Dolichos. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 315 — 
vaulted, emarginate and closing the wings. Carina, stamina, 
and pistillum as in the genus. 
18. D. medicagineus. Willd. iii. 1044. 
Biennial, twining, downy. Leaflets roundish. Pedunceles 
from two to three-flowered, Legumes always seeded. 
Phaseolus exiguus, Burm, Zeyl, t, 84. f. 2. 
Teling. Gadee chikurkai. 
This is a small biennial species,a native of the greater part 
of the coast, growing in hedges, thickets, &c. It flowers du- 
ring the cold season, 
Stem woody, slender, brancby, extending only a few feet 
at most, tender parts downy. Leaves ternate, Leaflets near- 
ly equal, oval, covered with much very soft, whitish down, 
veined, about three quarters of an inch long, and half an inch 
broad, Stipules of the petioles cordate, pointed ; of the leaf- 
lets very minute. Peduncles axillary, short, generally two- 
flowered. lowers small, yellow. Calyx, the upper part 
entire. Banner, the callosities are very sharp, and point di- 
rectly downwards. ilaments alternately larger. Legume 
linear, compressed, downy, protuberent at the seeds, con- 
tracted and intercepted between them, Seeds from four to 
six ; hilum remarkably large. Cattle eat it, 
19. D. searabe@oides, Willd. iii, 1046. 
Biennial, twining, downy. Leaflets oval, Peduncles two- 
flowered. Legume falcate, from four to five-seeded. 
Phaseolus minimus, Pluk. Alm. t, 52. f. 3. good. 
Beng. Banur-kuluy.  - 
This like the last species, is biennial, a native of the same 
parts,and has much the same appearance, but is considerably 
smaller, | 
Leaves ternate. Leaflets nearly equal, orbicular, bullate, 
downy ; about three eighths, or half an inch each way, Sti- 
_ pules of the petioles half-lanceolate, those of the leaflets mi- 
nute, Racemes axillary,longer than the leaves, few-flowered. 
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