334 
(5) M. prurrra. (Hook.) 
ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 255. Hook. Bot. Mise. II. p. 348, 
Syn. Carpopogon pruriens, Roxb. fi. Ind. II. p. 283.—Stizo« 
lobium pruriens, Spreng. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. VIII. t. 35.~-Rumph. Amb. V. t. 142, 
. Spec. Cuan. Annual: branches pubescent or slightly hairy : 
leaflets ovate, upper side glabrous, under sprinkled with silvery 
hairs: racemes shorter than the leaves, drooping: pedicels shorter 
than the calyx: calyx eleft to the middle, covered with whitish 
hairs ; segments broad+lanceolate: legumes slightly curved like an 
S, linear, not furrowed on the sutures nor plaited, densely clothed 
with stiff stinging hairs, about 6-seeded: valves not keeled: hilum 
linear: flowers large, dark-purple. , 
Peninsula. Bengal. Assam. Flowering in the cold season. 
There are two or three other species indicated in Roxburgh’s Hortus 
Bengalensis, but not described. The M. nivea, with white flowers, 
a native of Bengal. The M. imbricata from Silhet, and the M, 
bracteata from Chittagong. 
GENUS XLVI. CANTHAROSPERMUM. 
Diadelphia Decandria. Sex : Syst: 
Deriv. From Cantharos, a beetle, and Sperma, seed. Linnzus 
appears to have taken his description of the seed from the figure of 
a small beetle, which Plukenet placed alongside of the seed asa 
contrast, (W. & A.) 
Gren. Cuar. Twining plants: leaves pinnately trifoliolate: 
leaflets more or less velvety on both sides: peduncles axillary, 
several-flowered : calyx 4-cleft: segments nearly equal, upper 
broader than the others and split at the apex: corolla _papilionace- 
ous, deciduous: petals all about the same length: vexillum recury- 
ed or reflexed, oblong-obovate : keel falcate : legume objong-linear, 
compressed, 3—8-seeded, transversely constricted between the seeds 
externally and with slight coriaceous dissepiments between them 
internally : seeds oblong, transverse, with a large fleshy 2-cleft wart 
at the hilum. 
(1) C. paucirnorum. (W. § A.) 
Ident. W. &. A. prod. I. p. 255. 
Syn. Cajanus searabzeoides, Pet. Th.—Dolichos scarabeoides, 
Linn.—D. medicagineus, Roxb. ft, Ind. III. p. 315.—Rhynchosia 
scarabzeoides, Dec. prod. II. p. 387.—Stizolobium scarabzeoides, 
Spreng. 
Engrav. Pluk. t. 52.£. 3, 
