314 : DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Dolichos. 
the point subulate, recurved. Seeds about six, compressed, 
kidney-formed, gray. 
This species is much cultivated all over the coast, It re- 
quires a dry, light, rich soil, In October and November, it is 
sown, either by itself, or mixed with Holcus saccharatus. 
The general harvest time is in February. The produce about 
sixty-fold in a good soil, and favourable season. —. 
Nella Woolawooloo is a most distinct variety of the above 
with jet black seeds, ‘It is also cultivated. 
The grain of both varieties is employed indifferently to feed 
cattle ; however in times of scarcity the poor are glad to live 
upon it. In these parts it is the lowest priced of all the /e- 
_gumine, which enables them to procure it, when they cannot 
well procure any thing else. Cattle are fond of the straw of 
both sorts, | 
17. D. Soja. Willd. iii. 1051. 
~ Annual, erect, flexuous, every part hairy, Flowers axil- 
Jary, sub-racemous, Corol scarcely longer than the calyx. 
Legume reflexed, scimitar-shaped, from two to three-seeded. 
Daidsee. Kempf. amen. p, 837. f. 838. good. 
Reared in the Honourable Company’s Botanic garden, from 
seeds received trom the Moluccas in 1798. It may be cultivat- 
ed at all times of the year, consequently flowers at all times; 
but, like all the other leguminous tribe, succeeds best during 
the cold season. | | 
Root ramous, annual. ‘Stem erect, fleKincas}, very ramous 
near the base, hairy in every part; from one to four feet in 
height, but when high it requires support. Leaves long-pe- 
tioled, ternate, hairy. Leaflets entire, ovate, the lateral ones 
_broadest, and considerably oblique, the inferior side being 
much broader than the superior. Flowers axillary, some- 
times on a common short peduncle,sometimes without it, and 
smaller than in any other species of Dolichos I have yet met 
with ; colour a reddish purple. Bractes small, hairy. Coral 
scarcely longer than the segments of the calyx, Banner 
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