362 LEGUMINOS^. CXCVI. Parochetus. CXCVII. Dioclea. CXCVIIL Psophocarpus. CXCIX, Canavalia. 



plants). Hamilt. in D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 240. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 402. * 



Lin. syst. Diadilphia, Decdndria. Calyx 4-cleft, naked. Co- p. 241. 

 roUa papilionaceous, with an incumbent 2-lobed vexillum, and an Lin. 



obtuse keel, which is covered by the wings. Stamens diadelphous. equally 

 Style smooth. 



Seeds roundish.— rerennial creeping herbs, with trifoliate leaves, stipes received within the margins of the vexillumT Keel oblong, 



which stand on long petioles, membranous stipulas, and axillary, 2-edged. Stamens diadelphous. Legume oblong, furnished 



shewy, purple, solitary flowers, on long pedicels. with 4 longitudinal wings, 7-8-seeded. Seeds roundish.— A 



1 P. coMMU^Nis (Hamilt. 1. c.) leaflets truncate, dentately-ser- 

 ratcd. ' ^ 



Stigma obtuse. 



1362. D. C. prod. 2. p. 403. — Botor, Adans. fam. p. 326. ex- 

 elusive of the synonymes of Plum. Pet. Th. diet. sc. nat. 5. 



SYST. Diadelphta^ Decdndria. Calyx urceolate, un- 

 bilabiate. Corolla with a roundish reflexed vexillum, 

 Legume gibbous, many-seeded, bearing 2 cylindrical callosities at the base. Wings stipitate, the 



% . G. Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. 



Covimon Paroclietus. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. FL creeping. 



2 P. MA^joR (D. Don, 1. c.) leaflets obovate, retuse, crenated. 

 If,. G. Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. Larger than the 

 preceding species, and with the habit of a species of O'xalis. 



climbing herb, with tuberous roots, pinnately- trifoliate leaves, 

 axillary twin racemes, and bluish flowers. 



1 P. TETRAGONOLOBus (D. C. 1. c.) ©. ^. S. Native of the 



us, where it is cultivated under the name of Poh- 



Maurit 



Rumph. amb. 



Larger Parochetus. 

 Cult. 



PI. creeping. 



A light rich soil will answer the species of this genus, 



and as they are creeping plants, they are easily increased by 

 dividing. 



carrL Dolichos tetragonolobus, Lin. spec. 1021. 

 5. t. 133. There is a smaller kind which was 'gathered along 

 the banks of rivulets in Madagascar by M. Aubert Du Petit 

 Thours. The plant is cultivated in the Mauritius for the sake 

 of its seeds, which are used in the same way as we do peas. 

 Four-angled'podded Psophocarpus. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1816. 



Mrl% CI* 



CXCVII. DIO'CLEA (in memory of Diodes Carystinus, an ^"^'* ^^^ Lablab, p. 361, for culture and propagation. 



ancient Greek botanist). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. r^^r^r^ 



437. but not of Spreng. CXCIX. CANAVA'LIA (Canavali is the name of one of the 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx half-4-cleft, brae- species in Malabar). D. C. legum. mem. ix.prod. 2. p. 403.- 



teolate at the base ; the segments acuminated, 2 lateral ones nar- Canavali, Adans. fam. 2. p. 326.— Malochia, Savi, diss. 18U. 



Corolla with an obovate-oblong reflexed vexillum, des- P' }^' ^"^ 1825. p. 1. 

 " " " ~ " Lin. syst. 



rowest. 



titute of callosities. 



times adhering to the others a little. 



Disk somewhat urceolate. 



Stamens diadelphous, the tenth one some- 



Stigma somewhat clavate. 

 Legume linear, compressed, many- 

 seeaeu, turnishert wuh a membranous margin on both sides to- 

 w^ards the seminiferous suture. Seeds with a linear hylum. 

 Twining shrubs, with pinnately-trifoliate leaves, stipellate leaflets, 

 axillary elongated pedicels, and red flowers. 



1 D. Jacquinia NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 403 ) leaflets ovate, 

 acute ; stems and legumes glabrous. T2 . '^. S. Native of Mar- 

 tinique, in woods and among bushes. Dolichos rilber, Jacq. 

 amer. p. 204. t. 123. Flowers red. 



Jacquin*s Dioclea. Shrub tw. 



2 D. sERi'cEA (H. B. et Kunth, I.e. t. 576.) leaflets elliptic, 

 cordate at the base, acute at the apex, pubescent above, but 

 clothed with silky-silvery pubescence beneath ; lec/umes clothed 

 with yellowish silky down, tj . ^. S. Native of New Granada, 

 near Honda. Flowers blue. 



