1807,] 0. King — Materiahfor a V^ora af fhe Uahtijan Pentmuh. GS 
Th« wiMlei- fnllfiwfl Mr. lUknr in idpntifyinp: tho American Dolidtos gladiains 
(Canavalia \iladiata DO,) with tlw Aaiat-io Daliehoa ensiformis {Cajiavaiia emiformts DC) 
2. Canavalta lineata DC. Prodr. IT, 404. A ^labrons peivnm'al 
on I'ockj or sandy sen-cojiatg. Leaves S-ioliolatG S-'-O in. long; leafleta 
pal green thickly membratiods ovate or orbicular, obtuse with or 
wi til out a short point, or rotnse, base cnneato, 2-3 in. long and 2—3 in. 
nci'oss; petiole 3-5 in. long somewhat fleshy, gin bran a ; petioiurles 
.25 in,, fitipcls *15 in. Bubulate vory early dceidiiona ; stipules small 
triangular '1 in. long cadncoas.- Injlorescence in lotig-pednncled 4-8-tlcl. 
rocemeR on peduncles 10-16 in. long; flowers solitary or geminate 
from swollen nodes '3-5 in. apart,, pedicels 'l-'lS in. bracteoloa 
tniunto ovato oadncons. Onlyx campantilatQ sparsely puberulons 
ret ic 11 late- veined -6 in. long, upper lip oblong snbentirc ono-foiirth 
the loni^th of tube, OoroUa violet I in, loug, limb of stimciard orbicular 
cmuvginate. Poth fow, short, Unear-oblong, straight, dorsal puturo 
stroiiglj' 3-keeled and deeply 2-grooved between the keels, 4i-6-eoeded, 
3-5 in. long, '76 in. deep ; width botwemi outer ridges of dorsal suturo 
'3 iu, Seetls dark-bi-owa ' 6 in, long. Somoko-Dnsets XI IT, t. 20. 
BoUchos lineutus Thunbg. Flor. Japon. 280. D. obcordaiiis Roxh. Flor, 
Ind. lU, 303. Oanavalia ohtmi/iAia Bak..in Flor. Bnt. Ind. II, 196, 
not of DC ; Clegborn, Madr. Journ, (n. a.) I, t. 4. 
Pau^vsg ; Siingoi KalfiJig, Ridley ! PENANO j common on Rand-ban ka 
along the coast, Curtis 1714! SiNGAPoaE; HulleU 514 ! DrsTitiD, Coasts 
of India, ludo-China, Malaya, Chiua, Japan, Polynesia, AuRtmlia. 
3, Canavalia ouTUSiFOLiA DO. Prodr. II, 404. A largo biennial 
climber with glabroua stems and branches. Leaves 3-foliolate 10-12 in. 
long ; leaflets green,, membranous, when young puberulonn very soon 
quite glabrous, ovate-acute to tounded with a shortly aciiminfite tip, baso 
rouuded to sublruncato; 5-6 in, long 3-5-4'5 in. widcj petiole Gin, 
long, glabrous ; pctiolules '25 in. ; sLipels 15 in, subulate, very oai'ly 
deciduous ; sfcipuloa small triangular •! inj loag, caducous. Injhreseenm 
in Itix l'i^l0-fld. racemes 3-8 in. long, on axillary peduncles 6-12 in. 
long; tiowei'f! solitury or gemiiiato from swollen nodes "S-'S in, apart, 
pedicels 'I^-'IS. in., bracteoles minute ovato caducous. Calrjix cam]>ftnu- 
late, sparsely puborulous, faintl^^ ridged and not very distinctly reticu- 
late-veined, '5 in. loug, uppet' lip rounded hardly omarginato, scnrwly 
longer than lower and not one-sixth the letigth of Inbe. Corolla blue 
and wlnte, 1 in long, limb of standartl orbicular siigbtly emarginate. 
Poth few, short, turgid, slightly curved, dorsal suture faintly 3-koolod, 
Bpaues between keels wide and plane, not gi'ooved, 3-r»-seeded, h ugth 
3-5 in., dcptb l'75-*J-25 la,, width of dorsal sutm-c between outer keels 
•75 iu. iicedi pab uniber with gamboge streaks, '75 in. lung i> in. broad. 
