LEGUMINOS^;. CXCI. DOLICHOS. 



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31 D. MOXACHA'LIS (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 125.) stem herba- 

 ceous, erect, twining a little ; leaflets ovate, acute, glabrous ; pe- 

 duncles 4-6-flowered, longer than the leaves after flowering; 

 legumes almost terete, a little arched, glabrous, at length pendu- 

 lous. . / ^ > - H. Native of Portugal, and cultivated in moist 

 valleys for the sake of its seeds, which are dressed and eaten by 

 the inhabitants. Flowers pale yellow striped with purple. 

 Stigma ending in a callous spur. Seeds white, girded by a 

 black ring around the hylum. Said to be a hybrid between D. 

 Catidng and D. Sinensis. 



Monk's Dolichos. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. | foot. 



32 D. SINE'NSIS (Lin. amoen. 4. p. 326. but not of Forsk.) 

 stems twining, herbaceous, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, acuminated ; 

 peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves; legumes terete, 

 torulose, pendulous. . '~ > . H. Native of the East Indies and 

 China. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 71. Lour. coch. 436. Sims, hot. 

 mag. 2232. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 134. Dolichos cylindricus, 

 Moench. Flowers pale violet or flesh-coloured. Seeds white or 

 red. Legume 1-2 feet long, eatable when young. 



China Dolichos. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1776. PL tw. 



33 D. NILOTICUS (Delil. fl. aegypt. 109. t. 38. f. 1.) stems 

 twining, herbaceous, pubescent; hairs adpressed, reflexed ; leaf- 

 lets ovate, acuminated ; peduncles naked at the base ; flowers 

 spicate; legumes almost cylindrical, villous, pendulous. 0. / ~ > - 

 H. Native of Egypt. D. Sinensis, Forsk. descr. 132. but not 

 of Lin. Flowers yellow, with the vexillum painted with lines. 



Nile Dolichos. PI. tw. 



34 D. LU'BIA (Forsk. descr. 133.) stems diffuse, glabrous ; 

 leaflets ovate ; peduncles very long ; flowers disposed in spicate 

 racemes; legumes straight, terete, compressed, scabrous, 10- 

 seeded. O. H. Native of Egypt, and where it is cultivated 

 for the sake of the legumes, which are dressed and eaten by the 

 inhabitants. Flowers yellow. Lubia is the Arabic name of the 

 plant. 



Lubia Dolichos. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. diffuse. 



35 D. VEXILLA'TUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 440.) stems twining, and are, as well as the petioles, clothed with 

 retrograde hairs ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, mucronate, strigose, 

 somewhat 3-nerved ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; lobes of 

 calyx subulately-acuminated ; legumes terete, hairy. Q. ^. S. 

 Native of South America. Flowers greenish. 



Var. a; leaflets acuminated; peduncles 3-4-flowered. Q. 

 ^\ S. Native of Cuba, about the Havannah. Phaseolus vexil- 

 latus, Lin. spec. 1017. Dill. hort. elth. 2. f. 302. 



Var. fi ; leaflets obtuse ; peduncles 2-flowered. H. B. et 

 Kunth, 1. c. Native of Caraccas. 



Large-bannered Dolichos. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. PI. tw. 



36 D. CYLI'NDRICUS (Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occid. p. 61.) stems 

 woody, twining, hairy ; leaflets oblong, acute, beset with a few 

 rusty pili beneath ; pedicels elongated ; flowers sub-umbellate ; 

 legume cylindrical, elongated, hairy ; seed dark, numerous, 15- 

 20, minute. Jj . ^ S. Native of Guiana. 



Cylindrical-podded Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



37 D. RE'PENS (Lin. amcen. 5. p. 402.) stems creeping; leaf- 

 lets pubescent, ovate ; flowers twin, disposed in racemes ; le- 

 gumes linear, terete, y.. S. Native of Jamaica, by the sea-side. 

 The root is a strong purgative. 



Creeping-stemmed Dolichos. PL cr. 



* * Leaflets lobed. 



38 D. LOBA'TUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1047.) stem twining; 

 lateral leaflets 2-lobed, terminal one 3-Iobed, with the middle 

 lobe mucronate ; flowers racemose. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. D. trilobus, Houtt. pfl. syst. 8. p. 860. t. 64. f. 1. Thunb. 

 prod. 130? Flowers yellow or purple. 



Zo&erf-leafletted Dolichos. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PL tw. 



