DoUchos. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 303 



D. sesqiiipedalis. Willrl. iii, 1040. 



Of this we have two varieties, one with white, and the 

 other with browii seed. The first is most esteemed for the 

 table. Seeds of the second were sent to me by Dr. Klien, 

 and Dr. Roftler of Tranquebar, two o;ood Botanists, under the 

 name of DoUchos Trunqucbariensis. Willd. iii. 1039. 



5. D. ohcordatns. R. 



Perennial, twining, smooth. Lrajlets obcordate, emarginate. 

 Racemes erect. Legumes linear-oblong', straight, three keeled, 

 or two-grooved in the upper margin, dagger-pointed, from 

 five to six-seeded. Seeds dark brown. 



From Canton in China the seeds of this very beautiful odo- 

 riferous species, for so its red violet flowers are during the 

 forenoon, were received into the Botanic garden at Cal- 

 cutta, Mhere the plant blossoms during the rains and the seed 

 ripens in the cold season. It is most evidently allied to r/la- 

 diatus, virosns, and rotmidljolius, but diflers most conspicu- 

 ously from all in the shape of the leaves. 



6. D. Catjang. Willd. iii. 1051. 



Annual, twining. Leaflets sub-deltoid, angular behind. 

 Peduncles few-flowered. Legumes sub-cylindric, erect. 



Paeru. Rheed. Mai. viii. t. 41. is broader-leaved than any 

 I have met with. 



Teling. Bobra, the name of the plant. Boberloo the seed or 

 pulse. 



Beng. Burbj^ti. 



Phaseolus erectus, Sec. Sloan. Jam. t. 1 17. is very like our 

 plant. 



Kurson pyro,the Canara name of the black-seeded variety. 



Three or more varieties of this useful species are found cul- 

 tivated in the fields in many parts of India, during the dry 

 season, viz. from October until February. 



Stem always twining, except in a very poor soil, round, 

 but rather harsh to the feel ; extent various according to the 



