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LEGUMINOSiE. CXCI. Doliciios. CXCII. T^niocarpum. CXCIII. Vigna. CXCIV. Lablab. 



bellate raceme ; legumes straight, glabrous, 1/ . ^. G. Native with silky pubescence ; carina equal in length to the vexillum. 

 of Japan. D. unguiculatus, Thunb. fl. jap. 279. Lour, coch, p. ^2 • ^* Native of Nipaul. Leaflets large. Flowers cream- 

 coloured. 



Shrubby Dolichos. Shrub. 



Cult. None of the species are worth cultivating for orna- 

 ment except the D. lignosusy D. Jacqulni, and D. Curtisiu 

 A light rich soil answers all the species, and they are either in* 

 creased by seeds or cuttings ; cuttings planted in a pot of sand 



436. Flowers variegated with white, yellow, and violet. 

 Umbellate-Rowered Dolichos. PI. tw. 



48 D. sphterospe'rmus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 400.) stem erect, 

 branched, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, acutish ; peduncles elongated, 

 bearing few flowers at the apex ; legumes straight ; seeds sphe- 



O. S, Native of Jamaica, where it is called Calavana 



Phaseolus 



rical. 



or Black'Cyed'pea. Sloane, hist jam. 184. t. 117 

 sphaerospermus, Lin. spec. 1018. Flowers white. Legumes 

 terete according to P. Browne, but compressed according to 



root freely, those of the stove species require heat. 



CXCII. TiENIOCA'RPUM {ratrta, tcenia, a riband, and 



Sloane. Seeds white, with a black hylum, and are sweet, and ^^P™^' ^'^7^^' ^ ^^"^^ 5 shape of pods). Desv. obs. legum. in 



as good for food as any of the kidney-beans. 



• Round-seeded Dolichos or Black-eyed-pea. Fl. July, Aug. 



Clt. 181G. PI. 1 foot. 



49 D. Brune'lli (Zucc. obs. 1. no. 82.) stems erect, much 

 branched, and are, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; lateral leaflets 

 lobed on the outside ; peduncles 4-6-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves ; legumes erect, ending in a spoon-shaped beak. ©. ? S. 

 Native country unknown. Flowers blue, but with the keel white. 

 Seeds dark blue, with a white hylum. 



Biunelli's Dolichos. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



'\ Species not sufficiently known. 



50 D. reticula'tus (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 33.) stems twining ; 

 leaflets ovate, rugose, reticulated, villous ; racemes few-flowered. 



b • ^' G. , Native of New Holland. Flowers purple? 



7?e/icw/aferf-leaved Dolichos. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1781. Sh. tw\ 



51 D. sca'ber (Rich, in act. soc. h. n. paris. p. 111.) twigs 

 rough and woody ; leaflets ovate, coriaceous, quite smooth ; 

 spike many-flowered ; receptacle of flower hooked. Tj . '^. S. 

 Native of Cayenne. 



Scabrous-atewmed Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



52 D. virga'tus (Rich. 1. c.) woody; leaves and spikes of 

 flowers hairy ; leaflets obovate, abruptly acuminated ; spikes of 

 flowers very long and slender. T2 . ^. S. Native of Cayenne. 

 Perhaps a species of Mucuna. 



Twiggy Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



5'6 D. funa'rius (Mol. chil. ed. gall. 335.) stems twining, 

 perennial ; legumes pendulous and 5-seeded ; leaflets oval, gla- 

 brous on both surfaces. Tj . '^. G. Native of Chili, where the 

 inhabitants make ropes of the stems. 



Rope Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



54 D. gibb6sus (Thunb. fl. cap. 590.) stems herbaceous, 

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

 ated, lateral ones very short, terminal one ovate and gibbous at 



^^H ^^H ^^^H ^^^r ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^k 



Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 512. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx bractless, bila- 

 biate, 4-cleft ; upper lip bidentate, lower one 3-parted. Vexil- 

 lum ovate. Wings spurred Keel obtuse, concave, compressed. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Style elongated, filiform. Legume his- 

 pid, compressed, many-celled, somewhat articulated or torulose. 

 Seeds kidney-shaped, shining. 



