Phaseolus. diadelphia decandria. 299 



oval. Stipules ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles longer than 

 the leaves, few-flowereil. Legumes cylindric, sniootli, six- 

 seeded. 



Dolichos tr'ilohus, llurni. Ind. t. 50. y. 1. 



Glycine Inlobti. Willd. iii. 1050. 



Tiilolitiiu inadraspatense. Pluck. Aim. t. \^0.f. 7. good. 



Iliud. Rakhal-k?/l?/y. 



Teliuff. Pelli pessara. 



This species 1 have never found but in ifs wild state. It 

 grows on the banks of water courses, borders of rice fields, and 

 in moist cultivated spots. Flowering time most part of the 

 year. 



Root sometimes perennial. Stems annual, many, diffuse, 

 sometimes rooting- at the joints, never twining, round, some- 

 times hairy, sometimes smooth, from one to four feet long. 

 Leaves ternate. Leaflets equal, varying much in form, but 

 generally threc-lobed, sometimes smooth, sometimes hairy, ac- 

 cording to the soil, about an inch each way. Petioles longer 

 than the leaflets, erect, channelled. Stipules of the petioles 

 ovate, adjoined ; of the leaflets small, oval. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, very long, often two feet, ascending, hairy, headed as in 

 the other species. Flowers small, yellow, from four to eight 

 composing the head. Legumes as in the last, but smooth. 

 Seeds gray. 



The seeds are gathered and eaten by the poor, being- 

 reckoned equally wholesome as the cultivated sorts and are as 

 palatable, l)ut the plant produces so little, that it is not worth 

 the farmer's while to cultivate it. It is no doubt what Dr. 

 Konig considered P. aconiiij'olius. Cattle eat it greedily. 



16. P. aconitij'oliiis. Willd, iii. 1034. 



Annual, diffuse. Leaflets from three to five-lobed; ZoieA- li- 

 near lanceolate. jHearf long, pedujicled, many- flowered. Le- 

 gumes horizontal, cylindric, smooth. 



Hind. jMoot. 



This plant I have reared from seed sent me by Dr. Hunter 



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