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DOLI Cc HOS HIRTUS. 
_ Harry-stemmed Dolichos. 
CLASS XVII...ORDER IV. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Chives in two sets. Ten Chives. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Vexiitvm callis duobus.ad basin, parallelis, ob- ) Stanpaxp with two callosities at the base; 
-longis, alis subtus comprimentibus. parallel, and of an oblong form ; the wings 
beneath binding together. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Douicuos hirtus; caule volubili, tecto ferrugi- Doticnos with a hairy stem: the stalk is twins 
neis pilosis; floribus luteis striatis rubris ; ing, and covered with rusty hairs: flowers 
_ foliis ternatis; foliolis sub-cordatis, subtus are yellow, and striped with red: leaves 
-pilosis ; stipulis duabus ad basin ; radice tube- ternate ; leaflets nearly heart-shaped, and 
TOS, * ‘ hairy beneath, with two stipule at their 
base : root tuberous. 
REE 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The cup. 
2. The standard. 
3. One of the wings shown from the inside 
' 4. The keel. . 
5. The chives and pointal. 
6. The chives spread open. 
7. The seed-bud and pointal. 
Tus handsome twining plant was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope to the gardens of G. Hib- 
bert, esq. about the year 1802, and flowered very luxuriantly, but did not perfect any of its seeds nor 
“make any approach towards it, as the flowers with their empalements all fell off together immediately . 
aftes flowering ; and for the last three or four years the plant (although apparently in a healthy state) has 
aires ted the least appearance of bloom 3 and we are inclined to think it might possibly succeed better 
with the careful treatment of the dry stove than with its present situation in the hot-house ; and if upon 
ie eniment it should prove successful, it would then doubtless become a plant in request by many cue. 4 
_ tivators who # 
whilst it remains a hot-house plant cannot give it a place in their collection 
This genus approaches so near to that of Phaseolus, that we cannot help thinking one generic title 
would have been sufficient for them both. 
