LEGUMINOS^, CXCI. Dolichos. 



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3/^50 in Japan, are put into soups, and are the most common dish puberulous ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, acuminated, rounded at the 

 there, insomuch that the Japanese frequently eat them three base, reticulately-veined, membranous, smooth ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, 3-flowered ; the 2 superior lobes of the calyx large and 

 roundish, lower ones lanceolate, acute ; legumes 3-keeled, 

 ^. G. Native of the Sandwich Islands. Perhaps a species of 



Canavalia. 



times a day. The Soja of the Japanese, which is preferred to 

 the Kifjap of the Chinese, is prepared from the seeds, and is 

 used in almost all their dishes instead of common salt. The 

 Chinese also have a favourite dish made of these seeds, called 

 ten-hti or tau-huy which looks like curd, and though insipid in 

 itself, yet with proper seasoning is agreeable and wholesome. 



Var. /3, i^cLllida (D. C. prod. 2. p. 396.) flowers yellow; seeds 

 white. Roxb. hort. beng. p. 55. 



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PL tw. 



Fl.July, Aug. Clt. 1790. 



PI, 1| foot. 



5 D. ? spu Kius (Mey. prim, esseq^, 242.) stem shrubby, 

 climbing ; branches tomentose ; leaflets ovate, obtuse at both 

 ends, tomentose beneath ; peduncles 2-flowered, length of the 

 petioles ; legumes linear, ending in a long acumen, tomen- 



Ilispid Soja. 



Cult, The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in a tose. I? . '^. S. Native of Guiana, in the island of Arowabish. 



warm sheltered situation in the month of May. 



CXCI. DOXICHOS (from loXixog, doUchos, long; in re- 

 ference to the length of the twining stems, which in some species 

 extend to the tops of the loftiest trees). Lin. gen. no. 867. ex- 

 clusive of many of the species. Adans. fam. 2. p. 325. Savi, 

 diss. 182t. p. 15. D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 396. 



Lin. syst. Diadelj^Jna, Decdndria. Calyx bibracteolate at the 



base, campanulate, 5-toothed, with 2 of the teeth approximate or 



joined at the base. Corolla papilionaceous, with a roundish 



vexillum, which is furrowed at the base, and furnished with 2 or 



4 diverging callosities. Wings oblong, obtuse. Carina obtuse, 



incurved, forming almost a straight angle, never spirally twisted. 



Stamens diadelphous. Anthers roundish. Style compressed, 



bearded from the middle to the apex. Legume compressed, 



linear, 2-valved, having the valves neither winged nor nerved ; 



the seeds intercepted by a kind of cellular substance. Seeds 



ojate, more or less compressed, with a small oval hylum. — 



Herbs or subshrubs, usually with twining stems, acute stipulas, 



pinnately-trifoliate leaves, stipellate leaflets, and axillary racemes 

 of flowers. 



West Indies, among bushes. 



Flowers large, purplish-violet. Vexillum witliout any callosity, 

 having the unguis thickened with the calyx. Seeds imbedded in 

 dry pulp. 



Spurious Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



6 D.? suBRACEMosus (Jacq. amer. 205.) stems permanent, 

 twining, and are, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate ; peduncles racemose, 3-4-flowered ; legumes linear, 

 acuminated, rather torose, glabrous. Tj . '^. S. Native of the 



Flowers bluish-purple. Style 

 spatulate at the apex. Stigma ciliately bearded. 

 Somewhat-racemose-^owered Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



7 D. UNDULA^TUS (Scssc ct Moc. in herb. Lamb.) plant pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets elliptic, acuminated, mucronate ; calyx and vexil- 

 lum clothed with rusty down ; vexillum a little shorter than the 

 keel ; lateral leaflets oblique ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; 

 flowers large, racemose. 1^. ^. S, Native of Mexico. 



JVavedAeaved Dolichos. PI. tw. 



8 D. TUBERosus (Lam. diet. 2. p. 296.) stem shrubby, twin- 

 ing ; root tuberous ; leaflets roundish, acuminated ; racemes 

 pedunculate, elongated ; legumes straight, pendulous, compres- 



" * ■' ^. S. Native of 



sed, torulose, clothed with rufous villi. 



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The species of this genus are not well defined, and Martinique.— Plum. ed. Burm. t. 220. Both the root and the 



are therefore worthy of a monograph, the only mode by whicl 



genera containing a great number of species can be well distin- 

 guished. . ■ ^ 



seeds are eaten when dressed by the inhabitants of Martinico. 

