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and incurved at the apex ; flowers erect. F; . r \ S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Lobus machaeroides, Rumpli. amb. 5. p. 135. 

 f. 1. Rheed. mal. 8. t. 45. Perhaps a proper species. 



SWrrf-podded Canavalia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1790. Sh. tw. 



5 C. ENSIFORMIS (D. C. prod. 2. PJQ 4.9 

 p. 404.) leaflets ovate, acute ; le- 

 gumes 10 times or more longer than 



they are broad. 0. ? 0> . S. Na- 

 tive of Malabar and the West In- 

 dies. Dolichos ensiformis, Lin. 

 spec, 1022. Lam. diet. 2. p. 295. 

 Dolichos acinaciformis, Jacq. coll. 

 1. p. 114. icon. rar. t. 559. 

 Rheed. mal. 8. t. 44. Sloan, hist, 

 jam. 1. t. 114. f. 1, 2, 3. Malo- 

 chia ensiformis, Savi, mem. 1825. 

 p. 1 . Flowers pale purple. Seeds 

 white, but having the hylum girded 

 with brick-colour. 



I'ar. ft, dlbida (D. C. 1. c.) flow- 

 ers and seeds white. Mucuna albi- 

 da, Moc. etSesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 



ns//brm-podded Canavalia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1778. PI. tw. 



6 C. LOURE'IRII; leaflets ovate, acute, wrinkled, glabrous; 

 legumes large, broad, thickest on the back ; stamens diadel- 

 phous. Tj . ^. S. Native of China and Cochin-china, where it 

 is cultivated for adorning arbours. Dolichos ensiformis, Lour, 

 coch. 437. Flowers purplish violet. 



Loureiro's Canavalia. Shrub tw. 



7 C. RU'TILANS (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets oval-oblong, obtuse ; le- 

 gumes straight, 4 times longer than broad. J? . ^. S. Native 

 of Mexico. Mucuna rutilans, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. 

 Flowers and seed of a reddish scarlet colour. 



Glittering Canavalia. Shrub tw. 



8 C. INCU'RVA (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets oblong, acute ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary ; legumes ensiform, incurved, acuminated. 7 . 

 ^. G. Native of Japan, about Nagasaki. Dolichos incurvus, 

 Thunb. fl. jap. 280. Herb glabrous. Legumes a span long. 

 Flowers purple. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from C. gladiata, 



/nc!<roed-podded Canavalia. PI. tw. 



9 C. LINEA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets ovate, obtuse, ending in 

 a lined acumen ; flowers racemose ; legumes oblong, acute, 

 with a straight back, but rounded in front. ' T? . ^. G. Native 

 of Japan, about Nagasaki. Dolichos lineatus, Thunb. fl. jap. 

 280. Flowers purple. Legumes 2 inches long. 



Lined-leaved Canavalia. PI. tw. 



IOC. ROSEA (D. C. 1. c.) stems creeping, and ascending ; leaf- 

 lets roundish, shining ; racemes longer than the leaves ; legumes 

 oblong, ending in a short acumen. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica, 

 in sand by the sea-side. Dolichos roseus, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 

 3. p. 1243. Flowers of a reddish blue-colour, rather coria- 

 ceous. 



^Rose-coloured-flowered Canavalia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. 

 PI. creeping. 



11 C. BONARIE'NSIS (Lindl. bot. reg. 1199.) leaflets ovate, 

 obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous, acuminate ; racemes drooping, 

 longer than the leaves ; lower lip of calyx furnished with one 

 tooth-like process ; ovary falcate, pubescent, 6-ovulate, on a 

 long villous stipe. Tj . ^\ G. Native of Buenos Ayres. Flowers 

 purple, large. 



Buenos Ayrcan Canavalia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1824. Sh. tw. 



Cult. Elegant twining or climbing plants, well adapted for 

 training up the rafters in a stove or greenhouse ; their culture 

 and propagation are the same as those for Dioclea, p. 362. 



CC. A'MPHODUS (from ap<f>i, amphi, on both sides, and 



oSovc, odons, a tooth ; in reference to the vexillum being fur- 

 nished with a tooth on each side at the base). Lindl. bot. reg. 

