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Roxburgh in his drawings, and De Candolle, make the stamens sometimes dia- 
delphous : we have not yet found them so in any one instance. 
777. (1) C. gladiata (DC.:) perennial, twining, glabrous: leaflets cordate- 
ovate, rather acute : legumes 5-10 times (or more) longer than broad.—DC. 
prod. 2. p. 404 (a); Wall.! L. n. 5531 (partly) ; Wight ! cat. n, 736. bis.—Do- 
lichos gladiatus, Jacq. ic. rar. 3. t. 560 ; Willd. sp. 3. p. 1039 ; Spr. syst. 3. 
p. 249 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 300.—D. ensiformis, Lour. (partly); Roxb. in E. 
I. C. mus. tab. 278 (not? Linn.)— Rheed. Mal.8. t. 44 (good) ; Rumph. Amb. 
5. t. 185. f. 1. 
The Linnzan D. ensiformis is a Jamaica plant, figured by Sloane (Jam. 1. 
t. 114. f. 1, 2, 3), and although that figure be pronounced by Roxburgh a 
good representation of the East Indian plant, we hesitate about uniting them: 
we have not, however, seen specimens from Jamaica. 
778. (2) C. virosa (W, & A. :) biennial, twining, glabrous or with the ra- 
cemes pubescent: leaflets oval or ovate ; legumes linear scimitar-shaped, 4- 
8-seeded.— Wight ! cat. n. 736.—C. gladiata 8, DC. prod. 2. p. 404; Wall. L. 
n. 5531 (partly).—Dolichos virosus, Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 301.—D. ensiformis, 
Lour. (partly).—Rheed. Mal. 8, t. 45. 
We have referred to n. 736. of Wight's catalogue from the shape of the 
leaves alone; they are rounded, and not the least cordate at the base ; they 
are, however, more acute both in our specimen and in Rheede's figure than 
according to Roxburgh, who describes them “ oval, scarcely pointed. 
779. (3) C. mollis (Wall.:) twining; stems slightly, branches densely pu- 
bescent: leaflets ovate, young ones tomentose, older ones shortly villous : 
legumes oblong-linear, few-seeded.— Wall. ! L. n. 5533; Wight! cat. n. 135. 
—Neelgherries. Dindygul hills. 
780. (4) C. obtusifolia (DC. :) biennial, twining, glabrous : leaflets round- 
ish-obovate : legumes semi-oval, straight, about twice as long as broad, 3-6- 
seeded.— DC. prod. 2. p. 404; Wall. ! L.n. 5532 ; Wight ! cat. n. 748.—Doli- 
chos obtusifolius, Lam. enc. meth. 2. p. 295.—D. rotundifolius, Vahl, symb. 2. 
p.81; Spr. syst. 3. p. 251; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 302.— Rheed. Mal. 8. t. 43; 
Pluk. t. 51. f. 2.— Sands along the sea coast of Coromandel and Malabar A 
at the mouth of the Godavery in the north, and between Quilon and Anjen- 
go in Travancore on the south. 
LI. MUCUNA. Adans.—Hornera, Neck—S$Stizolobium, Pers.—Negre- 
tia, R. & P.—Citta, Lour.—Carpopogon, Roxb. 
Calyx with 2 very caducous bracteoles as long as the tube, campanulate, 
bilabiate : upper lip broad, entire or emarginate : lower trifid, the middle seg- 
ment the longest. Corolla papilionaceous: vexillum cordate, incumbent on 
the alee, much shorter than them and the keel, without callosities : ale oblong- 
linear, connivent, sometimes slightly cohering together by their spurs between 
the vexillum and keel: keel straight below, slightly faleate in the upper 
part, terminated by a smooth polished acute beak. Stamens etr en 
(9 and 1), alternately longer: anthers alternately oblong and ovate. Style 
long and slender; its lower part hairy, upper glabrous. Stigma small. Le- 
gume linear, oblong, or roundish, few- (1-8-) seeded, with partitions between 
the seeds, polished within. Seeds oval, roundish, or reniform, with a eda 
oblong or linear hilum.—Twining plants. Leaves pinnately mre ei ; 
leaflets with partial stipules. Racemes elongated or short and umbel-like, 
often pendulous when in fruit. Legumes usually densely clothed with rigid 
brittle sharp hairs. 
