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The writer follows Mr. Baker in identifying the American DoUchos gladiatus 

 {Canavalia gladiata DO.) with the Asiatic DoUchos ensiformis {Canavalia ensiformts DC.) 



2. Canavalia lineata DC. Prodr. II, 404. A glabrous pereDnial 

 on rockj ov sandy sea-coasts. Jreaw* 3-foliolate 8-9 in. long; leaflets 

 pale-gi^een thickly merabranous ovate or orbicular, obtuse with or 

 ■witlioat a short point, or retuse, base cuneate, 2-3 in. long and 2-3 in. 

 across ; petiole 3-5 in. long somewhat fleshy, glabrous ; petiolules 

 .25 in., stipels '15 in. subulate very early deciduous ; stipules small 

 triangular '1 in. long caducous. Inflorescence in long-peduncled 4-8-fld. 



racemes on peduncles 10-16 in. long; flowers solitary or geminate 

 from swollen nodes *3-*5 in. apart, pedicels '1~'15 in. bracteolos 

 minute ovate caducous. Calyx campanulate sparsely puberulous 

 reticulate-veined '6 in. long, upper lip oblong subentire one-fourth 

 the length of tube. Corolla violet 1 in. long, limb of standard orbicular 

 emarginate. Pods few, short, linear-oblong, straight, dorsal suture 

 strongly 3-keeled and deeply 2-grooved between the keels, 4-6-seeded, 

 3-5 in. long, "75 in. deep ; width between outer ridges of dorsal suture 

 •3 in. Seeds dark-brown * 5 in. long. Somoko-Du.sets XIII, t. 20. 

 DoUchos Uneatus TUunbg. Flor. Japon. 280. D. ohcordatus Roxb. Flor. 

 lud. III, 303. Canavalia oUusifolia Bak. in Flor. Brit. lud. II, 196, 

 not of DC ; Cleghorn, Madr. Journ. (n. s.) I, t. 4. 



Pahang ; Suugei Kelang, liiWZe?/ .^ Pexang ; common on sand-banks 

 along the coast, Curtis 1714! Singapore; Hullett 514! Distrib. Coasts 

 of India, Indo-China, Malaya, China, Japan, Polynesia, Australia. 



3, Canavalia obtusifolia DC, Prodr, II, 404. A large biennial 

 climber with glabrous stems and branches. Leaves 3-foliolate 10-12 in. 

 long; leaflets green, membranous, when young puberulous very soon 

 quite glabrous, ovate-acute to rounded with a shortly acuminate tip, base 

 rounded to subtruncate ; 5-6 in. long 3*5-45 in. wide ; petiole 6 in. 

 long, glabrous ; petiolules '25 in. ; stipels 15 in. subulate, very early 

 deciduous; stipules small triangular '1 in. long, caducous. Inflorescence 

 in lax 12-16-fld. racemes 3-8 in. long, on axillary peduncles 6-12 in. 

 long ; flowers solitary or geminate from swollen nodes •3-*5 in. apart, 

 pedicels •1-'15. in., bracteoles minute ovate caducous. Calyx campanu- 

 late, sparsely puberulous, faintly ridged and not very distinctly reticu- 

 late-veined, '5 in. long, upper lip rounded hardly emarginate, scarcely 

 longer than lower and not oiie-sixth the length of tube. Corolla blue 

 and white, 1 in long, limb of standard orbicular slightly emarginate. 

 Fods few, short, turgid, slightly curved, dorsal suture faintly 3-keeled, 

 spaces between keels wide and plane, not grooved, 8-G-seeded, length 

 3-5 in., depth 1' 75-2*25 in., width of dorsal suture between outer keels 

 •75 in. inie^ds pale umber with gamboge streaks, 75 in. long in. broad, 



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