 1101. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelpfiia, Decandria. Calyx bractless, thrust in 

 at the base, bilabiate ; upper lip bidentate, lower one trifid, with 

 subulate segments. Corolla with a reflexed vexillum, which is 

 furnished with an inflexed tooth on each side at the base ; wings 

 and keel linear. Stamens diadelphous. Style filiform, glabrous, 

 crowned by a capitellate stigma. Legume linear-oblong, com- 

 pressed, wingless, torulose, many-seeded. Seeds oblong, com- 

 pressed, greenish brown, with a small linear hylum, and girded 

 by a thick white arillus. Cotyledons oblong. Radicle obtuse, 

 inflexed. A twining shrub, with pinnately-trifoliate leaves, sti- 

 pellate ovate leaflets, ending in a spine-like mucrone, and short 

 axillary racemes of large purple flowers. 



1 A. OVA'TUS (Lindl. 1. c.) J? . ^~\ S. Native of Trinidad. 

 Plant hairy in every part except the upper surface of the leaves. 



Ouafe-leaved Amphodus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. tw. 



Cult. See Mucuna for culture and propagation, p. 364-. 



CCI. MUCU'NA (Mucuna-guaca is the Brazil name of M. 

 urens). Adans. fam. 2. p. 325. Juss. ann. mus. 11. p. 76. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 404. Hornera, Neck. Stizolobium, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 299. Negretia, Ruiz et Pav. prod. t. 21. Citta. 

 Lour. Labradia, Swed. mat. med. Carpopogon, Roxb. hort. 

 beng. Macroceratkles, Raddi. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx campanuiate, bila- 

 biate ; lower lip trifid, with acute segments, the middle segment 

 drawn out most, upper lip broad, entire, and obtuse. Corolla with 

 assurgent vexillum, shorter than the wings and keel ; wings ob- 

 long, length of the keel, which is oblong, straight, and acute. 

 Stamens diadelphous, with 5 of the anthers oblong-linear, and 

 the other 5 ovate and hairy. Legume oblong, torose, 2-valved; 

 the seeds separated by cellular dissepiments. Seeds round, with 

 a linear hylum girded by a circular mark. Climbing herbs or 

 shrubs, with pinnately-trifoliate leaves, and axillary racemes, 

 which are usually pendulous when bearing the fruit. Legumes 

 hispid from innumerable brittle, stiff, stinging caducous bristles, 

 which easily penetrate the cuticle. 



SECT. I. ZOOPHTHA'LMUM (from wov, zoon, an animal, and 

 o(f>6d\fio, opthalmos, an eye ; in reference to the form of the 

 seeds, which resemble the eye of an animal). P. Browne, jam. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 405. Legumes with the furrows transversely 

 lamellose. 



1 M. U'RENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 405.) flowers racemose ; le- 

 gumes covered with stinging bristles ; leaflets clothed with shin- 

 ing tomentum beneath. Fj . ^. S. Native of the West Indies 

 and South America. Mucuna, Marcgr. bras. 19. Plum. amer. 

 t. 107. Pluk. phyt. t. 213. f. 2. Dolichos urens, Lin. spec. 

 1020. Jacq. amer. 202. t. 182. f. 84. Stizolobium urens, Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 299. Flowers large, white or yellow, with the lower 

 edge of the wings red. The seeds from their resemblance to an 

 eye are called by the French Ycux-bourrique, or ass's eye, and 

 for the same reason they have the name ox-eye-bean in our co- 

 lonies in the West Indies. 



Burning Cow-itch or Ox-eye-bean. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1691. Shrub cl. 



2 M. M6LHS (D. C. 1. c.) flowers disposed in globose heads 

 on the tops of the peduncles ; bracteas ovate, acutish ; legumes 

 clothed with dense silky tomentum, oblong, acinaciform, 6- 

 celled ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, hairy above, but clothed with 

 silky rufescent tomentum beneath. Fj . ^\ S. Native of New 

 Granada, on mount Quindiu, in temperate places. Negretia 

 mollis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 444. 



Soft Cow- itch. Shrub cl. 

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