LEGUMINOSJE. CXCIV. Lablab. CXCV. Pachyrhizus. CXCVI. Parochetus. 



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to form a right angle. Stamens diadelplious, the tenth one free, 

 and received between the callosities of the vexillum. Stipe of 

 ovary sheathed at the base. Style compressed, bearded beneath. 

 Stigma terminal. Legume flat, acinaciform, muricated from 

 tubercles at the sutures ; the seeds separated by transverse 

 cellular dissepiments. Seeds 4 or fewer from abortion, ovate, 

 a little compressed, with a linear callosity rising from the um- 

 bilicus, as well as being marginate at both extremities. — Twin- 

 ing herbs, with spreading stipulas, pinnately-trifoliate leaves, 

 stipellate entire leaflets, pedunculate racemes of flowers, each 

 peduncle bearing a single leaf. Pedicels somewhat verticillate. 

 Seeds black or brown, with the hylum and callosity white. 



CuUrat€-])oMeA Lablab. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 181C. PI. tw. 



5 L. microca'rpus (D. C. 1. c.) legumes short, hardly twice 

 the length of the breadth. 0. '^. S. Native of the Moluccas, 

 on the sea-shore. Dolichos spicatus, Keen. mss. in Roxb. hort. 

 beng. p. 55. — Rumph. amb. 5. t. 141. f. 1. Flowers purple, dis- 

 posed in spikes. Seeds black. Perhaps only a variety of L. 

 vulgaris. 



Small' podded Lahlah. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. tw. 



6 L. pere'nnans (D. C. 1. c.) leaves pubescent ; seeds 

 spherical. 1/. '^. G. Native of Cochin-china an^^h^^oluc- 

 cas. Dolichos albus, Lour. coch. p. 439. — Kumph. amb. 

 t. 137. Flowers as well as seeds white. This is only a variety 



1 L. YULGA^Ris (Savi, 1. c. p. 19. f. 8. a. b. c.) legumes ob- of Z. vulgaris according to Roxburgh. 



long, ventricose, acinaciform ; pericarp easily separated ? seeds 



ovate, somewhat compressed 

 rowed, i;. ^. S. Native 



gland basilar, hemispherical, fur- 



Laslinglj3h\ah. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. tw. 



Cult. The seeds of all the species maybe sown in pots, and 



®gyp^' t. 71. Leaflets roundish-ovate, ending in a point fur- 

 nished with a bristle. 



of the East Indies, and Egypt; placed in a hot-bed ; and in the course of May, when the plants 



and now cultivated in several of the West India islands. Do- will be several inches high, they may be planted out into the 



lichos Lablab, Lin. spec. 1019. Sims, bot. mag. 896. Lam. diet. open ground in a warm sheltered situation, in the manner of 



2. p. 293. L. niger, Moench. — Riv. tetr. irr. t. 29. f. 4. — Alp. scarlet-runners, and supported in the same way. 



^ . , , , rTM . , • 1 . CXCV. PACHYRHPZUS (from Travvc, pachys, thick, and 



Stipulas lanceolate. Ihis plant is culti- .^ ^^. ^ ^^^^. j,^ reference to the thick tuberous roots of 



the plants). Rich. herb. D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 402. 



Cacara, Pet. Th. diet. sc. nat. 5, p. ^5. 



LiN. SYST. DiadelpJiia^ Decdndria. Calyx urceolate, 4-lobed, 

 upper lobe broad, and somewhat emarginate. Petals connected 

 at the base ? Vexillum roundish, spreading, without any callo- 

 sity, biplicate at the base ; the plaits involving the stipes of the 

 wings. Stamens diadelphous, with the tube or sheath tumid at 

 the base, and gaping widely. Ovary girded by a little sheath, 

 which rises from the torus. Style beardless, incurved, tumid at 

 the apex- Legume compressed, elongated. Seeds 7-8, reni- 

 form. — Twining suffruticose plants, with tuberous eatable roots, 



vated for the sake of the lef^umes, which are cooked and eaten. 



rar. a, niger (D. C. prod. 2. p. 401.) flowers violaceous; 

 seeds black. P. Alp. a^gypt. 74. t. 75. 



f^ar. ^, purpureas (D. C. 1. c.) flowers purple ; seeds blackish 

 purple. Lin. spec. 1021. Smith, exot. bot. t. 74. Lindl. bot. 

 830. 



reg 

 purplish. 



Dolichos purpureus, Jacq. fragm. 45. t. 55. 

 Bracteoles 



Stems 



equal in length to the tube of the calyx. 



