PIPER—CANAVALIA AND WENDEROTHIA 565 
Dolichos rotundifolius Vahl, Symb. Bot. 81. 1790-94. Based on specimens 
sent from the Caribbean Islands. 
Canavali maritima Thou. Journ. de Bot. Desy. 1: 80. 1813. Thouars gets his 
specific name maritima from Plukenet, whereas Aublet takes it from 
Plumier. 
Canavalia cathartica Thou. Journ. de Bot. Desv. 1: 80, 1813. 
Dolichos miniatus H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 441. 1823. Specimens from 
Batabano and Cayo Flamingo, Cuba. 
Canavalia miniata DC. Prodr, 2: 404. 1825. Based on the preceding. 
Canavalia rosea DC. Prodr. 2: 404. 1825. 
Dolichos littoralis Vell. Fl. Flum. 7: 301. pl. 160. 1825. “Ad littora maris 
Pharmacopolitana,” Brazil.’ 
Stems herbaceous, terete, sparsely strigillose, 3 to 10 meters long, prostrate 
when growing on open beaches but climbing where support is available; petioles 
about as long as the leaflets; stipules triangular-ovate, small, thickened at base ; 
leaflets rather thickish, oval or ovate to orbicular, obtuse to retuse and usually 
apiculate at apex, sparsely strigillose on both sides when young, 5 to 8 cm. 
long; peduncles stout, the naked part about as long as the leaves; thyrses 6 to 
30-flowered; calyx campanulate, sparsely strigillose, 2-lipped, the upper lip 
broad, emarginate, nearly as long as the tube, the lower lip 3-toothed, the lobes 
triangular, obtuse; corolla rose-colored ; standard obovate, emarginate, 10 to 
15 mm. long, auricled at base and bearing two lunate eallosities ; wings as long 
as the keel, oblong, obtuse, falcate, unguiculate, auricled at base of blade; 
keel blunt, curved, unguiculate, auricled at base; stamens monadelphous; style 
glabrous; stigma capitate; pod linear-oblong, nearly straight, beaked at apex, 
scarcely compressed, sparsely strigillose, 7 to 15 cm. long, 2 to 2.5 ecm. broad, 
each valve with a longitudinal rib close to each suture and a third one 3 to 5 
mm. from the ventral suture; inner layer loose and separating; seeds 4 to 9, 
ovoid to subglobose, brown and tawny marbled, 12 to 16 mm. long, 7 to 10 mm. 
proad, 4 to 9 mm, thick, the short hilum broadest at micropylar end, one-fifth 
of the circumference of the seed. 
Fioripa: Palm Beach, Curtiss 5522 (U. 8. Kew); October, 1877, Garber 
(U. S.). Eastern Florida, Curtiss 682 (U. 8., Kew). Cedar Keys, April, 1876, 
Garber (U. 8.). Sugar Loaf Key, Pollard, Collins & Morris 71 (U. 8.). Cap- 
tiva Island, Tracy 7721 (U. 8.). Fort Myers, Hitchcock 90 (U. 8.). Punta 
Rassa, Miss J. P. Standley 255; Hitcheock 54 (U.S.). Coon Key, Simpson 255, 
279 (U. S.). St. Vincent Island, McAtee 1844 (U. 8.) 
Louisiana: Breton Island, Tracy & Lloyd 184 (U. 8.). 
Bermupa. South Shore, Collins 443 (U. S.); June 3, 1905, Harshberger 
(U. 8.). Paget, Brown & Britton 183 (U. 8., Kew). 
Bauamas: Nassau, Curtiss 114 (U. S., Kew). Without locality, Robinson 
28 (Kew). Deep Creek, Andros, Brace 5112 (U. S.). Pompey Bay, Acklin 
Island, Brace 4416 (U. 8.). 
Cusa: Cayo Sabinal, Camagiiey, Shafer 1121 (U. S.). Manzanillo, Shafer 
12351 (U. 8.). Cayo Coco, Camagiiey, Shafer 2686 (U. §&.). Balabano, 
Baker & Wilson 2386 (U. S.). Playa de Marinao, Palmer é& Riley 852 (U. §&.). 
2-The more involved synonymy based on Old World plants and closely related 
species is discussed by Piper and Dunn (Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. 1922: 138. 1922). 
Dolichos obtusifoliug Lam. (Encycl. 2: 295. 1786), described from Santo 
Domingo and the basis of Canavalia obtusifolia DC. (Prodr, 2: 402) is obscure. 
It is described as having red seeds, so that Urban (Symb. Antill. 8: 308, 1910) 
suspects it may be Canavalia rusiosperma Urban. 
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