DnUchoS. DIADKLPHIA DFCANDRIA. 311 



An herbaceous species, common in hedges near the seii. 

 FU)wer.s during- the cohl season. 



Root perennial, (nberous. Stems annual, twiaing-, round, 

 downy, luanchy, from six to twelve feet long. Leaves ter- 

 nale. Leaflets equal, oval, entire, margin and underside co- 

 vered wiih much, silver-coloured hair, abovit two inches long-, 

 and one and a halt broad. Petioles hairy, channelled. Sti- 

 pufes of the petioles cordate pointed ; those of the leaflets lan- 

 ceolate. Racemes axillary, generally shorter than the leaves, 

 few-flowered. Flowers pretty large, sulphur-coloured. Stig- 

 ma cordate, smooth. Leyumes horizontal, scimitar-formed, 

 smooth, Iroin three to four-seeded. 



V\. jy.falcatiis. Willd. iii. 1047. 



Root tuberous. Stems twining', smooth. Leaflets some- 

 what three-lobod, smooth. Racmies short, few-flowered ; 

 Lef/xmes linear. 



Phaseolus Madraspatensis. Pliik. t. 214. _/". 3. 



Glycine triloba. B. H. (i. e. Sir J. Banks' herbarium.) 



D. trilobus. Lour. Cochin Ch. 5'35. 



Telhiy. Itoo mungee tiga. 



It is common in hedges, thickets, &c. Avhere the soil is rich 

 and moist. Flowers during the cold season. 



Root perennial, tuberous, as thick as the thumb, or more. 

 Stems herbaceous, from four to five feet long, twining, slen- 

 der. Leaves fernate. Leaflets nearly equal, the lateral ones 

 gibbous outwardly, the terminal one smooth on both sides, of 

 a paler green or whitish in the centre, about an inch and a half 

 each way. Stipules of (he petioles oblong, pointed, reflexed; 

 those of the leaflets subulate. Peduncles axillary, slender, 

 from four to eight-flowered, umbel-like, bowing from the 

 weight of the flowers. Flowers large, of a beautiful bluish 

 purple. Legumes linear, compressed, smooth, from four to 

 eight-seeded. 



The tuberous roots are cut by the natives into the form of 



