Doodia. diadelphia dkcandria. 365 



37. fl. larjenannm. R. 



Peieiiniul, floating-, spongy, leaflets numerous. Stipides 

 lanceolar, adjoined. Peduncles about two-flowered, joints 

 of the legume from four to six, scabrous in the middle. 



Aesch) nomene lagenaria. Lour. Cochin Ch. 446. 



Aesch) nomene as/>er«. WiUd. ni. 1163. 



Hind, and Beng. Shola and Phool shola. 



Telinff. Neerjeelooza. 



Common on tiic borders of lakes of sweet water in most 

 parts of India. Flowering time the rainy and cool seasons. 

 The larger plants are particularly light, white and spongy ; 

 they are gathered during the dry months of April and May, 

 and converted by the natives of Bengal into a great variety 

 of toys, floats for fishing nets, gentlemen's hats, &c. 



38. H. A^eli-tali. R. 



Herbaceous, difl'use and scabrous. Leaflets numerous, mi- 

 nute. Stiptdes lanceolar, adjoined. Legumes from six to ten- 

 jointed, smooth on both sides. 



Neli-tali. Rlieed. Mai. ix. t. 18. 



Teling. Tiga jeelooga. 



Aeschy nomene Indica. Willd. iii. p. 1164. 



Found on moist pasture ground, during the rainy season. 



DOODIA. R.* 



Calyx bilabiate ; iipper lip bifid ; nnder tripartite, in the 

 mature state resupine, by the incurvation of the upper end of 

 the pedicel. Lament raouiliform, composed of from two to 

 six sub-globular, one-seeded joints, slenderly connected and 

 compactly folded up w ithin the subulate hairy segments of 

 the calyx. 



The plants which fall under the above character have the 



* In memory of jMr. Samuel Doody, an eminent Botanist, the 

 friend and cotemporary of Ray, Plukenet, and Sloane. 



