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tU'ulc, spuriiij^ly sirigosc :ibove, iiioi-f densely ,s(( bnicatli ; jjeliolulos 

 ,-(5" ill. lony; ; stipels Hlitonn. Flowers in axillary li-tlowered racemes; 

 peduncles and pedicels very short ; bracts linear-lanceolate, subulate ; 

 bracteoles ^^-^ in. long, ovate or lanceolate, aristate. Calyx tubular, 

 •4-f in. long, hairy, nerved ; teeth shorter than the tube, lanceolate, 

 aristate. Corolla I in. long, blue. Pods 1-2 by l in., Hat, reticulately 

 veined, pubescent. Seeds 5-G. Fl. li. 1. v. 2, p. 208 ; Dalz. & (iibs. 

 p. 68; Wood r. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. II (1897) p. 425.— Flowers : 

 Aug.-tSept. 



KoNKAN : I)al~c/l'., C(q)t. (ichunic\; SalseLte, Sfocli'>^\; near Kalyaii, Uhiral; 

 Xeral, Knititkarl — Distrib. Apparently eudeinic. 



4!). DOLICHOS, Linn. 



Twining prostrate or subeiect herbs. Leaves piunately 3-foliolate ; 

 stipules sujall. Leaflets stipellate. Flowers axillary, racemose or 

 fascicled ; bracts and bracteoles striate, very caducous. Calyx cam])anu- 

 late; teeth usually short, the 2 upper connate into one entire or emar- 

 ginate one. Cox'olla much exserled, its petals usually equal in length ; 

 standard orbicular, with iiiflexed auricles at the base : keel obtuse or 

 rostrate, not spiral. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 subsessile ; ovules many ; style filiform or thickened upw ards, bearded 

 down the inner face or penicillate at the apex ; stigma terminal. Pod 

 Hat, linear or oblong, recurved. — Distrib. Tropics of both hemispheres ; 

 species about 20. 



1. Dolichos bracteatus. Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 (1876) 

 p. 210. A robust glabrous perennial twiner. Leaves 3-foholate ; 

 petioles 5-U in. long, deeply grooved, glabrous ; stipules basifixed, k iu. 

 long, oblong, acute or subobtuse, glabrous. Leaflets membranous, 6 in. 

 long, as broad as long, broadly obovate, cuneate, conspicuously 3-uerved 

 from the base ; petiolules ^ in. long ; stipels g-| in. long, linear-oblong, 

 acute. Flowers in loug-peduucled racemes reaching 1 ft. or more in 

 length ; peduncles deeply gi'uoved, glabrous ; pedicels \-^ in. long; bracts 

 linear, acute, deciduous; bracteoles g in. long, elliptic, obtuse, veined. 

 Calyx -f-y\ in. long, glabrous, conspicuously veined ; teeth short, deltoid, 

 obtuse or subacute, ciliate. Corolla 1 in. long. Pods 5-6 by § in., 

 linear, much recurved, flattened, obscurely veined, glabrous. Seeds 

 10-12. Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425. 



A very rare plant, tbe only specimens seen being those in Herb. Kevv. marked 

 " Konkan, Stocks" — Distrib. Apparently endemic in the Konkan. 



Dolichos Lahhib, Linn. A large twining perennial or (under cultivation) 

 annual herb with pods about 1^-2 by |-|in., each containing 2-4 seeds. 

 King (Journ. As. 8oc. Beng. v. 66 [1898J p. 55) recognizes as a variety 

 Dolichos li(/nosus, Linn., with much shorter and broader pods, which 

 Baker (Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 209) unites with D. Lahlah. (See also Prain, 

 in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 66 [1898] p. 480.) Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 183. 

 Labial) vulgaris, Savi, Thw. Enum. p. 90 ; Grab. Cat. p. 52 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Suppl. p. 23. — Yeiin. Vdl-jidpadi ; Pavtd. 



Cultivated largely, but not wild, in the Bombay Presidency, where it often follows 



