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The confusion has evidently arisen on account of the uncer- 
tainty as to the identity of the plant described by LINNAEUS as 
D. lignosus. There is no cut accompanying this description, but 
LINNAEUS refers to an earlier publication by himself (Hort. Cliff. 
Gr Macecte tant At Rime Reden fe 
Fic. 1.—Tracing of specimen of Dolichos may identified and described by 
LrynaeEvs; from specimen in herb. Linnean Societ 
360. t. 20) and to “Eichr. Carol. 36.” This latter publication 
has not been available, but the former has been examined carefully. 
Fig. 3 is a reproduction of a photostat copy of LINNAEUS’ figure 
in Hort. Cliff. 360 t. 20. The description accompanying this 
plate was much more full and complete than that in the Species 
Plantarum of 1753, and moreover was evidently made from a 
