196 L. LBGDMINOS^. (J. G. Bater.) [Ccmavalia. 



Dolichos gladiatus, Jacq. Ic. t. 560 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 300. 0. Loiireirii, G. 

 Bon Gen. Syst. ii. 363. 0. incurva, BC. loc. cit. — Rheede Hoi-t. Mai. viii. t. 44. 



East Himalayas to Ceylon and Siam, -wild and commonly cultiTated. — Disteib. 

 Everywhere in the Tropics. 



Stems wide-twining, perennial or biennial, glabrous. Stipules minute, deciduous ; 

 leaflets entire, ovate, membranous, glabrous, 4r-6 in. long. Peduncles and lacemes 

 each J— J ft. long ; pedicels very short, geminate from the very tumid nodes ; 

 bracteoles minute, ovate, caducous. Calyx |— J in., glabrous, the upper lip a third of 

 the length of the tube. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, red or white. 

 Pod 6-9 in. by 1-1^ in., glabrescent, rather recurved, 8-12-seeded. 



Vak. 1. virosa ; leaflets obovate or obovate-oblong smaller more obtuse glabrous, 

 axis of raceme more densely pubescent, pod 2-4 in. long 4^6-seeded, flowers smaller. 

 Dolichos virosus, Boxb. Hart. Beng. 55 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 301. C. virosa, W. ^ A. Prodr. 

 253 ; Bcdz. ^- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 69. — Perhaps rather the wild form of the plant than a 

 proper variety. Seeds said to be bitter in the variety, eatable in the type. 



Vae. 2. turgida, Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5534 (sp.) ; leaves like the last, but the 

 pod larger and more turgid, 3-5 in. by 1^2 in. broad. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 215. 

 C. Stocksii, Dais. ^- Giis. Bomb. Fl. 69 ? 



Tar. 3. mollis. Wall. Cat. 5533 (sp.) ; branches leaves and calyx densely clothed 

 with short grey pubescence, pod small oblong sbghtly downy till mature. W. 4' ■^• 

 Prodr. 253. — Nilghiris and Dindygul hills, in the Carnatic. 



2. C. obtusifolia, BC. Prodr. ii. 404 ; leaflets obovate obtuse sometimes 

 emarginate, racemes fevr-flowered, pod few-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5633 ; W. Sf A. 

 Prodr. 253; Clegh. in Madrai Jfoum., new series, vol. i. tab. iv. Dolichos 

 obcordatus and rotuiidifolius, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 55 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 302-3. 0. 

 rosea, lineata and rutilans, BC. loc. cit. Rhynchosia rosea, BC. Prodr. ii. 387. 



Coasts of Western Peninsula, Ceylon and IMalay Peninsula. — Diste^b. Cos- 

 mopolitan in the tropics. 



A glabrous perennial. Leaflets thicker than in the last, 2-4 in. long, more con- 

 spicuously veined, often as broad as long. Racemes usually overtopping the leaves. 

 Flower like that of the last, but the upper lip of the calyx rather shorter. Pod 4-5 

 in. by 1 in., glabrous, 4-6-seeded. 



71. DIOCIiEA, H.B.K. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, stipellate. Flowers blue or 

 white, in elongated racemes with thickened nodes ; bracts and bracteoles cadu- 

 cous. Calyx-tube campanvdate ; teeth as long as the tube, two upper quite 

 connate. Corolla little exserted ; petals about equal in length ; keel incurved, 

 but not beaked. Stamens monadelphous, but the uppermost free at the base ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary subsessUe, few-ovuled ; style incurved, beardless, 

 stigma capitate. Pod oblong, turgid, 1-2-seeded, flattened along the upper 

 suture. — DiSTETB. Species 16, all the others Tropical American. 



D. lasiocaepa. Mart., a common Tropical American species with lax racemes, 

 small bracts, densely fascicled pedicels as long as the glabrous calyx and 6-8-seeded 

 strap-shaped pods 4-6 in. long, is contained in the Concan collection of Br. Stocks, 

 probably introduced. 



1. D. reflex'a, Sook. Jil. Niger Flor. 306. Dolichos coriaceus. Grah. in 

 Wall. Cat. 5562. Dioclea javanica, Benth. PI. Jwngh. 236. D. Fergusomi, 

 Thwaites Enum. 412. 



Forests of Siihet, Hook. fil. S; Thomson. PENANa^ajid. Singapore, Wailich. 

 Tenasserim, Heifer. Ceylon, Ferguson. — Distrie. Malay isles, Trop. Africa, Trop. 

 America.' 



