290 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. PhttSeoluS. 



cylindric, smooth; in g^eneral two or two and a half inches 

 long. Seeds six or seven, dark brownish black, smooth, sub- 

 cylindric. 



7. P. dolichoides. Rnxb. 



Perennial, hairy. Leaflets entire, broad-rhomboidal. Sti- 

 pn/es ovate-lanceolate. Racemes axillary, longer than the pe- 

 tioles. Flowers in pairs, from numerous approximated glands. 

 Kf'el hornless. Legume straight, cylindric, very hairy ; seeds 

 from six to eight, in very distinct cells. 



A native of Chittagong-, where it blossoms during the 

 rains, and ripens its seeds in the cool season. 



Root ramous, perennial. Stem and branches twining to 

 an extent of some fathoms, round, and hairy. Leaflets en- 

 tire, hairy; the pair obliquely rhombiform, the single one 

 much larger, and broad-rhombiform, being nearly as broad 

 as long. Petioles iiy\g\ii\y channelled, hairy. Stipules horn 

 oblong to ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Racemes axillary, solitary, 

 erect, longer than the petioles, supporting numerous, large, 

 short-pedicelled, dark purple flowers, inserted by pairs, on 

 large approximated, smooth glands. Bractes oval, a single, 

 caducous, common one at the base of each gland of the ra- 

 ceme; another more permanent one at the base of each pedicel, 

 and lastly two pressing on the calyx laterally. Keel without 

 a horn, and less twisted than usual. Legume straight, cylin- 

 dric, as thick as a child's finger, and about three inches long', 

 densely covered with soft light brown hairs, like plush, in- 

 wardly separated into as many very distinct perfectly round 

 cells as there are seeds. Seeds six or seven, oval, of the size 

 of a pea, speckled, with short, very dark-coloured hairs on a 

 lighter coloured integument. 



1 do not find that any part of the plant is usefully employ- 

 ed, but its dark purple flowers render it ornamental. 



8. P. minimus. Roxh. 



Annual, twining. Leaflets ovate. Flowers few, capitate, 



