Sosa. LEGUMINOS#., 247 
761. (16) P. aconitifolius (Jacq.:) annual, diffuse, procumbent, slightly 
hairy: leaflets very deeply and palmately divided into 3-5 linear-lanceolate 
lobes: stipules oblong-lanceolate, attached below the middle: peduncles 
nearly as long as the petiole: flowers somewhat capitate : legumes horizontal, 
cylindrical, nearly glabrous.—Jacq. obs. 3. p. 2. t. 52; Linn. suppl. p. 325 ; 
DC. prod. 2. p. 394 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 254; Roxb. fi. Ind. 3. p. 299 ; Wight! cat. 
n. 728.—P. trilobus, Wall.! L. n. 5588 (partly).—P. lobatus, Roxb. in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 1159.—Dolichos dissectus, Lam. enc. meth. 2. p. 300. 
XLIV. SOJA. Moench. 
Calyx bibracteolate at the base, 5-cleft ; the three lower segments straight 
and acute ; the three upper combined to beyond the middle. Corolla papi- 
lionaceous, scarcely longer than the calyx: vexillum ovate, somewhat cu- 
cullate and enclosing the ale, shortly clawed: keel oblong, straight. Sta- 
mens diadelphous (9 and 1), the tenth close to the others. Sheath wanting 
around the base of the ovary. Style short. Legume oblong scimitar-shaped, 
2-5-seeded, membranaceous, furnished with cellular partitions between the 
seeds. Seeds ovate, compressed.— Annual, erect, flexuose, very hairy. 
Leaves pinnately trifoliolate. Flowers either aggregated in the axils, or in a 
short axillary raceme. 
* 762. (1) S. hispida (Moench).—DC.! prod. 2. p. 896 ; Wall.! L. n. 5529. 
—S. Japonica, Savi.—Dolichos Soja, Linn. sp. p. 1021 ; Jacq. ic. rar. t. 145 ; 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 2515 Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 814; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1607. 
XLV. DOLICHOS. Linn. 
Calyx campanulate, more or less 2-lipped ; the upper lip emarginate or 
bifid, rarely entire; the under 3-partite, the middle segment or tooth longer 
than the others. Corolla papilionaceous : vexillum as long as the keel, fur- 
nished near the base with (usually 2—4) callosities : alee oblong, obtuse: keel 
faleate, or incurved, obtuse, neither twisted nor bent to one side. Stamens 
diadelphous (9 and 1). Legume 2-valved, more or less furnished with cellular 
partitions between the seeds: valves neither winged nor prominently nerved. 
Seeds oval, more or less compressed: hilum oval, small: carunculus incon- 
spicuous.—Herbaceous or suffrutescent usually twining plants. Leaves pin- 
nately trifoliolate. Flowers axillary, 1-2 together, usually racemose. 
1. Spurie. Bracteoles none at the base of the calyx : calyx deeply bilabiate. 
* . * * * 2$ t the 
+ Upper lip of the calyx entire: vexillum with a semicircular callosity a. 
Sade of the limb, e which is not decurrent along the claw. 
EM inutel 
763. (1) D.? punctatus (W. & A.:) twining, glabrous or very minute y 
eap Meis filiform : oe ovate, bluntish, longer than x bas want 
petiole, copiously dotted beneath with resinous glands : partial ni oun 
ing: flowers solitary, short-pedicelled, axillary or remote on i rina 
slender leafless shoots: calyx dotted: legumes lin dai OOE weary Sent 
compressed, pointed, about 6-seeded.— Wight ! cat. n. sae t of the cal- 
A very doubtful species, and merely referred to here on ide E amait 
losity on the base of the limb of the vexillum: it has consi the à lv s tá 
with Rhynchosia, but the fruit is very unlike. The Es A "bui 
cimen we have seen is far from being mature, and is very compressed, bu 
the style is that of the Phaseolee. 