Silky Dioclea. Shrub tw. 



3 D. Apure'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets elliptic-ob- 

 long, rounded at the base, glabrous, acurainately-mucronate at 

 the apex, strigose on the nerves and veins beneath. T2. '^^ S. 

 Native on the banks of the Orinoco, at the confluence of the 

 Apures. Flowers red. 



Dolichos species of Lin. 



Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx tubular, bilabiate 



(f. 49. J.), lower lip with 3 small acute teeth, upper lip with 2 

 large rounded lobes. Corolla with a large vexillum (f. 49. rf.)» 

 bearing 2 parallel callosities at the base ; wings stipitate, ob- 

 long, auricled. Keel of 2 petals (f. 49. c). Stamens monadel- 

 phous (f. 49. a.), or the tenth one adhering but slightly to the 

 others. Legume compressed (f. 49. e.), with 3 prominent nerves, 

 especially with a prominent nerve on each side of the semini- 

 ferous suture, and terminating in an inflexed mucrone (f. 49. €.)T 

 the seeds separated by cellular membranes. Seeds oval-oblong 

 (f. 49. e.\ with the hylum linear. — Herbs or subshrubs, with 

 twining branches, pinnately-trifoliate leaves, axillary many-flow- 

 ered racemes, tern pedicels, and large purple flowers. 



1 C. OBTusiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 404.) leaflets ovate, ob- 

 tuse ; legumes straight, twice the length of the breadth. J2 • * 

 S. Native of Malabar. Dolichos obtusifoHus, Lam. diet. f. 



Dolichos rotundifohus, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 81.— Rn^^^' 



Flowers purple. 

 Obtuse-leaved Canavalia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. tw. 



2 C. emargina'ta ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, emarginate ; le^^cs 

 straight, twice the length of the breadth. T? . ^. S. Native oi 

 Malabar. Dolichos emarginkus, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 2. t.^^ • 



Emarginate-U^^eitedi Canavalia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 18^ • 



Shrub tw. 



P 



295. 



tnal. 8. t. 42.— Pluk. aim. t. 51. f. 2. 



/iptires Uioclea. Shrub tw. onruu iw. . 



4 D.? MOLLIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 403.) leaflets rhomboid- ^ Cminiata (D. C. prod. 2. p. 404.) leaflets ovately-or- 



ovate, acuminated^ and are, as well as the branches, clothed with ^^^^^ rounded at 



very soft down ; peduncles shorter than the leaves. 3-6-flowered. 



T2. ^. S. "" - ' - - 



fragm. 6. t. 88. 



Native country unknown. Dolichos mollis, Jacq. 



It both ends, reticulately veined, coriaceous, an^ 

 well as the petioles ; peduncles very long, an 



Flowers pale yellow. Le^, 



are smooth, as . ._ ^ 



many-flowered; legumes generally 3-seeded, on short slip^ 



It-? '^. S, Native of Cuba. ^^''^^-^— ^;r.;^ftis. H 



plant differs from Dolichos in the calyx being 4-cleft, and from 

 Vigna in the vexillum being without callosities. 



Soft Dioclea. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. Shrub tw. 



Cult. The species of this genus will grow well in light rich 

 soil, and they are easily increased by cuttings planted in sand, 

 with a hand-fitlass placed over them, in heat. 



Dolichos miniatus, H. i>- J 

 . Flowers vermilion-coloured. 



CXCVin. PSOPHOCARPUS (from ^^<poc, psophos, a 

 sound, and vapTroc, carpos^ a fnn't ; in reference to the seeds rat- 



tling in the pods when ripe on being shaken). 



8 



Neck. elem. no. 



r 



Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 441 



re>7n/7ion-flowered Canavalia. PI. tw. 

 4 C. gladiVta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 404.) leaflets owte, acuw^ 

 legumes 8 times longer than broad; racemes longer t"^" . 



leaves ; vexillum oblon<r. b . ^. S. Native of the East Inoie • 



Malochia glad'a". 



Savi, mem. 1825. p. 4. NattamSrae, Banks, icon. Koenip'- 1. ' 

 Flowers white, pendulous, suffused with red. Legume near y 

 foot long. Seeds brown. , a 



Far. fi, machceroides (D. C. prod. 2. p. 404.) racemes leng 

 of the leaves ; legumes 3 times longer than broad, ascenui g> 



Dolichos gladiktus, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 560 



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