Canavalia.) LEGUMINOS. 393 
striate. Sepals af connate in a small campanulate — lobes 
subequal or the 2 upper shorter and distinct, or the 2 upper 
connate. Petals little exserted; standard obovate, oe at 
the base, not appendaged; wings narrow, adnate to keel; keel 
shorter than wings, almost straight, obtuse. Stamens 10, connate 
Ovary sessile, many-ovuled; style short, thick, curved, beardless ; 
stigma terminal, capitate. Fruit a linear flattish pod, septate 
within, tipped by the hooked persistent style. Sceds slightly 
oblong; hilum lateral small; strophiole 
sete small, acute or subobtuse ; racemes elongated, usually 
talked :— 
bE membranous, sparsely hirsute; calyx-teeth as long as = 
AS. 
Leaflets subcoriaceous, densely pubescent beneath ; calyx-teeth aM 
MRA be nc assee i gol ch nsiden ic DAE eM TICE SIRE Te Mboet debilis 
Leaflets large, acuminate or acute; racemes congested, senile : 
ealyx-teeth shorter than tube cibeus bab buswortabals +s fl@ieete 
510. TrRaMNus LABIALIS Spreng.; F. B. I. ii, 184. Glycime 
A slen ies. 
511. Teramnus pepruis Prain. . labialis var. mollis F. B. I. 
ii. 184. Glycine “delilie F. I. iii. 318. 
C. and E. Bengal. 
A slender eerie g species. 
Beng. Mashan 
512. Trramnus FLEXILIS Benth. ; F. B. I. ii. 185. 
Sundribuns ; on 
A rather robust twining apetal: 
240. Canavalia DC. 
Large twining or prostrate herbs; leaves sin 8-foliolate, 
leaflets eglandular ; stipules small, sometimes art-like or obsolete; ; 
i lat i 
racemes, fascicled on a nodose rachis; bracts minute; bracteoles 
caducous. Sepals 5, connate in a tube; limb oblique 2-lipped, 
upper lip projecting entire or emarginate, lower shortly 3-too 
or entire, much smaller. Petals much exserted ; standard large, 
suborbicular, reflexed ; wings narrow, free from the wider obtuse or 
