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than halfway round the circumference. — Gray, Bot. U.S. E. E. p. 439, — 
Mann, Fl. Haw. Islds. p. 59. — Dolichos altissimus, Nps 
waii! Hilo and Puna, in Vo-atandgener groves; Kauai, in the deep gulches of the 
e: vs unaloa», — Probably iadioen tek in Brazil, 
but found also in the Society ade Viti I 
14. CANAVALIA, Adans. 
Calyx tubular-campanulate, oe 2 upper lobes united into a large entire 
or 2-lobed upper lip, the 3 lower teeth very small, free or united into 
Standard large and biked” Wings and keel free, curved or some- 
hoes slightly twisted. Upper stamen free at the base, united with the 
others in the middle. Style filiform, or cant thickened in the upper 
part, with a terminal stigma. Pod oblong linear, usually large, 
flattened or rarely turgid, with a prominent wing or rib on each side 
of the upper suture. Seeds with a linear rhaphe. — Trailing or twin 
herbs. Leaflets 3, with small subulate stipellae; the ipa sal 
very small. Peduncles axillary, bearing in the upper part a few 1—3- 
flowered nodes. Flowers rather large, pink, purple or white. cbeeebiles 
Ce ntact 
us not numerous in species, but widely dispersed over tropical and subtropica) 
Asia, res and America 
1. C, galeata, Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyc. p. 486, adnot. — Stem woody at t 
fe se, slender, twining on trees, often to a great height, the young cm 
pubescent, but soon glabrate. Leaflets ovate, 3—5/ X 1'/2—2!/2’, on 
petiolules of 3“, apiculate or acuminate, membranous, glabrous. Petiole 
21/,—41/2/ long; the stipules at its base very short (*/2“) and thick, 
auricular; the stipellae at the base of the terminal petiolule subulate, a 
Peduncle 4—8/ long, with 2 warts at the base and often a gland in front 
above it, puberulous, with 3 to 9 short or elongate nodes near the apex, 
each bearing from 3 to 1 flowers, but entirely naked below. Pedicels 
Ye—2" with 2 small warts at the base, the calycine bracteoles ovate 
obtuse, 1. Calyx 10”, its upper lip broad, helmet-shaped, recurved, 6 “ 
high and 8—10” broad when expanded, emarginate, the 3 oer teeth 
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the ‘ais: Standard obovate, recurved, emarginate or bifid. Wings and 
keel curved, not twisted, obtuse, on above the claws, nearly as long 
as Arn standard, or the wings shorter. Anthers ovoid, versatile, all equal. 
stigma punuis dilated. Pod coriaceous, shortly 
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pubescent ; 
variance. linear- re 4—6' 
apiculate. Seeds 4—8, oblong, 8—10“, pale. — Gray, Bot. U 
p- 441. — Mann, bs Haw. Islds. p. 60. — Vogel, in Linnaea, X 
Dolichos erang Gaud. 1. c. p. 486, tab. 115. —- Canavalia Gaudichaudii, 
dl. i r. Ins. Austral. —- Mrs. Sinclair, pl. 6 
On all ioe in invents up to 2000 ft. Nat. names: cAwikiwiki>, and «Puakauhi> in 
ned Not yet found elsewhere. 
