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Classis Linnoeana : Diadelphia Decandria. . » 



Ordo natiiralis : Legumlnosarum tribus Phaseoleco, Brown. 



Habitus. Herba late volubilis, radlce perenni. Folia impari pinnata, 2-juga. Flores laxe racemosi, carnei. 

 Legumen gracile, lineare, pendulum, polyspermum: 



Genus Dolicho et Kemedyce quodammodo affine, sed abunde differens calyce 4-dentato, carina 2-pbylla, longis- 

 sima, incurva, et alis abbreviatis, divaricato-patulis. Nomen imposui a /cy/jToy, curms, et rpoins, carina. 



CYRTOTROPIS carnea. Tab. 62. 



Habitat in montibus altisslmis Napaliae Sheopore et Chandaghiry; etiam in convalli admodum elevata Chitlong 

 dicta. Floret sub pluviis, mensibus Junio et Julio ; legumina matura Octobre. 



Planta alt^ volubilis, surgens e radice fibrosa, vix non perenni. Caulis prselongus, ramos emittens gracillimos, pallid^ rubicundos 

 teretes, pilosulos. Folia magna, patentia, palmaria, remota, alterna, petiolata, impari-pinnata, 2-juga. Petiolus teres, basi parilm incras- 

 satus, parcfe pilosus, 3-pollicaris, supr^levitfer sulcatus ; racUs inter pinnas 1^— 2-pollicaris, subarticulata, ssepci ^urpureo-colorata. Pinn^ 

 oppositae, ovato-oblongse, cuspidato-acuminatae, 4— 6-pollicares, integerrimae, membranacecE, in^quilaterales, basi nempi; deorsfim con- 

 vexiores, prsecipue in jugo infimo ; terminalis reliquis parClm major, eequalis ; supr^ saturate virides, a pilis aliquot sparsis scabriusculae, 

 subtfis pallidse, costa elevata nervisque gracilibus, pilosulis, inferioribus oppositis, reticulato-venosse, venis nunc coloratis. Petioli j>ar- 

 tiales breves, cylindrici, rugosi. Stipule parvae, lanceolatae, acutee, adpressee, pilosulcB, deciduae. Racemi axillares solitarii, nut^ntes, 

 folia longitudine subsequantes vel iisdem pariim breviores, pedtmculo gracili, tereti, pilosulo, nunc colorato. Flores magni, sparsi, carnei' 

 insidentes pedlcellls brevibus, utrinque articulatis, unguicularibus. Calyx cylindricus, basi sufFultus bracteolis binis, linearibus, deciduis' 

 fauce bilabiata 4-dentatus : denies membranaceo-marginulati, ciHati ; superior lato-ovatus, acutus ; inferiores lanceolati, angustiores! 

 Vexillum patens, ovatum, retusum, supri convexum radiatim striatum, basi callis duobus parvis, transversis, ungue brevi, angusto. ALiE 

 vexillo carinaque dupl6 breviores, divaricato-patulae, subrecurvatae, cuneat*, obtusse, ungue gracili, longiusculo. Carina angusto- 

 Imearis, obtusa, adscendens, arcuato-incurva, poUicaris, vexillo pardm longior, 2-phylla ; foliola conniventia, long^ unguiculata Stamina 

 10, longa, diadelpha, adscendentia, apice incurva; filamento libero extrorsiim subspirali. Ovarium lineare, pubescens ; sti^a par- 

 vum, convexiusculum, stylusque glabra. Legumen gracile, compressum, lineare, angustum, 6-pollicare, levitfer torulosum, rtticulato- 

 yenulosum, glabrum, mucrone brevi, recto terminatum, polyspermum, inti.s obtextum membrana tenuissima, subspongiosfi, fusca,* 

 isthmos mter semina formante, ad dehiscentiam soluta et vari^ rupta. Semina 16-20, oblonga, obtusa, parfim compressa, fusca, l^via, 

 glaucescentia et opaca, funiculo brevissimo instructa. Cotyledones crassiusculee. Radicula brevis, inflexa. 



Plate LXII. Fig. I. Flower dissected. 2. Pods. • 



PHASEOLUS ROSTRATUS. Tab. 63. 



Perennis, pilosiusculus; foliolis ovatis, acutis; racemis axillaribus, longe pedunculatis, paucifloris : alis varie tortis 

 carina longissime rostrata, spirali. c i,i«i,ia, 



Phaseolus alatus, Ro.vd. Hort. Beng. p. 54, hand Linn. 



Katu Paeru, Rheed. Malab. ml. 8. p. 75. tab. 42. 



Habitat in Bengala, montibusque contiguis, etiam in montibus rip^ Irawaddi, ad Paghamew et Prome Floret le^u- 

 minaque profert mensibus Octobre— Decembre. * "''''' ^^S" 



Nomen Bengalense : Bun-barbuttee. 



Planta ramosa, volubilis, pilis paucis conspersa, 2-3-pedalis. Caulis RAMique teretes, graciles. Folia remota petiolata Foliola 

 ovata, acutmscida, 3-po bcaria, lateralia extrors^m gibbosa, subt^s reticulato-venulosa, pilosula. Pexiolus gracTir;an^^I;us^ o^^^^^ 

 jans; parUales breyissimi. Racemus axillaris, long^ pedunculatus, pauciflorus. pLunculus V^^iolJ ^^^^^^2^^ 

 abiens .nrach^ 2 polhcarem ad insertionem florum tuberculatam. Flores magni, speciosi, geminati, brev. pedTceU ^^ t.^^^^^^^^^^^ 



culatum. Carina longissimJ. rostrata, apipe bis terve spiraliter convoluta. Al^ magnae oblon^^ vari^ flex^ .t f.T ^ 



less^prealfi'tdir ""':'"'' ."^'^ '? ^!"--'^ P'"^'"^'" "'""-■ •>"« appears ,o bo sufficiently distinct by its 

 ess spreading ^*, and the curved pods. Tl,e flowers are by far the largest of the East Indian species According • 

 to Dr. Roxburgh's manuscript the lower part of the plant is perennial. ^ According 



aud'^Utir"- "'■ '• '"°""- ^-A'--*-"-™*- ^-n-e^^edetached. 4. Vexill™. 5. Stamea. 6. Caly. 



