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Canavalia ensiformis. Overlook; or 

 Jamaica Horse-Bean. 



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Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Leguminosjs. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx tubulosus bilabiatus, labius infer, dentibus 3 acutis 

 parvis, super, lobis 2 ampiis rotundatis. Corollce vexillum 

 amplum bicallosum, callis parallelis; ake stipitatae oblon- 

 gae auriculatae ; carina dipetala. Stamina monadelpha aut 

 decimo subadhaerente. Legumen compressum tricarinatum 

 nempe infra et juxta suturam superiorem nervo protube- 

 rante suturae parallelo utrinque instructum, mucrone inflexo 

 terminatum, rnembranis cellulosis inter semina donatum. 

 Semina ovali-oblonga., hilo lineari. — Herbas aut suffrutices, 

 ramis volubilibus,foliis pinnato-trifoliatis. Racemi axillares 

 multiflori, pedicellis ternis. Flores ampli purpurascentes. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Canavaua ensiformis; foliolis ovatis acutis,, leguminibus 

 latitudine quintuplo et ultra longioribus. 



Canavaua ensiformis. De Cand. Prodr. 2. p. 404. Mac- 

 fad. FL Jam. I. p. 292. 



Dolichos ensiformis. Linn. Sp. PL p. 1022. Lam. Diet. 

 2. p. 295. Spreng. SysL Veget. v. 3. p. 250. 



Dolichos acinaciformis. Jacq. Coll. 1. p. 114. Ic. Rar. t. 

 559. 



Where there is ample room in a warm stove this climber 

 is well worthy of a place. It has generally been considered 

 to be a native of Jamaica; sometimes of the East Indies; 

 but, in this latter case, it seems to have been confounded 



with 



