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Dolichos. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 803 
D. sesquipedalis. Willd. iii. 1040, 
Of this we have two varieties, one with white, and the 
other with brown seed. The first is most esteemed for the 
table. Seeds of the second were sent to me by Dr. Klien, 
and Dr, Rottler of Tranquebar, two good Botanists, under the 
name of Dolichos Tranquebariensis, Willd, iii. 1039. 
5. D. obcordatus. R. 
Perennial, twining,smooth. Leaflets obcordate, emarginate, 
Racemes erect. Legumes linear-oblong, straight, three-keeled, 
or two-grooved in the upper margin, dayer-painted; from 
five to six-seeded, Seeds dark brown. 
From Canton in China the seeds of this very beautiful eds. 
riferous species, for so its red violet flowers are during the 
forenoon, were received into the Botanic garden at Cal- 
cutta, where the plant blossoms during the rains and the seed 
ripens in the cold season, It is most evidently allied to gla- 
diatus, virosus, and rotundifolius, but differs most conspicu- 
-— from all in the shape of the leaves. 
6. D. ieee. Willd. iii, 1051. 
Annual, twining. Leaflets sub-deltoid, angular behind. 
Peduncles few-flowered. Legumes sub-cylindric, erect. | : 
Paeru. Rheed. Mal. viii. t, 41, is broader-leaved than any 
I have met with. | 
Teling. Bobra, the name of the plant. Boberloo the seed or 
pulse. — 
Beng. Burbuti. ; 
Phaseolus erectus, &e. Sloan, Jam. t. 117, is very ~ our 
plant. 
Kurson pyro, the Canara name of the black-seeded variety. 
Three or more varieties of this useful species are found cul- 
tivated in the fields in many parts of India, during the dry 
season, viz. from October until February. : 
Stem always twining, except in a very poor soil, coal F 
but rather harsh to the feel; extent various according to the. 