 Tuberous-rooted Dolichos. Shrub tw. 

 9 D. Hiiisu'xus (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 339.) stems twin- 



ing, tomentose ; leaflets broad, ovate, acute, villous on both sur- 

 Sect. L Eudolichos (from eu, well, and dolichos ; this section faces, lateral ones somewhat 2-lobed ; racemes very long ; le- 

 contains the genuine species). D. C. prod. 2. p. 397. Legume gume hairy, ending in a hooked mucrone. "}/ . ^. G. Native 



^ . - of Japan. Banks, icon. Koempf. t. 41. Root thick, creepmg. 



Flowers purple. 



Hairy Dolichos. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1802. ^ PI. tw, 

 10 D. pube'scens (Lin. spec. 1021.) stems twining, and are, 

 G. Native of the as well as the leaves, clothed with soft hairs ; flowers axillary, 



1-3-together, almost sessile; legumes compressed, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, pubescent, erect, but at length drooping. ©. ^. S. 

 Native of South America. Glycine tomentosa % Willd. spec. 3. 



Flowers cream-coloured. 



compressed, apiculated by the short permanent style. 



. P' i-iGNosus (Lin. spec. 1022.) stems woody ; branches 

 wining, rather villous ; leaflets ovate, acute, smooth, glaucous 

 ^neath ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; flowers umbellate ; 



'egumes linear, straight, smoothish. I? . 



amb ? ■^^"' ^^^^' ^^^^' *• ^^* Smith, spic. t. 21.— Rumph. 



J • 5. t. 136. Flowers rose-coloured, with a purplish keel. 

 T'"^ ^'"te inside. Seeds black, with a white hylum. 



J ^y Dolichos. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1776. Shrub tw. 

 lou . 1 ^^'^Tf sn ; stem woody ; branches twining, rather vil- 



j' 1 ^^^^ rhomboid, acute, glaucous beneath, smooth; 

 ^ "ncles long ; flowers umbellate ; legume linear, falcate. ^2 . 

 ^ ™ve of the East Indies. .Dolichos lignosus, Curt. bot. 



ha^ f>|- ■ ^^^^^rs rose-coloured, with a purplish keel. Per- 

 oaf k l^ ^'^^ edible variety of D. lignosus mentioned in Roxb. 



J^^J-h. . Dolichos. FL July, Aug. 

 brancl^ — ^'^^^^ (D. C. prod. 2. p. 397.) stem woody; 

 tharj th^ \^^"'"S' hispid ; leaflets ovate, acute ; peduncles shorter 



vprv I '^^^^s ; flowers umbellate ; legumes linear, straight, 

 ^T^pilose. 



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G. 



Clt. 1776. Shrub tw. 



egu 

 j^"/,Fnose. Ij. ^. S. Native of the West Indies, in woods. 



nonvm"^^"^!:/^^^' ^"^^^- ^^^- P*^^- 100. exclusive of the sy- 

 Jn • Flowers white. Seeds 1 8, black, with a white hylum. 



p. 1061. ex enum. 2. p. 754. 



Pubescent Dolichos. PI. tw. 



1 1 D. Sesse'i ; plant clothed with soft, woolly, canescent pu- 

 bescence; leaflets ovate, acuminated, entire; calycine segments 

 lanceolate ; vexillum villous, shorter than the keel ; flowers dis- 

 posed in elongated racemes, which are 5 or 6 times longer than 

 the leaves. 7; . ^. S. Native of Mexico. Flowers red, secund, 

 (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Sesse's Dolichos. PI. tw. 



12 D. PiLOSus (Klein, in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1043.) stem twin- 

 ing, with a few adpressed hairs ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, sca- 

 brous above, and pubescent beneath; racemes 3-6-flowered ; 

 legumes linear, clothed with rusty pili, hooked at the apex. If, ? 

 ^. S. Native of the East Indies. Racemes an inch or 1^ inch 



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f g"';/_Dolicl.os. Fl. July, Aug. 



long. 



Flowers purple. 



Clt. 1800. Shrub tw. 



Pilqse DoWchos. Fl.July. Clt. 1790. PI. tw. 



\.\' V"^''^« (Gaud, in Freycenet, et voy. part. bot. p. 486. 13 D. tetraspe'rmus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1044.; stem twm.ng; 



• '^0 plant procumbent or twining ; branchlets and petioles leaflets rhomboid, mucronate, glabrous ; racemes li.nger than the 



