PHASEOLUS. 



Hilum of" the seed oval-oblong. Herbaceous or suffrutescent 

 plants. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets with partial sti- 

 pules. Racemes axillary. Pedicels usually in pairs, 1 -flow- 

 ered. W. and A. 



523. P. radiatus Linn. sp. pi. 1017. DC. prodr. ii. 395. 

 W. and A. i. 246. (Dill. elth. t. 315. f. 304.) East Indies. 



Stems diffuse, flexuose, and with the petioles and peduncles verv 

 hairy ; the hairs long and pointing downwards. Leaflets hairy ; lateral 

 ones obliquely ovate, pointed; terminal one rhomboid-oblong, the 

 angle on each side rounded and resembling a small lobe; stipules 

 oblong-lanceolate, pointed, attached below their middle. Peduncles 

 about the length of the petioles. Flowers capitate. Legume very 

 hairy, cylindrical, about 2 inches long and 2 lines broad, 6-8-seeded, 

 spreading. W.andA. Roots narcotic. Royle. 



524. P. trilobus Wittd. iii. 1035. DC. prodr. ii. 394. W. 

 and A. i. 246. Roxb.fi. ind. iii. 298. Dolichos trilobus Linn, 

 mant. 101. DC. prodr. ii. 399. Burm.fi. ind. t. 50. f. 1. 

 D. stipulaceus Lam. enc. meth. ii. 300. East Indies. 



Herbaceous, procumbent, diffuse. Petioles long; leaflets much 

 shorter, roundish and entire, or 3-lobed ; middle lobe cuneate-ovate or 

 obovate, narrowed towards the base ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, at- 

 tached below their middle ; peduncles long, ascending. Flowers few, 

 small, somewhat capitate. Legume cylindrical, glabrous, or slightly 

 hairy. W. and A. Leaves considered by Hindoo practitioners cooling, 

 sedative, antibilious and tonic, and useful as an application to weak eyes. 



MUCUNA. 



Calyx with 2 very caducous bracteoles as long as the tube, 

 campanulate, bilabiate : upper lip broad, entire or emarginate : 

 lower trifid, the middle segment the longest. Corolla papilio- 

 naceous : vexillum cordate, incumbent on the alae, much shorter 

 than them and the keel, without callosities : alae oblong-linear, 

 connivent, sometimes slightly cohering together by their spurs 

 between the vexillum and keel: keel straight below, slightly 

 falcate in the upper part, terminated by a smooth polished acute 

 beak. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1), alternately longer: an- 

 thers alternately longer and ovate. Style long and slender ; its 

 lower part hairy, upper glabrous. Stigma small. Legume li- 

 near, oblong, or roundish, few (l-S)-seeded, with partitions be- 

 tween the seeds, polished within. Seeds oval, roundish, or 

 reniform, with a narrow oblong or linear hilum. Twining plants. 

 Leaves pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets with partial stipules. Ra- 

 cemes elongated or short and umbel-like, often pendulous when 

 in fruit Legumes usually densely clothed with rigid brittle 

 sharp hairs. W. and A. 



525. M. Prurita Hook. hot. misc. ii. 348. Muc. pruriens Id. 

 suppl. t. 13. W. and A. \. 255, Carpopogon pruriens Roxb. 

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