30S DIADEI.PHIA DECANDRIA. DollcllOK. 



an extent of many ieei, or even fathoms, M'hen supported. 

 Leaves ternate. Leaflets broad cordate, smooth, entire, near- 

 ly equal, from three or four inches long, and nearly the same 

 breadth. Stipules of the petioles cordate, pointed, reflexed, 

 those of the leaflets semi-lanceolate. Racemes axillary, rigid- 

 ly erect, longer than the leaves, sometimes leaf-bearing. 

 Floicers large, pure white, collected on remote, glandular 

 globular tuberosities. Bractes one to the insertion of each 

 pedicel, and two pressing the calyx laterally. Banner, its 

 callosities are remarkably large. JSTectariul cup as in D. gla- 

 diatiis. Legumes horizontal, somewhat scimitar-shaped, pro- 

 tuberant, somewhat inflated, while green both margins very 

 rugose, with a subulate apex, recurved, about as thick and 

 long as the little finger. Seeds about four, oval ; hilum large, 

 bending round the upper extremity. 



Var. 2d. Bagha-nakhooa (Tiger's claw) shim. Peduncles 

 short. Flowers white. Legumes falcate, size of the little 

 finger. 



Var. Sd. Sada Jamai-kooH-shim. Pedvncles short. Flow- 

 ers white. Legume of a pretty straight gladiate-clavate shape, 

 and about the length of the little finger. 



D. cultratus. WUld. iii. jo. 1039. and B. H. Banks' Icon. 



t. 25. 



Var. Ath. Pit?di-jamai-pooli-shim of the Bengalees. Pe- 

 duncles short. Flowers reddish purple, diflfering in this re- 

 spect only from last, for the legumes are the same. 



Var. bth. Doodha-pituli-shim. Large peduncles pretty 

 long. Flowers purple. Legumes falcate, and much longer 

 than in Bagha-nakhooa. 



Var. dth. Ganchi-shim of the Bengalees. 



Nella chikurkai of the Telingas. The largest of all. Pe- 

 duncles\ong. Floioersvei\. Legumes i\on\ six to eight inches 

 lon<^ much curved. iSeeds black, with a white eye. 



