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Ph. Burinamensia, Miq. — Corolla purplish or variegated with white : standard 10"'-12"' 

 long; legume 4"-3" long, 4"'-5"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica I, Mac/., Dist., M., March, 

 chiefly in the mountains ; [Mexico 1 to Peru !, Brazil !, Peru !, and Buenos Ayres ; tropical 

 Australia I, East Indies I]. 



100. Ph. lasiocarpus, Mart. Stem twining, densely rusty-villoua ; leaflets ovate, 

 blunt, villous chiefly beueath ; peduncles few-flowered, exceeding the leaves j ealyx vUlous, 

 i-fid: lobes as long as the tube, the superior %-toothed; legvme anbeglindrical , very 

 shaggy, straightish, pendulous from very short pedicels. — Mart. Bras. 34. t. 49. — P. hir- 

 sutus. Mart. Dolichos lignosus, Jacq. ex descr. {nan L.). D. Jacquini, DC. — Corolla 

 yellow ; standard 12'" long ; legume 3'' long, 3"' diam. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., in savannahs ; 

 [Guiana, equatorial Brazil] . 



101. Ph. semierectus, Z. Stem erect, or t??ining above, sericeous or glabrescent ; 

 leaflets ovate or lanceolate ; peduncles elongated, exceeding the leaves : pedicels vei'y short, 

 at length recurved; calyx S-toothed: teeth ovate-lanceolate, pointed, the superior some- 

 what shoi-ter ; legume sabcylindrical, sericeous or glabresceut, linear, acuminate-beaked, 

 straightish, or slightly arcuate, reflexed. — SI. t. 116./. 1. Jacq. Ic. £ar. t. 558. — Ph. lathy- 

 roides, Z., the form with narrow leaflets. Ph. crotalarioides. Mart. — CoroUa pm-ple, 8"'-6"' 

 long; legume 3"-4" long, 14'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica], List., Al., common; Antigua!, 

 Wullschl.; S. Vincent I, Guild.; [Cuba! to Brazil! and Peru !, East Indies !]. 



37. CANAVALIA, DC. 



Calyx campanulate, bilabiate : upper lip larger, entire or bilobed, inferior 3-fid or entire. 

 fifaMrfflw-fi? roundish. Vexillar stamen adhering to the column above its base. Zegume large, 

 turgid-subcompressed, filled with cellular tissue : valves mostly costate along the sutm'e. — 

 Leaflets 3 ; inflorescence axillary, racemose : pedicels very short ; flowers purplish or 



/ 102. C. obtusifolia, DC. Stem creeping or scandent, glabrescent ; leaflets roundish 

 or obovate, blimt ; upper lip of the calyx broadly bilobed, much shorter than tie tube; keel 

 curved, blunt ; legume oblong, shortly stipitate ; its prominulous ribs juxtamarginal. — Desc. 

 M. 8. <.559./. 2: the fruit. Mart. Sras.Zi. t.iS.—Do'Echos^Zam. D.roseus, Sw. C.rosea, 

 Z)C.— Leaflets 3"-4" diam. ; coroUa purplish, 1" long ; legume 6"-2" long, 14"'-10"' broad : 

 the two ribs 1'" distant from the suture ; seeds chestnut-coloured, opaque, ovoid, subcom- 

 pressed, 6"'-8"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., common ou the sandy seashore, creeping 

 among stones ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Dominica I, Imr. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; 

 [Cuba ! to Brazil ; tropical Africa to Natal ! ; tropical Australia ! ; East Indies !]. 



103. O. gladiata, DC. Stem twining, glabrescent ; leaflets ovate-oilong or ovate, 

 mucronate ; upper lip of the calyx rounded, recurved, emarginate, longer than the tube : 

 keel curved, blunt ; legume linear-oblong, stipitate : its prominulous ribs juxtamarginal. — 

 Jacq. Ic.liar.t.i%d. — Dolichos, i. — ^Leaflets 2"-5" long, variable ; corolla purplish, l"long; 

 legume 1 0"-3" long, 1" broad : ribs l"'-2"' distant from the suture ; seeds ovoid-oblong, 

 suboompressed, 8'" long. 



a. Seeds rufpus-brown, somewhat shining. 



;3. ensiformis, DC. Seeds white, with a brown rhaphe. — SI. t. 114. _/. 1-3. 

 Hab. Jamaica {SI. ; cultivated, Macf.) ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [Mexico ! to Brazil ! and 

 Buenos Ayres !, in woods ; trop. Africa to Natal ! ; East Indies !]. 



104. C. altissima, Macf. ! (exclus. synon.). Stem twining, glabrous ; leaflets ellipti- 

 cal-oblong, with a bluntish, mucronulate point ; upper lip of the calyx rounded, recurved, 

 subretuse or entire, as long as the oblique tube ; keel circinate-incurved, blunt ; legume linear- 

 oblong, shoiAXj Si\ipi;&i&: Us prominulous ribs distant from the margin. — A very distinct 

 species, erroneously referred to Mu(mna altissima, DC, by Macfadyen : from its exanriculated 

 standard it belongs to another section of the genus from C. gladiata. A high climber ; leaflets 

 2"-3" long, glabrous ; corolla purple, 10'" long : standard devoid of auricles, reflexed ; legiune 

 9"-6" long, I" broad : ribs 4'" distant fromthB suture; seeds dark-brown, ovoid-roundish, 

 compressed, 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Macf., Dist., Al., Wullschl., March, common in 

 woods. 



