250 LEGUMINO&E. lani) 
4-5 inches), straight, cylindric, pointed, very hairy, 8-12-seeded, much in- 
pret iiem the sarane Sary ! fl. Ind. 3. p. 312 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 
291; Klein! in Willd. sp. 3. p. 1043; DC. prod. 2. p. 397; Spr. syst. 3. p. 
249; Wight! cat. n. 139.—Phaseolus difformis, Wall.! L. n. 5599. Circars. 
Travancore. 
d. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; the two upper teeth partially united ; the low- 
est longer than the others: legume terete, unguiculate (ending in a trans- 
versely compressed beak, concave on the under side). —Unguicularia, DC. 
771. (9) D. Sinensis (Linn. :) annual, twining, glabrous, upper parts often 
slightly scabrous: leaflets ovate or oblong, acuminated: stipules oblong-lan- 
ceolate, attached below the middle and free at the base: peduncles longer 
than the leaves ; flowers in an oblong head or short raceme : upper part of 
the style bearded along the one side: legume nearly straight, cylindric, toru- 
lose, with a more or less recurved unguiculate beak, glabrous, 6-12-seeded : 
seeds somewhat cylindric, truncated at both ends.— Wall. L. n. 5550.—D. 
Catjang, Wall.! L. n. 5549.—4 ; leaflets ovate-acuminated : peduncles often 
many-flowered ; legumes pendulous, long.—D. Sinensis, Willd. sp. 3. p. 1038 ; 
DC. prod. 2. p. 399 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 249 ; Roxb. ft. Ind. 3. p. 302 ; in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 279.— Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 134 (bad).—$ ; leaflets oblong, acuminat- 
ed, angled or somewhat hastate at the base: peduncles few-flowered: le- 
gumes erect.— Wight! cat. n. 738.—D. Tranquebaricus, Jacq. hort. Vind. 3. t. 
40; herb. Madr.! ; DC. prod. 2. p. 400 ; Spr. syst. 3. p. 249.—D. Catjang, 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 303 (not Linn.) —Rheed. Mal. 8. t. 41 ? ¢ 
We cannot distinguish these varieties except as more or less luxuriant 
states of the same plant: Roxburgh refers the D. T'ranquebaricus, raised in 
Bengal from seed sent by the missionaries, to his D. Sinensis (our «), while 
the dried specimens we have of the same plant, obtained from Klein's herba- 
rium, belong to our £, probably from being grown in a drier and less fertile 
Soil: Rheede's figure above quoted has the leaves of our z, but the erect and 
shorter legumes of our £. D, Catjang of Linneeus, according to his descrip- 
tion and the figure in Rumphius, is a very different species from either. 
XLVI. LABLAB. Adans. 3 Moench.—Dolichos. Gert. fr. 2. t. 150. 
Calyx bibracteolate, campanulate-tubular, 4-cleft; the three lower seg- 
ments acute, the upper broad. Corolla papilionaceous: vexillum patent, 
channelled at the base, with 4 callosities, the upper pair prominent: keel fal- 
cate, bent in at a right angle. Stamens diadelphous, the tenth received with- 
in the callosities of the vexillum. Ovary with a short tubular sheath at its 
base. Style compressed, upper part bearded on the under side. Stigma a 
truncated glabrous gland, terminal. Legume compressed or flat, tubercled 
or muricated along both sutures, about 4-seeded, with cellular partitions be- 
tween the seeds. Seeds ovate, somewhat compressed ; hilum long, linear, 
extending from the podosperm nearly half round the seed.— T wining, herba- 
ceous or perennial, glabrous or slightly pubescent plants. Stipules spreading- 
Leaves pinnately trifoliolate 3 leaflets entire, furnished with partial stipules. - 
Racemes axillary, elongated, peduncled, usually bearing a leaf near its base: 
pedicels short, aggregated on alternate glandular knobs, Bracteoles broadly 
oval, about as long as the calyx. 
.. 412. (1) L. vulgaris (Savi :) legumes bro imitar- «d, gibbous Þe- 
low the apex, am ending KR s ina iced Papst ne e point a 
seeds longitudinally oval.—DC. prod. 2. p. 401: Wall.! L. n. 5537 ; Wight! 
in Hook. bot. misc. 2. p. 352. suppl. t. 15; cat. m. 745, 746, 747.—L. lignosus» 
Wall.! L. n. 5537. b.—L. Nankinicus, Savi ; DC. L c. p. 402.—L, leucocar- 
