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(1) L. vurearis. (Savi.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 250.—Deec. prod. IL. p. 410. 
Syn. L. Nankinicus, Savi. Dec. J. c. p. 402.—L. leucocarpus, 
Savi.—L. microcarpus, Dee. 1. c.—L. perennans, Dee. 1. c.—Doli- 
chos Lablab, Linn. Roxb. ft. Ind. III. p. 305.—D. spicatus, Koen. 
—D. albus, Zowr.—D. Bengalensis, Jacg.—D. purpureus, Jaeq.. 
frag.—D. tetraspermus, Willd. Dec. prod. 11. p. 397. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 57 and 203.—Rumph. Amb. V. t. 
141. f. 1, t. 37, t. 186.—Bot. Reg. X. t. 880.—Bot. Mag. XXIII. 
t. 896. 
Spre. Cuar. Annual or perennial, twining: stipules spreading: 
leaflets entire: vexillum patent with 4 callosities, thé upper pair 
prominent: keel faleate, bent in at a right angle : racemes axillary, 
elongated: pedicels short and aggregated on alternate glandular 
knobs: braeteoles broadly-oval, about as long as the ealyx : legumes 
broadly scimitar-shaped, gibbous below the apex and ending ab- 
ruptly ina straight of recurved cuspidate point: seeds longitudi- 
nally oval: flowers white or purple or red. 
There are about six or seven varieties of this species, which are 
much cultivated for their seeds which are much eaten by the natives, 
The plant is common about Serampore, near Samuleotteh and the 
Coromandel coast, and flowers in the cold season. The L. culéra-~ 
tus, (Dec.) which is also cultivated and of which there are fixe or 
six varieties is a native of Japan, 
GENUS XLIV. PAROCHETUS. 
Diedelphia Deeamdria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Pare, near, and Ochetus, a brook, alluding to the 
habitat of the species. 
Gren. Cuar. Calyx campanulate, 4-cleft: segments equally 
broad, lower one longest: corolla papilionaceous : vexillum broadly 
obovate, longer than the other petals: keel obtuse, covered by the 
wings. 
(1) PB. MAJOR. ( Don.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 152.—Don. prod. ft. Nep. p. 241. 
—Dec. prod. II. p. 403. : 
Srec. Cuar. Herbaceous, perennial, creeping plant: petioles 
erect, long: leaves palmately trifoliolate: leaflets obovate, retuse, 
crenulated : peduncles axillary, solitary, about as long as the peti- 
oles, with 2 bracts about the middle, 1-flowered : flowers purpiish: 
legume gibbous, many-seeded : seeds roundish, 
Neilgherries. 
