FABACEiE. 235 



§. spodiosperma. Seeds grey ; flowers red. Pegu. Silhet. Not cul- 

 tivated. 



2. virosa, W. and A. {pr. 1, ;;. 253 ; excl. syn. Rumph. — /. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 53. — C. gladiata. Q, DC. pr. 2, p. 404. — Dolichos virosus, 

 Eoxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 301. — D. ensiformis. Lour. ex. pte. — Rheed. 8, t. 

 45.) ^t«r f^ Kalo-shim. ^f^HT Kat-shim. 0^ /-n Cochin China. 

 Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. large, rose purplish, 

 R. S. ; fr. C. S. Considered by the Natives a poisonous plant. 



3. obtusifolia, DC. {pr. 2, p. 404 ,— W. and A. pr. 1, p. 253 ;— /. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 53. — Dolichos obtusifolius, ham. — D. rotundi- 

 folius, Vahl. ;—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. S02 ;— Rheed. 8, t. 43.) 

 cf' /-\ Coromandel. The Concans. Fl. large, bluish rose, R. S. ; 

 fr. C. S. 



4. obcordata, (Dolichos obcordatus, Roxb.fl. ind. 3, p. 303.) 2/. ^-n China. 

 Fl. large, red violet, odoriferous, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



5. mollis, Wight and Am. ^. Neelgherries. Dindygul. 

 G.incana, Wall. {Buchanan. 1814.) 



7. bracteata, Wall. Goruckpur. Mountains near Ava. 

 MucuNA, Adans, {DC.pr. 2, p. 404 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 253.) 



1. monosperma, {DC. o. c. p. 406 ; — W. and A. o. c. p. 254 ; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 53; — Wight, icon. 1, t. 35; — Hook. Bot. Misc. 2, p. 

 346; suppl. t. 12. — Carpopogon monospermum, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 

 283.) % '^ Coromandel. Bombay. Khassya Mountains. Assam. 

 Kheree jungle. Deyra-Dhoon. Fl. large, dark purple, C. S. ; fr. H. 

 S. Produces the Brahminee vegetable called Negro Bean. {Dr. 

 Lush.) Cattle do not eat it. 



2. atropurpurea, DC. {pr. 2, p. 406; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 254; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 53. — Carpopogon ati'opurpureum, Roxb. fl. ind. 

 3, p. 287.) 2f. v_/ Courtallum, Travancore. S. Concan. Fl. large, 

 dark-purple, Feb. and March ; fr. R. S. 



S.gigantea, DC. {pr. 2, p. 404; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 254; — Hook. 

 Bot. Misc. 2, p. 357 ; suppl. t. 14 ;— 7. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 53.-— 

 Dolichos giganteus, Willd. — Carpopogon giganteum, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. 

 p. 287 ; — Rheed. 8, t. 36.) % /^ Negapatam. The Concans. Soonder- 

 buns. Fl. large, sulphur-coloured, R. and C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



A. pruritus. Hook. {Bot. Misc. 2; suppl. t. 13; — W. and A. pr. I, 

 p. 255; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 53. — Carpopogon pruriens. Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 3, p. 283; excl. syn. L. — Rheed. 8, t. 35 ; — Rumph. 5, t. 142.) 

 ^t«I<P'^ Alkushee. Cow Itch. © /-^ Moluccas. Both Peninsulas of 

 India. Bengal, (Seramiiore.) Assam. Kheree jungle. Deyrah-Dhoon. 

 Fl. large, dark purple, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



b.utilis. Wall. {Wight, icon. 1, t. 280.) Pois noir de Bourbon. /^ 

 Extensively cultivated in the Mauritius and Van Diemen's Land as a 

 table vegetable, and also as fodder for cattle. Fl. very large, dark 

 purple blackish, R. and C. S. ; fr. Feb. and March. Certainly dif- 



