Canavalia 



LEGUMINOS^ 



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Stem often several feet long, glabrescent. Leaflets 5-10 cm. 1. Racemes 

 1*5-3 dm. 1. Flowers vio\ei-ro%j. Calyx 1-1 ■ 5 cva. \. CoroZia : standard, 

 apex emarginate, with small infolded auricles and 2 prominent calli at the 



Fig. \Q.— Canavalia altissima Macf. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence x f . E, Wings, keel, stamens, and pistil 



B, Single flower x 3. pulled apart X 1^. 



C, Calyx X 1*. F, Pod x J. 



D, Standard x U. 



base, 2 "5-3 '5 cm. 1. ; keel-petals united about the middle, as long as the 

 wings, shorter than the standard, curved. Filaments of stamens all united. 

 Pod l*5--5 dm. 1., 3-2*5 cm. br., linear-oblong, straight; glabrescent. 

 Seeds chestnut-coloured, 1-25-1 "5 cm, 1. 



2. C. ensiforrais DC. Prodr. ii. 404 (1825); stem twining; 

 leaflets ovate-elliptical, acute to acuminate, mucronate, glab- 

 rescent ; racemes many-flowered ; upper lip of calyx about as 

 long as the tube ; standard auriculate ; pod many -seeded, ribs 

 near (3-8 mm.) to the margin. — -Macf.. Jam. i. 291; Bah. torn, 

 cit. 195, C. gladiata DC. loc. cit. (1825); Macf. loc. cit. ; Wight 

 Ic. in. t. 753 ; Benth. loc. cit. ; Griseh. loc. cit. Phaseolus maximus 

 siliqua ensiformi & semine albo &c. Sloane Cat. 68 & Hist. i. 177, 

 t. 114, /. 1, 2, 3. P. suberectus major &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 291. 

 Dolicbos ensiformis L. Sp. PI. 725 (1753). D, gladiatus Jacq. 

 Collect, ii. 276 (1788) & Ic. PI. Bar. Hi. t. 560. Type in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit, and specimen from Jacquin's Herb. 



Horse Bean, Overlook Bean, Sword Bean, Jack Bean. 

 Sloane Herb. iii. 67 I Macfadyen ; Maroon Town, St. James, Knollys ! — 

 Tropics. 



