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Dolichos, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 

 Flowers by 1 — 3 clustered in the leaf-axils ; calyx-teeth about so long as the tube ; 



corolla yellow, I), biflorus. 



Flowers by 1 or 2 on a short axillary peduncle ; calyx-teeth shorter than the tube ; 



corolla reddish ? I), lanceolatus. 



1. D. bifloeus, L. sp. pi. 1023 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 313 ; Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. II. 210. (Glycine uniflora, Dalz. in Jcrarn. Linn. Soc. XIII. 146 

 cum icon.). 



Hab. Ava (teste Baker). 



2. D. lanceolatus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5547 ; Hf . Ind. Fl. II. 

 210. 



Hab. Prome Hills (Wall.).— Fl. Sept. Octob. 



Lablab, Savi. 



*1. L. vulgaris, Savi Dissert. 19. f. 8. a — c. ; Wight Icon. t. 57. 

 and 203. (Dolichos Lablab, L. sp. pi. 1019 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 305 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 896 ; Hf . Ind. Fl. II. 209. ; Dolichos purpureas, L. sp. pi. 

 1021 ; Smith Exot. Fl. t. 74 ; Bot. Beg. t. 830 ; Dolichos Bengalensis, 

 Jacq. Hort. Vindob. II. t. 124 ; Dolichos lignosus, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 

 307; Bot. Mag. t. 380). 



Hab. Generally cultivated in several varieties all over Burma and the 

 adjacent islands. — Fl. Fr. CS. 



Psophocarpus, Neck. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Bractlets shorter than the calyx; pods up to a foot long, 12 — 16 seeded, 



..P. tetragonolobus. 

 Bractlets as long or longer than the calyx ; pods 2 — 3 in. long, often only 5 — 6-seeded 



. . P. palustris. 



*1. P. tetragonolobus, DC. Prod. II. 403 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 211. 

 (Dolichos tetragonolobus, L. sp. pi. 1021 ?) . 



Hab. Prome and Martaban ; cultivated accord. Bevd. F. Mason. 



*2. P. palustris, Desv. in Ann. d. sc. nat. IX. 420 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. 

 II. 212. (Diesingia scandens, Endl. Atakt. I. t. 1 — 2 ; P. longepeduncu- 

 latus, Hassk. PI. Jav. rar. 388 ; Bak. in Fl. trop. Afr. II. 208 ; Dolichos 

 tetragonolobus, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 305, non Linn. ?) . 



Hab. Frequently cultivated all over Burma ; growing also like Avild 

 in the savannahs around villages along the Irrawaddi river. — Fl. Oct. Jan. ; 

 Fr. C. and HS. 



