390 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Pachyrhizus. 
ovuled; style somewhat thickened and subcircinate upwards, 
longitudinally bearded below the introrse globose stigma. Fruit 
a linear turgid pod, occluded but not truly septate within, valves 
externally depressed between the seeds. Seeds ovate or sub- 
orbicular compressed ; hilum small ; strophiole 0. : 
503. Pachyruizus ancunatus Rich.; F. B. I. ii. 207; E. D. 
P.1. Dolichos bulbosus F. I. iii. 309. 
Cultivated, fairly generally. 
A climber with somewhat woody stems, and a large 
tuberous root. Beng. Sankalu. 
235. Dolichos Linn. 
Herbs or undershrubs, twining prostrate or suberect; leaves pi 
nately 3-foliolate, leaflets eglandular ; stipules small, subpersistent 
stipels subulate. Flowers axillary, solitary or fascicled, or fascicu- 
lately racemed on axillary peduncles with nodes tumid or not; 
bracts and bracteoles minute, subpersistent. Sepals 5, connate m 
a campanulate tube; lobes very short, usually obtuse, the 2 upper 
connate in an entire or emarginate very short lip. Petals much 
exserted, usually subequal; standard orbicular, auriculate at base; 
wings falcate, obovate, adnate to keel; keel much incurved, often 
beaked, beak straight. Stamens 10; vexillary filament free, 
thickened or appendaged at base, the others connate in a sheath; 
anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, many-ovuled; style thickened 
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Style clavate, thickened upwards, bearded along the inner face; ig 
oblong recurved, 2-4-seeded :-— 
Pods tapering to the apex ; seeds with long axis parallel to the pas : 
Pods abruptly truncated at apex: seeds with long axis across the pods 
Lab 
lab var. ligne’ 
Style filiform throughout, penicillate round the stigma; pods ae 
Pods recurved, few-seeded ; flowers 1-3, axillary ......s0-00--+ bi, : 
Pods straight or nearly so, many-seeded; flowers numerous, © 
peduncled racemes subcarnoss: 
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