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Canavalia, Adans. 

 Conspectus of Species. 

 Subg. 1. Eu-canavalia. Pods more or less dimidiate, ■with. 2 parallel wings along 

 the upper suture, glahrous or glabrescent. 



* Seeds an incJi long or slightly longer. 



Pods \ — 2 feet long, linear-oblong ; seeds red or white, C. ensiformis. 



* * Seeds only \ in. long. 



Leaflets shortly acuminate or apiculate ; standard an inch long ; seeds light grey, 



. . C. virosa. 



Leaflets apicxdate ; standard § in. long or shorter ; seeds dark brown, C. turgida. 



Leaflets oboval, refuse or rounded ; standard an inch long ; seeds grey, . . C. obtusifolia. 



Subg. 2. Dysolobium, Bth. Pods terete, straight or slightly curved, obtusely 

 2-keeled along both sutures, but not winged, densely hirsute to velvety. 

 Shortly pubescent; corolla an inch long or longer; style bearded ; pods velvety, G. grandis. 

 Glabrescent ; corolla hardly \ in. long ; pod as in preceding, but more densely velvety, 



style villous round the stigma, C. lucens. 



*'l. C. enszfobmis, DC. Prod. II. 404 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4027 ; Bak. 

 in Fl. trop. Afr. II. 190 and Ind. PL II. 195. {Doliclios ensiformis, L. 

 sp. pi. 1022 ; O. gladiata, DC. 1. c. ; Wight Icon. t. 753 ; Doliclios gla- 

 diatus, Jacq. Icon. rar. III. t. 560 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 300). 



Yar. a. ebythbospebha, Yoigt Hort. Calc. 234, seeds red ; flowers 

 red or white. 



Var. /?. eeucospebma, Voigt Hort. Calc. 234, seeds and flowers 

 white ; pods abont 2 feet long. 



Hab. Generally cultivated all over Burma, especially in the plains ; 

 often springing up in poonzohs and neglected gardens. — Fl. BS. ; Fr. CS. 



2. C. tibosa, WA. Prod. I. 253 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 216. {Do- 

 liclios virosus, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 301 ; O. ensiformis, var. 1. virosa, Bak. 

 in Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 196). 



Hab. Amongst shrubbery along the outskirts of the upper mixed for- 

 ests along the Arracan coast, and most probably elsewhere. — Fl. Close of 

 BS. ; Fr. Jan. 



3. C. TUBaiDA, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5534 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 

 215. (C. ensiformis, var. 2. turgida, Bak. in Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 196). 



Hab. Frequent in the leaf-shedding forests, and more especially in 

 shrubbery along streamlets, in hedges, etc., all over Burma, from Chitta- 

 gong and Prome down to Tenasserim and the Andamans. — Fl. Close of 

 BS. ; Fr. CS. 



4. C. obtusifolia, DC. Prod. II. 404 ; Clegh. in Madr. Journ. new 

 ser. I. t. 4 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 196. {Doliclios rotundifolius, Vhl. Symb. 

 II. 81 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 302). 



Hab. Common on the sand-beaches all along the coasts of Arracan 

 and the Andamans. — Fl. Close of BS. : Fr. CS. 



