Canavalia. } Leguminose : 81 
Dry region rather common(?); fls. August. 
Cultivated and naturalised in Ceylon (?) and various parts of the 
old world. Native of the West Indies. 
C. Grapiata DC. Prodr. II, p. 404 (1825); Piper & Dunn. in Kew 
Bull. 1922, p. 134. Dolichos gladiatus Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 560 (1785-93). 
Cultivated in Ceylon. 
For C. ensiformis var. virosa read: 
1. ©. virosa W. & A. Prodr. II, p. 253 (1834). Dolichos virosus 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. III, p. 300 (1832). C. ensiformis var. virosa Balk. in 
fi f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 11, p. 196 (1870). 
As C. ensiformis but leaflets broader, more acuminate; 
veins less prominent; pods shorter and broader, 4 in. long 
by 14 in. wide, oblong, 5-6 seeded; hilum 4 circumference 
of seed. 
Moist low country up to 3000 ft.; common. Fls. December. 
Also in India, China, Siam, Arabia, Socotra, Tropical Africa and 
the Mascarene Is. 
Page 68.—For C. obtusifolia DC. read: 
2. ©. podocarpa Dunn. in Kew Bull. 1923, p. 137. C. obtusifolia 
Trim. FI. Ceyl. II, p. 68 (1894) non DC. C. lineata Auct. non DC. 
Also in S. India. 
Page 68.—For Dioclea refleva Hk. f. read: 
D. javanica Benth. Pl. Jungh. p. 236 (1853); Prain in Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. LXVI, p. 419 (1897). D. Fergusoni Thw. Enum. p. 412 
(1864),  D. reflexa Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 68 (1894) non Hk. f. 
Our plant is this species and not me reflexa according to Prain. 
Also in Burma and Malaya. 
Page 70.— 
. Phaseolus piaamnekae Mey. Karalsona, T. (Gamble). 
For P. semierectus Linn. read: 
a. P, LaTHYROomES Linn. Sp. Pl., ed. 2, p. tor8 (1762). P. sega 
erectus Linn. Mant. IJ, p. too (1767). 
Page 71.— 
5. P. aconitifolius Jacq. Tulka-pavir, T. (Gamble). 
Polonnaruva; Gal-modua. 
Page 72.—For P. Max L. read: 
Plant erect. . , : 2 : 6. PAUREUS. 
Plant procumbent - or twining ‘ : ; . 6a. P. Munco. 
6. P. aureus Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 55 (1814) nomen; FI. Ind. 
ed. 2, III, p. 297 (1852); Merr. Interp. Rumph. p. 283 (1917). P. 
Mungo Bak. in FI. ae Ind. I, p. 203 (1879) non Linn. P. Max 
Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 72 (1894) ?Linn. P. radiatus Prain, in Journ. 
=. Soc. Beng. LXVI, p- 422 (1897) non Linn. Mung-Bean or Green 
ram. 
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