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Contributions to the Botany of WESTERN INDIA; 
by N. A. DALZELL, Ese., M.A. 
(Mr. Dalzell is one of the few zealous and intelligent botanists 
residing in the Bombay Presidency, a region many parts of which 
have assuredly been less explored than almost any portion of the 
vast possessions of the East India Company; and we are sure that 
our readers will be glad to see in these pages occasional notices of new 
genera and species from so able a naturalist, —Ep.] 
LEGUMINOSZ. 
PHASEOLUS. 
Ph. sepiarius ; volubilis glaber, foliolis submembranaceis late ovatis 
acuminatis mucronatis basi 3-nerviis, foliolis lateralibus insequilateris 
basi subtruncatis, stipulis basin versus adnatis ovato-lanceolatis, 
peduneulis folio subduplo longioribus, floribus racemoso-capitatis, 
pedicellis geminis e glandularum basi ortis, calycis laciniis subulatis 
3-nerviis, labio superiore profunde bidentato, bracteolis sub calyce 
linearibus acutis pedicelli longitudine, legumine tereti stricto poly- 
spermo piloso pilis brevibus brunneis nitentibus. 
Semina reniformia. Flores majusculi, rosei. Radix tuberosa, edulis.— 
Crescit undique in sepibus ; f. Sept. 
Ph. setulosus; volubilis, ramis petiolis pedunculisque setulis sparsis 
rufo-brunneis retrorsum hispidulis, foliolis herbaceis glabris rhombeo- 
ovatis vix acutis margine ciliolatis, foliolis lateralibus inzequilateris, 
stipulis ovatis obtusis ciliatis infra medium adnatis multinerviis, 
pedunculis folio brevioribus, floribus racemoso-capitatis, pedicellis 
brevissimis geminis e glandularum basi ortis, calycis glabri campa- 
nulati labio superiore subintegro truncato, inferiore brevissime 
3-dentato, dentibus obtusis, bracteolis ciliolatis lanceolatis calycem 
eequantibus, legumine tereti stricto gracili setulis minutis scabro, 
polyspermo bipollicari, seminibus cylindricis 12-13. 
Flowers of the same size and colour as Ph. trinervis. The seeds | 
are enveloped in and divided by a spongy kind of pith, and are 
furnished with a membranous transparent covering over the testa, - 
which envelope is minutely striated, aud takes its origin from round — 
the base of the podosperm.— Crescit in provincià Malwan ; Jf. e 
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