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L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 



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Dolichos gladiatus, Jacq. Ic, t. 560; Boxb. FL Ind. iii. 300. 0. Loureirii, G, 

 Bon Gen. St/st. ii. 363. C. incurva, DC, loc, ctL~Eheede Hort. MaL viii. t. 44. 



East Himalayas to Ceylok and Siaat, wild and commonly cultivated. — Distbib. 



Everywhere in the Tropics. 



Stems "wide-twining, perennial or biennial, glabrous. Stipules minute, deciduous; 

 leaflets entire, ovate, mombranous, glabrous, 4-6 in, long. Peduncles and racemes 

 each \-^ ft. long ; pedicels very short, geminate from the very tumid nodes ; 

 bracteoles minute, ovate, caducous. Calyx |-^ in., glabrous, the upper lip a third of 

 the length of the tube. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, red or white. 

 Pod 6-9 in. by 1-1^ in., glabrescent, rather recurved, 8-12-seeded. 



Var. 1. viT08a\ leaflets obovate or obovate-oblong smaller more obtuse glabrous, 

 axis of raceme more densely pubescent, pod 2-4 in. long 4-6-seeded, flowers smaller. 

 Dolichos virosus, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 55 ; Fl. Ind, iii. 301. C. virosa, JF. # A. Prodr, 

 253 ; Dalz. ^^ Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 69.— Perhaps rather the wild form of the plant than a 

 proper variety. Seeds said to be bitter in the variety, eatable in the type, 



Yar. 2. turgida. Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5534 (sp.) ; leaves like the last, but the 

 pod larger and more turgid, 3-5 in. by 1^2 in. broad. Miq, Fl. Ind, Bat, i. 215. 

 C, Stocksii, Balz. Sf Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 69?" 



Var. 3. mollis, Wall. Cat. 5533 (sp.) ; branches leaves and calyx densely clothed 

 with short grey pubescence, pod small oblong slightly downy till mature. JF. 4' ^* 

 Prodr. 253. — Nilghiris and Dindygul hills, in the Carnatic. ^ 



2. C. obtusifolia, DC. Prodr, ii. 404; leaflets obovate obtuse sometimes 

 eiiiargiuate, racemes few-flowered^ pod few-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5532 ; IT. <§* A. 

 P)*odr. 253; Clegh, in Madras Jou7'n., new series, vol. i. tab. iv. Dolichos 

 obcurdatus and rotundifolius, i?arft. Hort. Beng. 55; Fl. Ind. iii. 302-^. C. 

 rosea, lineata and rutilans, DC. loc. cit. Rhynchosia rosea, DC. Prodr. ii. 387. 



Coasts of Western Peninsula, Ceylon and Malay Peninsula. — Distrib. Cos- 



raopulitan in the tropics. 



A glabrous perennial. Leaflets thicker than in the last, 2-4 in. long, more con- 

 spicuously veined, often as broad as long. Racemes usually overtopping the leaves. 

 Flower like that of the last, but the upper lip of the calyx rather shorter. Pod 4-5 

 in. by 1 in., glabrous, 4-6-seeded. 



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71. BXOCX.EA, H.B.K. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, stipellate. Floivers hhie or 

 white, in elongated racemes with thickened nodes; bracts and "bracteoles cad^' 

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connate. 



but not beaked. 



anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, few-ovuled ;' style incurved, 



stigma capitate. Pod oblong, turgid, l-2-8eeded, flattened along the upP^^ 

 suture. — Distrib. Species 16, all the others Tropical American. 



I>. LAsiocARPA, Mart., n common Tropical American species -with lax raceme^ 

 small Imcts, densely fascicled pedicels as long as the glabrous calyx and 6-8-peea^ 

 strap-shaped pods 4-6 in. long, is contained in the Concan collection of Dr, Stoclc^f 



Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth as long as the tube, two upper qujte 

 !. Corolla little exserted ; petals about eqiml in length ; keel incurvedj 



6?^/»^??5 monadelphous, but the uppermost free at the base, 

 Ovary subsessile. few-ovuled : stvlft incurved, beardless, 



probably introduced. 



1. D. reflexa, Hook, fil. Niger Flor. 306. 

 Wall. Cat. 5562. Dioclea javanica, Benth. PI. Jwngh 

 Thtvaites Fnum. 412. 



Dolichos coriaceus. Grm. ^ 



236. D. Fergusomi* 



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