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long, li"-9" wide, on very short petioles. Pedicels opposite, 1-flow- 

 ered, 3" -9" long. Flower almost 1' long. Calyx deeply 4-lobed, 

 subtended by a small deciduous bractlet ; the teeth nearly equal, about 

 as long as the tube ; the uppermost ovate, very obtuse, or slightly 

 emarginate ; the others acute. Corolla bright yellow ; standard obo- 

 vate. Ovary hirsute, many-ovuled. Style filiform, much longer than 

 the ovary, the upper part not thickened, the superior face strongly 

 bearded below the lateral stigma. Pod linear, elongated, 3' long, 3" 

 wide, flattened, nearly or quite straight, glabrate. Seeds 8 - 10, chest- 

 nut-brown, shining. 



On Mauna Loa, above Kllauea, Hawaii. East and "West Maul, Oahu, and Kauai. 



14. DOLICHOS Linn. 



Calyx campanulate, its teeth short, the two upper nearly or quite 

 united into one. Standard orbicular, appendaged at the base with 

 inflexed auricles. Wings adherent to the keel, which is much in- 

 curved and often beaked, but not spirally twisted. Stamen next the 

 standard free, often thickened at the base ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 many-ovuled. Style thickened in the upper part, and bearded under 

 the stigma, or with a tuft of hairs at the apex. Pod linear or falcate, 

 flattened, 2-valved, the sutures often thickened. Herbs or under- 

 shrubs, climbing, prostrate or somewhat erect. Leaves 3-foliolate, 

 stipellate. Stipules small. Flowers solitary or fascicled in the axils, 

 or fascicled-racemose on peduncles, violet, yellowish, or white. Bracts 

 and bractlets striate, usually small and caducous. 



A genus of several species, In the hot parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia, a few In 

 South America. 



1. D. LABLAB Linn. (Enum. No. 116.) A prostrate or climbing 

 stout perennial ; glabrous. Leaflets broadly triangular-ovate, obtuse 

 or acuminate, more or less truncate at the base, 2i'-4' long, and as 

 wide or a little less. Flowers racemosely fascicled along a stout 

 rachis, white or pale yellow, 6" -7" long, on short pedicels. Calyx 

 subtended by a somewhat persistent obovate bractlet. Calyx-lobes 

 broad and acute, except the upper one. Pod 3' or 4' long, 1' or less 

 wide, flattened, and tipped by the curved style. Seeds quite edible, 

 as beans. 



Pauoa Valley, Oahu, and other places on the Islands. Probably Introduced. Common 

 In many tropical countries. 



15. CAJANUS Linn. 



Calyx campanulate, 4-toothed or lobed, the upper lobe 2-toothed. 

 Standard orbicular, with inflexed auricles at the base, and 2 callosities 



