplum bicallosum ; callis parallelis; alee stipitatse ob- 

 ^longae aurlculatee ; carina dipetala. Stamina monadelpha, aut decimo sub- 

 adherente. Legumen compressum, tricarinatum, nemp^ infr^ et juxt^ 



suturse 



mucrone inflexo terminatum, membranis cellulosis inter semina donatum. 



Semina ovali-oblonga, hilo lineari. -Herbee aut sufFrutices, ramis volu- 



hilibus, foliis pinnato-trifoliolatis. Racemi axillares multiflori pedicellis 

 ternis. Flores ampli purpurascentes. Dec, prodr. 2. 404. 



C. bonariensis; foliolis ovatis obtusis cum acumine coriaceis glabris, 

 racemis foliis longioribus, calycis labio inferiore unidentato. *-^ 

 Caulis lignosus, sarmentosus^ volubilis, teres. Folia ternata ; foliola 

 petiolulata, ovata, cum acumine ohtuso, coriacea, integerrima^ glaberrima. 

 Racemi axillares, multijlori, penduli, glabri, apice leviter pubescentes. Flores 

 gemini^ ternive, ^ gihbis racheos, ad basin sub calyce bracteolis duabus 

 minimis rofundis suffulti. Calyx viridis, campanulatus, bilabiatus^ glaber, 

 labio superiore maxima, foliaceo, bilobo, demkm reflexo, inferiore minimo, 

 tntegerrimo, dentiformu Vexillum magnum, obcordatum, purpureum, basi 



Bld^falcatce 



?fractum 



carma longitudine alarum, cymbiformis, obtusa, purpurascens, comubus 

 haseos brevibus, incurvis. Stamina monadelpha, declinata, nullo mode dia- 

 delpha ; antheris oblongis, utrinque obtusis, alternis demissioribus. Ovarium 

 stipite villoso longo insidens, falcatum, pubescens, heptaspermum, in stylo 

 lineari, ascendente, glabro acuminatum ; stigma glabrum, capitatum. (Semen 

 magnum, Wisterus frutescentis, sec. cL Herbertum.) 



This lovely climber is a native of Buenos Ayres, 

 whence its seed was received by the Honourable and 



• Canavali is the name applied in Malabar to the species which con- 

 stitutes the type of this genus. 



