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men hairy ; Style longer than the stamens ; Stigma capitate. 

 Legume oblong, ovate, compressed, hispid, with numerous 

 brown, fragile, prurient hairs, and having a deep furrow along 

 the edge, which is bordered on each side by a prominent wing. 

 Seeds 3—4, marked nearly all round with the linear hilum. 



This is found in moist sandy soils, near the sea-coast, 

 flowering during all the cool and rainy seasons. The beans 

 are eaten by the natives, and esteemed both palatable and 

 wholesome. 



SuppL. Tab. XIV. Mucuna gigantea. Fig. ], Vexillum. 



Fig. 2, The alae or wings. Fig. 3, Carina or keel: — 



natural size. 



XV. 



LABLAB VULGARIS. 



DiADELPHiA Decandria. Nat. Ord. Leguminos^. Juss. 



Gen. Char. Cal. campanulato-tubulosus 4-fidus, laciniis 

 rectis, 3 infer, acutis, superiore latiore e duabus coalitis 

 constante. CoroUce vexillum patens basi sulcato-canali- 

 culatvim 4-callosum, callis parallelis, carina angulo recto 

 curva. Stam. diadelpha, decimo intra vexilli callos 

 recepto. Ovarii stipes basi vaginulatus. Stylus compressus 

 subtus barbatus. Stigma terminale. Legumen compresso- 

 planum acinaciforme ad suturas tuberculoso-muricatuni, 

 intus isthmis cellulosis transversis inter semina instructum. 

 Semina 4 aut abortu pauciora ovata subcompressa, callo 

 fungoso lineari ex umbilico orto, in altera extremitate 

 marginata. — Herbae volubiles. Stipulae patentes. Folia 

 pinnato-trifoliolata, foliolis stipellatis integris. Racemi 

 pedunculati basi folium unicum gerentes, seu si mavis folio 

 oppositi ramulo intermedio ahoj'tivo. Pedicelli semiverticil- 

 lati. Semina nigra aut fusca, hilo et callo alio. DC. 



Lablab vidgaris ; leguminibus oblongo-ventricosis acinaci- 

 formibus, pericarpio facile detractili, seminibus ovatis sub- 

 compressis, glandula basilari hemisphserica sulcata. DC. 

 (SuppL. Tab. XV.) 



Lablab vulgaris. " Savi Diss. 182L p. 19. f 8. a. b. c." 

 De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 40 L 



