Phaseolus. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 299 
oval. Stipules ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles longer than 
the leaves, few-flowered, Legumes cylindric, smooth, six- 
seeded. 
Dolichos trilobus, Burm. Ind. t. 50. f.1. 
Glycine lriloba, Willd, iii, 1056. 
Trifolium madraspatense, Pluck, dim. t, 120. f. 7. good, 
Hind, Rakhal-kuluy. 
Teling. Pelli pessara. 
This species 1 have never found but in its wild state. It 
grows on the banks of water courses, borders of rice fields, and 
in moist cultivated spots. Flowering time most part of the 
year. . 
Root sometimes perennial. Stems annual, many, diffuse, 
sometimes rooting at the joints, never twining, round, some- 
times hairy, sometimes smooth, from one to four feet long. 
Leaves ternate. Leaflets equal, varying much in form, but 
generally three-lobed, sometimes smooth, sometimes hairy, ac- 
cording to the soil, about an inch each way. Petioles longer 
than the leaflets, erect, channelled. - Stipules of the petioles 
ovate, adjoined ; of the leaflets small, oval, Peduneles axil-_ 
lary, very long, often two feet, ascending, hairy, headed as in 
the other species. F'/owers small, yellow, from four to eight 
composing the head. Legumes as in the last, wat smooth, 
pet 
Seeds gray. 
The seeds are gathered and eaten by the poor, being 
reckoned equally wholesome as the cultivated sorts and are as 
palatable, but the plant produces so little, that it isnot worth 
the farmer’s while to cultivate it. It is no doubt what Dr. 
Konig considered P, aconitifolius. Cattle eat it greedily, 
16. P. aconitifolins, Willd. iii, 1034. 
Annual, diffuse, Leaflets from three to five-lobed; lobes li- 
near lanceolate. Head long, peduncled, many-flowered. Le- 
gumes horizontal, cylindric, smooth. 
Hind. Moot. 
This plant 1 ave reared from seed sent me by Dr. Bader 
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