1 T. ARTicuLA TUM (Dcsv. 1. c). ^2 • '^* S. Native of St. 

 Domingo. — Plum. ed. Burm. t. 222. Dohchos articulatiis, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 296. A frutescent twining plant, clothed with 

 rufous villi, with angularly- toothed leaflets ; pedunculate ra- 

 cemes of violaceous-purple flowers, and straight legumes. 

 Racemes of flowers a foot and a half long. 



Joint ed-\egumed Ts^niocarpum. Shrub tw. 



Cult. A light rich soil will suit this plant, and cuttings will 

 root freely if planted in a pot of sand placed under a hand-glass, 

 in heat. 



CXCIII. VI'GNA (in memory of Dominic Vigna, a com- 

 mentator on Theophrastus). Savi, diss. phas. 1824. p. lo- 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 401. ' . 



Lin. sYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx 4 -cleft, upper lip 

 entire, or of tw^o divisions, which are joined to the apex. Corolla 

 with a broad reflexed vexillum, furnished with converging cal- 

 losities above the base. Wings rhomboid. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Stipe of ovary sheathed. Legume terete, incurved. Seeds 

 nearly globose, without any caruncle, but having the umbUicus 

 on the side.— Twining herbs, like Dolichos. Perhaps sufficienUy 

 distinct from that genus in the terete legumes. 



IV. 



GLABRA 



(Savi, mem. phas. 3. p. 8.) plant twining, 

 ;^^ ' 1,,^ ^u.,w ^ ^^S WiveofSoutli 



-fields of 



the base ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; racemes oblong. 

 0. ? '^. G, Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the moun- 

 tains. 



/fw/^cc?-leafletted Dolichos. PI. tw. 

 ' 55 D, decu'mbens (Thunb. 1. c.) stems herbaceous, decum- 



smooth ; upper lip of calyx obtuse. 0. 

 America (ex Jacq.) and of North America, in the rice-fields oi 

 Georgia (ex Pursh). Dolichos luteolus, Jacq. hort. vind. i. 

 p. 39. t. 90; Leaves pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, acute. 

 Peduncles longer than the leaves. Flowers yellow, disposed 

 heads at the top of the peduncles. Seeds black, with a w"" 

 hylum. Stigma much bearded. 



Glabrous Vigna. 



Clt. 1805. PI. tw 



bent, hardly pubescent ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, glabrous ; pe- den yellow. 



duncles length of leaves, bearing an umbel of flowers at the 



'^ Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Le- 



Fl. July, Aug. Vyit. io\)o. X*. V..- ^ 

 2 , V. viLLosA (Savi, \. c.) plant twining, villous ; upper np 

 calyx acuminated. 0.^. H. Native of Chili. Flowers «" 



Seeds black. 



0. G. 



apex 



gume unknown. 



Decumbent Dolichos. PI. decumbent. 



56 D. ToMENTosus (Roth, nov. spec. 845.) plant clothed 

 with grey tomentum ; stem erect ; leaflets ovate-roundish, acu- 

 minated ; racemes axillary, usually solitary, many-flowered ; 

 flowers distich ; vexillum pubescent. Native of the East Indies. 

 Legume unknown. 



Tomentose Dolichos. PI, 1 to 2 feet. 



57 D. frute'scens (Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 240) 

 stem shrubby, erect ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, mucronate, gla- 



Legume 2 inches long. 

 Villous Vigna. PI. tw. „ 



Cult. The seeds of the species of this genus should be 

 in May, in a warm sheltered situation in the open ground. 



CXCIV. LABLAB (Z«6/a6 is the Arabic name of Conjo^ 

 vulus. with which the present genus has no other affinity, 



twining habit). Adans. fani. 2. p. 325. Mcench. m ^ 



in the 



153. Savi, dfss. ]82'l. p. 15 and Id, D. C. prod. 2- P 



D9lichos, Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 322. t. 150. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Dec&ndria. Calyx campaniua^-j^^ 

 tubular, 4-cleft ; the segments erect, 3 lower ones ^c"*^' ^^P^^jji, 



.401. 

 ulately 



stem Shrubby, erect; leaflets rnotnbo.a-ovate, mucronate, gla- one broader, entire, composed of 2 joined segments. ^"-J 

 brous ; racemes ax.llary. compound, longer than the leaves ; with a spreading vexillum, which is channelled, and fur-^''^ 

 calycne teeth roundish, and are as well as the pedicels covered with 4 parallel callosities at the base. Keel so much curved ••»» 



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