Pliaseolus. diaueli'Hia Dt;t andui a. 289 



when compared lo llie rest of the plant. /VoM-f/N collecled 

 on oblon<»-, terminal, glandular heads, pretty lar<j;e, ofa dirty 

 greenish-yellow colour. Legumes cylindrir, hairy, iVoni ten 

 to fifteen-seeded. Seeds dark gray, sub rylindric, and separ- 

 ated by membranaceous partitions. 



Children eat the seed, the plant is too much clothed with 

 stiff long hairs, to be liked by cattle. 



6. P. cdlcaratns. Roxb. 



Bieimial, villous. Leaflets somewhat ihree-lobed. Sti- 

 pules lanceolar, adnate. Racemes elongated. Bractes two- 

 flowered, wiih a gland between. Carina with a remarkable 

 long horn. Legnmcs cylindric, [)en;lulous, smooth, many- 

 seeded. 



Found in a cultivated state in Mysore by Mr. Benjamin 

 Heyne, and by him the seed was sent to the Botanic garden, 

 where the plant thrives remarkably well, and is in blossom, 

 and ripens its seed the greatest part of the year. 



Root at least biennial. Stem and branches twining, some- 

 what hairy, the whole plant from three to four, or more feet 

 Jong. Leaves ternate. Leaflets nearly equal, the pair ob- 

 liquely ovate-cordate, and generally more or less three-lobed ; 

 the terminal one sub-ovate, all are slightly villous, from four 

 to five inches long, and from two to three broad when full 

 grown. Stipules of the petiole adnate, lanceolar, those of the 

 leaflets subulate. Racemes axillary, generally solitary or in 

 pairs, sub-erect, longer than the leaves, the flower-bearing 

 portion elongated, a rare circumstance amongst the Indian 

 Phaseoli. Bractes of the pedicels three-fold, two-flowered> 

 lanceolate, caducous; those of the calyx narrower, and more 

 permanent. Pedicels short, with a large glandulous knob be- 

 tween their insertions. Floicers yellow, large and ornamen- 

 tal. Keel paler-coloured than either the banner or wing, and 

 the horn on the right side (that is when looking on the back 

 of the keel) is in this species remarkably large, thence the 

 specific name. Legumes pendulous, slender, nearly straight, 

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