LEGUMINOSiE. CXCI. Dolichos. 



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31 D. monaciia'lis (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p, 125.) stem herba- 



(Willd 



ceous, erect, twining a little ; leaflets ovate, acute, glabrous ; pe- clothed with rusty villi ; leaflets rather angular, clothed with 



duncles 4-6-flowered, longer than the leaves after flowering; silky villi beneath, terminal one 3-lobed ; peduncles 2-flowered, 



legumes almost terete, a little arched, glabrous, at length pendu- shorter than the petioles. %»^* S. Native of Guinea. Flowers 



lous. O. '^. H. Native of Portugal, and cultivated in moist yellow? 



valleys for the sake of its seeds, which are dressed and eaten by 

 the inhabitants. Flowers pale yellow striped with purple. 

 Stigma ending in a callous spur. Seeds white, girded by a 

 black ring around the hylum. Said to be a hybrid between £). 



Silvery Dolichos* PL tw. 



o.s. 



Clt. 1816. 



PL i foot. 



O. 



r\ 



mag. 2232^ Rumph. amb. 5. p. 134. 

 Moench. 



red. Legume 1-2 feet long, eatable when young. 

 China Dolichos. 



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40 D. ? triloba'tus (Lin. mant. 1. p. 101.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets lobed ; peduncles 3-flowered, longer than the leaves. 



Native of the East Indies. Glycine triloba, Lin. mant. 

 510, — Pluk. aim. t. 120. Flowers small, yellow. Perhaps a 



species of Glycine* 



Three-lobed-leeiAetted Dolichos. PL pros. 



41 D. ? ANGULosus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 399.) stems decum- 

 bent ; lateral leaflets 2-lobed, terminal one parabolical ; peduncles 



H. Native of the East Indies ami longer than the leaves; flowers capitate. — Native of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Phaseolus vexillatus, Walt. fl. car. but not of Lin. ex 

 Pursh. Glycine angulosa, MuhL in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1050. 



Flowers rose-coloured. 



^«^«?ar-leafletted Dohchos. FL Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PL dec. 



42 D. palmati'fidus (Moc. et Scsse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D.C. 



Catidng and D. SinSnsis. 

 il/onA'^ Dolichos. FL July, Aug. ^^l. jl^ix^. x*. ^ 

 82 D. Sine'nsis (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 326. but not of Forsk.) 



stems twining, herbaceous, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, acuminated ; 



peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves; legumes terete, 



torulose, pendulous. 



China. 



Jacq. hort. vind. t. 71. Lour. coch. 436. Sims, bot. 



Dolichos cylindricus, 

 Flowers pale violet or flesh-coloured. Seeds white or 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1776. PL tw. 

 D. Nil6ticus (Delil. fl. eegypt. 109. t. 38. f. 1.) stems prod. 2. p. 399.) stem twining, glabrous; leaflets 3-nerved, 3- 



twining, herbaceous, pubescent ; liairs adpressed, reflexed ; leaf- lobed, rarely 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, mucronate ; peduncles longer 

 lets ovate, acuminated ; peduncles naked at the base ; flowers than the leaves ; flowers racemose. - /^ . '^ 



Mexico. 



S. Native of 



spicate; legumes almost cylindrical, villous, pendulous. 

 H. Native of Egypt. ~ ' - - - 



of Lin. 



0. 



r\ 



D. Sinensis, Forsk. descr. 132. but not 



Flowers yellow, with the vexillum painted with lines. 

 Nile Dolichos. PL tw. 



Coen or Coentic, Hern. mex. 252. f. 2, Flowers 

 bluish. Legume teretely-compressed, straight. 

 PalmatiJidAeaYed Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



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p. Lu'bia (Forsk. descr. 133.) stems diflTuse, glabrous; Sect. III. Unguicularia (from unguicularis, of a claw or 



leaflets ovate ; peduncles very long ; flowers disposed in spicate unguis ; in reference to the legumes being terminated by an un- 



guiculate callous beak). Legumes almost cylindrical, obtuse at 

 the apex, and ending in a depressed, callous, somewhat ungui- 

 culate beak, which is rather concave beneath. Leaflets entire. 



racemes 

 seeded. 



legumes straight, terete, compressed, scabrous, 10- 



O. H. 



Native of Egypt, and where it is cultivated 

 tor the sake of_the legumes, which are dressed and eaten by the 

 inhabitants. ~" 



plant. 



Flowers yellow. Luhia is the Arabic name of the 43 D. unguicula'tus (Jacq. hort. vind. 1. t. 23.) stem twin- 



ing, and is, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; peduncles length of 



Luhia Dolichos. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. diffuse. 



