Dolichos, DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 811 
An herbaceous species, common in hedges near the sea. 
Flowers during the cold season, 
‘Root perennial, tuberous. Stems annual, twining, round, 
downy, branchy, from six to twelve feet long. Leaves ter- 
nate. Leaflets equal, oval, entire, margin and under side co- 
vered with much, silver-coloured hair, about two inches long, 
and one and a half broad, Petioles hairy, channelled. Sti- 
pules of the petioles cordate pointed ; those of the leaflets lan- 
ceolate, Racemes axillary, generally shorter than the leaves, 
few-flowered, Flowers pretty large, sulphur-coloured. Stig- 
ma cordate, smooth, Legumes horizontal, scimitar-formed, 
smooth, from three to four-seeded. 
13. D. faleatus. Willd, iii, 1047. 
Root tuberous, Stems twining, smooth, Leaflets some- 
what three-lobed, smooth, Racemes short, few-flowered ; 
Legumes \inear, 
_ Phaseolus Madraspatensis. Pluk. t. 214. f. 3. 
Glycine triloba, B. H. (i. e. Sir J. Banks’ herbarium.) 
D. trilobus, Lour, Cochin Ch, 535, 
 Teling. Itoo mungee tiga. 
It is common in hedges, thickets, &c. where the neil A is rich 
and moist, Flowers during the cold season, 
Root perennial, tuberous, as thick as the thumb, or more, 
Stems herbaceous, from four to five feet long, twining, slen- 
der. Leaves ternate. Leaflets nearly equal, the lateral ones 
gibbous outwardly, the terminal one smooth on both sides, of 
a paler green or whitish in the centre, about an inch and a half 
each way. Stipules of the petioles oblong, pointed, reflexed; 
those of the leaflets subulate. Peduneles axillary, slender, 
from four to eight-flowered, umbel-like, bowing from the 
weight of the flowers. Flowers large, of a beautiful bluish 
purple. Legumes linear, compressed, smooth, from fowe to 
eight-seeded. 
_ The tuberous roots are cut by the natives into the form of 
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