Dolichos. DrADELPniA decandria. 315 



vaulted, emnrginate and closing the wings. Carina, staniinaf 

 and pislilliiiH an in the genus. 



18. D. medicarjinena. Willcl. iii. 1041. 



Bieniiinl, twining, downy. Leaflets vound'ish. Peduncles 

 from two to three- llowereil. Legumes always seeded, 



Phnseolns e.xigiius. Btirm. Zeyl. t. SA.J. 2. 



Teinirj. Gadee chiknrkai. 



This is a small biemiial species.a native of (he greater part 

 of I he coast, orowinji' in hedoes, thickets, Sec. It tlowers du- 

 ring (he cold season. 



Stem woody, slender, branchy, extending only a few feet 

 at most, tender parts downy. Leat-e*- ternate. Leaflets uenr- 

 ly equal, oval, covered witji much very soft, whiii>h down, 

 veined, about three quarlers of an inch long, and half an inch 

 broad, ^^tipules of the petioles cordate, pointed ; of the leaf- 

 lets very minute. Peduncles axillary, short, generally two- 

 flowered. Flowers small, yellow. Cali/x, the upper part 

 entire. Banner, the callosities are very sharp, and point di- 

 rectly downwards. Filaments alternately larger. Legume 

 linear, compressed, downy, protuberent at the seed.-;, con- 

 tracted and ijitercepted between them. Seeds from four to 

 six ; hiliini remarkably large. Cuttle eat it. 



19. D. scarabcBoides. Willd. iii. 1046. 



Biemiial, twining, downy. I^eaflets oval. Peduncles two- 

 flowered. Legume falcate, from four to five seeded. 



Phuseolus minimus. Piuk. Aim. t. 52.^1 3. good. 



JJeng. Ban^r k«lwy. 



This like the last species, is biennial, a native of the same 

 paris,and has much the same appearance, but is considerably 

 smaller. 



Leaves ternate. Leaflets nearly equal, orbicular, bullate, 

 downy ; about three eighths, or half an inch each way. Sti- 

 pules of the petioles half-lanceolate, those of the leaflets mi- 

 nute. Racemes axillary, longer than the leaves, few-flowered. 



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