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(4) D. ratcatus. (Herb. Madr. } 
Ident. W.& A. prod. 1. p. 249.—Dec. prod. IE. p. 398.— 
Roxb. fi. Ind. ITI. p. 311. ° 
Spec. Cuar. Root perennial, tuberous: stems twining: leaf- 
TIets somewhat roundish-ovate, acuminated, terminal one more or 
less 3-lobed: stipules sessile, reflexed: peduncles. slender, 2-8- 
flowered at the apex = vexillum breadly-ovate, shortly 2-spurred at 
the base, with 2 long callosities extending hal! way up the limb 
and projecting inwards at the apex: Keel much falcate; stigma 
capitate, woolfy: legume linear, falcate, glabrous, 4-8-seeded' ;, 
valves flat: flowers large, bluish-purple. 
Peninsula, flowering in the cold season. 
(5) D. suscarnosus. (W. § A.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 249. 
Sprc. Cuar. Twining: leaflets broadly-ovate, mucronulate, 
somewhat fleshy, termimal one deltoid: stipules sessile, ovate, stri+ 
ated: racemes few-flowered, much longer than the leaves: legumes 
Jong-linear, straight, pointed with the slightly recurved base of the: 
style, glabrous, many-seeded: valves a little convex, 
Peninsula. 
(6) D. prnosus. (Rowbd.); 
Ident. W. & A. prod. T. -p. 249.—Roxb. fl. Ind, IIT. p. 312. 
—Dec. prod. II. p. 397. : 
Srec. Crar. Perennial, twining, pubescent: leaflets ovate- 
lanceolate : stipules sessile, lanceolate: racemes short, axillary = 
wings about half the length of the other petals, angled, with a spur 
at the base on the one side and another on the other side near the 
apex: vexillum broadly-ovate: stigma bearded: legume long, 
straight, cylindric, pointed, very hairy, 8—12-seeded, much inter~ 
cepted between the seeds; flowers large, blue. 
Ciscars. Travancore. Flowering in the rainy season. 
GENUS XLIIL LABLAB. 
Diadelphia Decandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Said to be the Arabic name of the Convoloulus, perhaps 
on account of its twining habits. 
Gen. Cuan. Herbaceous or perennial plants: leaves pinnately 
trifoliolate: calyx with 2 bracts, 4-eleft ; 3 lower segments acute; 
the upper broad: corolla papilionaceous > vexillum. channelled at 
the base:.upper part of the style bearded on the under side: le~ 
gumes tubercled or muricated along the sutures. 
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