35 D. vexilla'tus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. araer. 6. p. 

 440.) stems twining, and are, as well as the petioles, clothed with 

 retrograde hairs ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, strigose, 

 somewhat 3-nerved ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; lobes of 

 calyx subulately-acuminated ; legumes terete, hairy. ©. 

 Native of South America. 

 r\ (^^' ^' leaflets acuminated ; peduncles 3-4-flowered. 



r\ 



S. 



Flowers greenish. 



©. 



latu 



a ; leaflets acuminated ; peauncies 

 ^- Native of Cuba, about tlie Havannah. Phasfeolus vexil- 



302. 



H. B. et 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. PL tw. 



Lm. spec. 1017.— Dill. hort. elth. 2. f. 



rar. (i ; leaflets obtuse ; peduncles 2-flowered. 

 ft'Untli, 1. c. Native of Caraccas. 



Large-lannered Dolichos. 



^^ ^- cYu'NDRictJs (Harailt. prod. fl. ind. occid. p. 61.) stems 



woody, twining, hairy ; leaflets oblong, acute, beset with a few 



rusty pili beneath ; pedicels elongated ; flowers sub-umbellate ; 



egume cylindrical, elongated, hairy ; seed dark, numerous, 15- 



^0, minute. l^.^.S. Native of Guiana. " 



^yltndrical-podded Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



lets V,' ^^^^^^ (^'"' amoen- 5. p. 402.) stems creeping; leaf- 

 w pubescent, ovate ; flowers twin, disposed in racemes ; le- 

 «)jnies linear, terete. - - - -^ 



^f, ^^\ is a strong purgative. 



^T€emnjcr^<!ii£xm^^^A T\_i:_T pi 



PI. tw. 



If. S. Native of Jamaica, by the sea-side. 



^^Ptng-stexnmed Dolichos. 



* * Leajleis lohed. 



\J^^; i-oba'tus (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1047.) stem twining; 



aieral leaflets 2-lobed, terminal one 3-lobed, with the middle 



*ot)e mucronate ; flowers racemose. Nntlve of the Cane of Good 



the leaves, bearing at the apex 2-3 flowers in a kind of umbel ; 

 legume ending in a recurved beak. ©. '^. S. Native of Bar- 

 bados. Flowers whitish. Seeds ovate, white, or pale brown, 



with a snow white hylum. 



t/n^w/'cu/a/eJ-podded Dolichos. Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1780. PI. tw. 



44 D. Tuanqueba'ricus (Jacq. hort. vind, 3. t. 70.) stem 

 twining, and is, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; peduncles length 

 of the leaves, bearing 3-4 flowers at the apex in a kind of um- 

 bel; legumes ending in a straight beak. ©. '^. S. Native of 

 Tranquebar. Flowers bluish violet, with a white keel. Le- 

 gumes more slender than tliose of the preceding species. Seeds 

 pale brown, but rather blackish around tlie white hylum. 



Tranquebar Dolichos. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. 



45 D. melanophtha'lmus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 400.) stem twin- 

 ing, and is, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; peduncles length of 

 the leaves, bearing 2-3 flowers at the apex in a kind of umbel ; 

 legumes ending in a straight or somewhat recurved beak. ©. 

 ^. H. Cultivated in Vascony, where it is called Ilabine, and 

 in Italy, where it is called Faseola a Vocchio nero. D. ungui- 

 culatus, Thor. chl. land. 306. Seeds white, but marked with 

 a black circle around the snow white hylum. 



^/acAr-eyec/.seeded Dolichos. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. tw. 



46 D. sesquipeda'lis (Lin. spec. 1019.) stem twining, gla- 

 brous ; leaflets broad, ovate ; legumes almost cylindrical, smooth, 

 very long, torulose, and ending in a hooked mucrone. ©. '^.S. 

 Native of South America. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. t. 67. Flowers 

 of a purplish blue colour. Legumes a foot and a half in length. 



/ooNan(f-a-Aa//'-long-podded Dolichos. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1781. 

 PI. tw. 



Ii^ --•-"tti.c , uuwers racemose. — i^auve oi inc ^^niix: ui v^ww*.* **. vf». . » . ^ oon \ * 



^^ope. D.trflobus, Houtt. pfl. syst. 8. p. 860. t. 64. f. 1. Thunb. 47 D. UMBEtLVxus (Thunb. in Lm. trans. 2. p. 339.) stems 



prod. lf?n? T71 ,, ^ ^ .1 twining, and are villous, as well as the leaves; peduncles flex- 



**'°/\ ^ ^0 ? Flowers yellow or' purple, 

 ^oficrf-leafletted Dolichos. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. tw. 



posed 