Wings spreading. The legumes when fresh and young are sapid 



and salubrious, and are cooked and eaten in the manner of kid- 

 ney-beans. 



f^ar. y, alhijldrus (D. C. 1. c.) flowers white ; seeds of a 

 rust colour. 



pale 



Willd. spec. 3. p. 1038. 

 tube of the 



Dolichos Bengalensis, Jacq. hort vind. 2. t. 124. pinnately-trifoliate leaves,' and axillary racemes of bluish violet 



the 



Stems pale. Bracteoles shorter than 



calyx. Wings of flower rather adpressed. 

 ihe legumes are dressed and eaten like those of the last variety. 

 Common Lablab. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. PI. tw. 



flowers, 



1 P. angula'tus (Rich. herb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 402.) leaflets 



an<7ular, toothed, glabrous ; stems suffruticose. ^ . ^. S. Native 



of the Moluccas, and elsewhere in the East Indies, and of the 



Doli- 



J L. Nanki nicus (Sav!, 1. c. p. 22. f 8. d. g.) legumes ob- Mauritius, where it is cultivated for the sake of its roots, x^ou- 

 S T T^^^''Tv'^''M'"' P^^^^^7 easily separated ; seeds ^hos bulbosus, Lin. spec. 1020.— Rumph. amb. 5.t. 132,— Pluk. 



ovate, turgid ; gland basilar, hemispherical, furrowed, acumi- 

 nated downwards. ©. ^, G. Native of China, and cultivated 

 in the West Indies for the sake of its legumes, which are dressed 

 and eaten when young in the manner of kidney-beans. Flowers 

 white. Legume 2|^ inches long, and 10 lines broad. Seeds 

 milk-coloured. 



This and the former species are called Tut- 

 irangi or European-bean by the Egyptians. The inhabitants 

 p^ake pleasant arbours of them. 



in Egypt. 



aim. t. 52. f. 4. Root a single turnip-formed tuber, usually 

 ending in a single tail, but sometimes divided ; when young it 

 is eaten both raw and boiled by the inhabitants of India and the 



Mauritius. 



AngtdarAea,\edi Pachyrhizus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1781. 



Shrub tw. 

 - , . , ... 2 P. TRi'iOBus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 402.) leaflets S-lobed, pu- 



Alpmus says they grow wdd ^^^^^^^ . ^^^^^ suffruticose, hairy. ]? . ^. G. Native of China 



Lrrow wni ."^'^^'^"5^^ i^' however, certain that they do not ^^j Cochin-china. Dolichos trflobus. Lour, cochin. 439. exclu- 

 gardenl '" '^'" ^^^^' ^'^ ^^ ^ cultivated there in ^j^^ ^^ ^^^ synonymes. Flowers bright purple, with a yellow 



Nankin Lablab. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1714. PI. tw. 



3 L. leucoca'rpos (Savi, 1. c. f. 9. a. d.) legumes somewhat 



anceolate, compressed, torose ; pericarp undulately curled, and 



^parated with difficulty ; seeds nearly globose ; gland basilar, 



nemispherical, blunt. 0. ^. S. Native of the East Indies. 



Jjohchos Lablab, Gaertn. fruct. 150. Flowers white, very like 



ose of the preceding species. Legume white, 2| inches long, 

 andS hnes broad. Seeds black or blackish red. 



^fnte-fruited Lablab. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. tw. 



4 L. 



•j" Species not sufficiently known. 



cultra'tus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 402.) legumes hooked at 

 TK ^l^^' ®- ^- ^' Native of Japan. Dolichos cultr^tus, 

 Anunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 340. Willd. spec. S. p. 1029. D6- 

 jclios ensifSrmis, Thunb. jap. 279.— Banks, icon. Koempf. t. 25. 



lateral leaflets 2-lobed. 



VOt. 11. 



Flowers purple. 



spot in the centre of the vexillum. Tubers of root few, about 2 

 feet long, nearly terete, for which the plant is cultivated in China 

 and Cochin-china, where they are boiled and eaten by the inha- 

 bitants. 



Three-lobedAediBetted Pach3rrhizus. Shrub tw. 



3 P. MONTA^NUs (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets rhomboid-ovate, entire, 

 tomentose ; stems suffruticose. ^ . '^. G. Native of Cochin- 

 china. Dolichos montanus, Lour. coch. 440. Flowers purple, 

 disposed in spikes. Anthers 5 oblong, and 5 roundish. Roots 

 with bundles of hard tubers. 



Mountain Pachyrhizus. Shrub tw. 



Cult. A light rich soil will suit these plants, and cuttings will 

 root in sand under a hand-glass, or the plants may be increased 

 by the tubers of the roots, or by seeds. 



CXCVI. PAKO'CIIETUS (from wapa, para, mgh, and 



oYcroc, ochetos, a brook ; in reference to the habitat of the 

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