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Fu Istanps. Herb. U.S. Expl. el 
Frienpity Isnanps. W. H. Harvey. 
Coox Istanps. Rorotonga, 7’. H, Cheeseman. 
3. (. ensiformis, DC. Cultivated in various parts of the 
Old World. Native of the West Indies. 
4, €. gladiata, , Prodr. ii. 404 (1825); Piper, Cire. 110, 
Bur. Pl. Industr. U. 58. A. De ept. Agric. (1913) 34. C. incurva, 
PL ik "(1896) 254 (non DC). C. ensiformis, Baker in Oliv. é 
Trop. Afr. ii. (1871) 190; Baker in Hook. f. FL Brit. Ind. ii 
(1879) 62; Prain in Journ. A s. Soc. Beng. Ixvi. (1897) 62; Prain 
Beng. Pl. i. (1903) 394; Cook, Fl. Bomb. i. (1903) 372; Gamble 
Fl. Madr. ii. (1918) 359; Gagnep. in Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine ii. 
(1916) 260; Chev. in Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Fr. (1920) 196 Sn 
C.); OC. maxima, Thou. l.c. Dolichos gladiatus, Jacq. Ic. 
t. 560 (1785-1793) ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. (1832) 300. Barathiree, 
Rheede, Hort. Malabar. viii. t. 44 (1688). Natta Mame, Kaempf. 
Amoen. 836 (1712)? Lobus machaerordes, Rumph. Herb. Amboin, 
v. t. 135 f. 1 (1747). 
-  Inpra. Bengal, C. B. Clarke 13809; Sylhet, C. B. Clarke 
173954; Soane River, J: D. Hooker; Assam, Jenkins 22; 
N. Cachar Hills, Craib ; Kuala Lumpur, Y app 256 (Cult.). 
~ Paiurpmne Istanps. Cult. Manila, Bur. of Sct. 5167. 
Tropicana Arrica. Loanda, Welwitsch. 
.. The Sword Bean, as far as is known, does not occur in a truly 
wild state but it is widely cultivated by the natives of India 
and other tropical countries and runs wild everywhere. In the 
naturalized condition it has smaller pods but it can always be 
distinguished by its acuminate leaflets and the length of the 
hilum of its seeds: Messrs. Thomstone and Sawyer in their 
account of the Peas and Beans of- Burma (Bull. No. 12 of 1914 
of the Dept. of Agric. Burma), classify the well known forms of 
the species according to the colour of their flowers and seeds. 
But Var. 2 which has smaller and narrower pods is possibly 
another species (C. virosa, W. & A.). The Sword Bean a 
well be considered as derived originally from C. virosa, W. & 
When found as an escape from cultivation it is not easily 
distinguished from that species. 
5. C. regalis, Dunn, sp. nov., affinis C. gladiatae, DC., sed 
seminibus majoribus hiloque breviore differt. 
Herba perennis, scandens, 4-5 m. alta, primo pubescens, 
tandem calycibus exceptis - glaberrima. Folia pinnatim § tzi- 
foliolata; petioli foliis breviorse, sulcati; petioluli 1-1-5 cm. 
longi; stipulae et stipellae parvae, caducae; foliola ovata, apice 
acuta, basi obtusa, abrupte acuminata vel acuta, membranacea, 
lateralia paullo obliqua, 10-20 cm. longa. Racemi 10-14-flori; 
pedunculi racemis subaequales, foliis vix breviores; pedicelli e 
