LEGUMINOS^. 1U7 



Ph. surinamensis, Miq. — Corolla purplish or variegated with white : standard 10"'-12'" 

 long; legume 4"-3" long, 4"'-5'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Bist., AL, March, 

 chiefly in the mountains ; [Mexico ! to Peru !, Brazil !, Peru !, and Buenos Ayrcs ; tropical 

 Australia !, East Indies !]. 



100. Ph. lasiocarpus, Mart. Stem twining, densely rusty -villous ; leaflets ovate, 

 blunt, villous chiefly beneath ; peduncles few-flowered, exceeding the leaves ; calyx villous, 

 4-fld : lodes as long as the tube, the superior 2-tool/ted ; legume subcylindrical, very 

 shaggy, straightish, pendulous from very short pedicels. — Mart. Bras. 24. t. 49. — P. hir- 

 sutus, Mart. Dolichos lignosus, Jacq. ex descr. (non L.). D. Jacquini, BC— Corolla 

 yellow : standard 12'" long ; legume 3" long, 3"' diam. — Uab. Trinidad !, Cr., in savannahs ; 

 [Guiana, equatorial Brazil]. 



101. Ph. semierectus, L. Stem erect, or twining above, sericeous or glabrescent ; 

 leaflets ovate or lanceolate ; peduncles elongated, exceeding the leaves : pedicels very short, 

 at leugth recurved; calyx o-toothed : teeth ovate-lanceolate, pointed, the superior some- 

 what shorter ; legume subcylindrical, sericeous or glabrescent, linear, acuminate-beaked, 

 straightish, or slightly arcuate, reflexed. — SI. t. 116./. 1. Jacq. Ic. Mar. t. 558. — Ph. lathy- 

 roides, L., the form with narrow leaflets. Ph. crotalarioides, Mart.- — Corolla purple, 8"'-G"' 

 long; legume 3"-4" long, li'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, Bist., AL, common; Autigua !, 

 Wullschl.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Cuba! to Brazil! and Peru!, East Indies !]. 



37. CANAVALIA, BC. 



Calyx campanulate, bilabiate : upper lip larger, entire or bilohed, inferior 3-fid or entire. 

 Standard roundish. Vexillar stamen adhering to the column above its base. Legume large, 

 turgid-subcompressed, filled with cellular tissue : valves mostly costate aloug the suture. — 

 Leaflets 3 ; inflorescence axillary, racemose : pedicels very short ; flowers purplish or 

 white. 



102. C. obtusifolia, BC. Stem creeping or scandent, glabrescent ; leaflets roundish 

 or obovate, blunt ; upper lip of the calyx broadly bilohed, much shorter than the tube; keel 

 curved, bluut ; legume oblong, shortly stipitate : its prominulous ribs jtixtamarginal. — Besc. 

 Fl. 8. t. 559./. 2 : the fruit. Mart. Bras. 24. t. 48. — Dolichos, Lam. 1). roseus, Sw. C. rosea, 

 DC— Leaflets 3"-4" diam.; corolla purplish, 1" long ; legume 6"-2"long, 14"'-10"' broad : 

 the two ribs 1'" distant from the suture ; seeds chestuut-coloured, opaque, ovoid, subcoin- 

 pressed, 6"'-8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Bist., common on the sandy seashore, creeping 

 among stones ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Dominica !, Intr. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; 

 [Cuba ! to Brazil ; tropical Africa to Natal ! ; tropical Australia ! ; East Indies !]. 



103. C. gladiata, BC. Stem twining, glabrescent ; leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate, 

 mucronate ; upper lip of the calyx rounded, recurved, emarginate, longer than the tube : 

 keel curved, blunt ; legume linear-oblong, stipitate : its jtrominulous ribs juxtamarginal. — 

 Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 560. — Dolichos, L. — Leaflets 2"-5"long, variable ; corolla purplish, l"long ; 

 legume 10"-3" long, 1" broad : ribs l"'-2"' distant from the suture; seeds ovoid-oblong, 

 subcompressed, 8'" long. 



a. Seeds rufous-brown, somewhat shining. 



;3. ensiformis, DC. Seeds white, with a brown rhaphe. — SI. t. 114./. 1-3. 

 Hab. Jamaica {SI. ; cultivated, Macf.) ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Mexico ! to Brazil ! and 

 Buenos Ayres !, in woods ; trop. Africa to Natal ! ; East Indies !]. 



104. C. altissima, Macf. ! (exclus. synon.). Stem twining, glabrous ; leaflets ellipti- 

 cal-oblong, with a bluvtish, mucronulate point ; upper lip of the calyx rounded, recurved, 

 subretuse or entire, as long as the oblique tube ; keel circinatc-incurved, blunt ; legume linear- 

 oblong, shortly stipitate - % its prominulous ribs distant from the margin. — A very distinct 

 species, erroneously referred to Mucuna altissima, DC, by Macfadyeu : from its exauriculaled 

 standard it belongs to another section of the genus from C.gladiata. A high climber; leaflets 

 2"-3"long, glabrous ; corolla purple, 10'" long : standard devoid of auricles, reflexed ; legume 

 9"-6" loug,°l" broad : ribs 4'" distant from the suture; seeds dark-brown, ovoid-roundish, 

 compressed, 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Bist., AL, Wullschl., March, common in 

 woods. 