39 D. AROE'NTEUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1047.) stems twining, 

 clothed with rusty villi ; leaflets rather angular, clothed with 

 silky villi beneath, terminal one 3-lobed ; peduncles 2-flowered, 

 shorter than the petioles. 7 . / "\ S. Native of Guinea. Flowers 

 yellow ? 



Silvery Dolichos. PL tw. 



40 D. ? TRILOBA'TUS (Lin. mant. 1. p. 101.) stems prostrate; 

 leaflets lobed ; peduncles 3-flowered, longer than the leaves'. 

 0. S. Native of the East Indies. Glycine triloba, Lin. mant. 

 510. Pluk. aim. t. 120. Flowers small, yellow. Perhaps a 

 species of Glycine. 



Three-lobed-leafietted Dolichos. PL pros. 



41 D. ? ANGULOSUS (D. C. prod. 2, p. 399.) stems decum- 

 bent ; lateral leaflets 2-lobed, terminal one parabolical ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers capitate. Native of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Phaseolus vexillatus, Walt. fl. car. but not of Lin. ex 

 Pursh. Glycine angulosa, Muhl. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 105(5. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. 



Angular-leafietted. Dolichos. FL Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PL dec. 



42 D. PALMATI'FIDUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 399.) stem twining, glabrous ; leaflets 3-nerved, 3- 

 lobed, rarely 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, mucronate; peduncles longer 

 than the leaves ; flowers racemose. Tj . *"*. S. Native of 

 Mexico. Coen or Coentic, Hern. mex. 252. f. 2. Flowers 

 bluish. Legume teretely-compressed, straight. 



Palmatifid-\eaved Dolichos. Shrub tw. 



SECT. III. UNGUICULA'RIA (from unguicularis, of a claw or 

 unguis ; in reference to the legumes being terminated by an un- 

 guiculate callous beak). Legumes almost cylindrical, obtuse at 

 the apex, and ending in a depressed, callous, somewhat ungui- 

 culate beak, which is rather concave beneath. Leaflets entire. 



43 D. UNGUICULA'TUS (Jacq. hort. vind. 1. t. 23.) stem twin- 

 ing, and is, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; peduncles length of 

 the leaves, bearing at the apex 2-3 flowers in a kind of umbel ; 

 legume ending in a recurved beak. O- ^. S. Native of Bar- 

 bados. Flowers whitish. Seeds ovate, white, or pale brown, 

 with a snow white hylum. 



Unguiculated-podded Dolichos. Fl. Ju.Jul. Clt. 1780. PL tw. 



44 D. TRANQUEBA'RICUS (Jacq. hort. vind. 3. t. 70.) stem 

 twining, and is, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; peduncles length 

 of the leaves, bearing 3-4 flowers at the apex in a kind of um- 

 bel ; legumes ending in a straight beak. O- / ~ > - S. Native of 

 Tranquebar. Flowers bluish violet, with a white keel. Le- 

 gumes more slender than those of the preceding species. Seeds 

 pale brown, but rather blackish around the white hylum. 



Tranquebar Dolichos. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. PL tw. 



45 D. MELANOPHTHA'LMUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 400.) stem twin- 

 ing, and is, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; peduncles length of 

 the leaves, bearing 2-3 flowers at the apex in a kind of umbel ; 

 legumes ending in a straight or somewhat recurved beak. 0. 

 / "\ H. Cultivated in Vascony, where it is called Habinc, and 

 iu Italy, where it is called Faseola a I'occhio nero. D. ungui- 

 culatus, Thor. chl. land. 306. Seeds white, but marked with 

 a black circle around the snow white hylum. 



Black-eyed-seeded Dolichos. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1800. PL tw. 



46 D. SESQUIPEDA'LIS (Lin. spec. 1019.) stem twining, gla- 

 brous ; leaflets broad, ovate ; legumes almost cylindrical, smooth, 

 very long, torulose, and ending in a hooked mucrone. . r *. S. 

 Native of South America. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. t. 67. Flowers 

 of a purplish blue colour. Legumes a foot and a half in length. 



Foot-and-a-half-long-podded Dolichos. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1781. 

 PL tw. 



47 D. UMBELLA'TUS (Thunb. in Lin. trans. 2. p. 339.) stems 

 twining, and are villous, as well as the leaves; peduncles flex- 

 uous, longer than the leaves ; flowers disposed in a kind of um- 



