LEGUMINOSjE. 
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1 . Canavalia gladiata. Sword Bean. 
Leaflets ovate acute, legumes the length 5 times 
the breadth slightly curved towards the apex, ra- 
cemes longer than the leaves, standard roundish emar- 
ginate. 
Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 560 ? 
HAB. Native of the East Indies. Cultivated in gardens to 
cover arbours. 
FL. September. 
Stem suffruticose, lasting for several years: branches gla- 
brous, towards their extremities herbaceous, angulose. Leaf- 
lets about 4 inches long, and 2£ broad, subacuminate with the 
apex acute, glabrous. Racemes longer than the leaves, pendu- 
lous. Flowers erect, upon short pedicels, of a pink colour 
approaching to purple. Vexillum roundish, emarginate. 
Legume a foot long, and 2 inches broad, slightly curved to- 
wards the apex, terminating in a recurved subulate point. 
Seeds of a rufous colour, size of a pigeon’s egg, rattling when 
ripe in the pod. 
According to the specific character of De Candolle, the vex- 
illum is obiong. This, however, is not the case in the speci- 
mens with which I have met. 
2. Canavalia ensiformis. Overlook or Horse Bean. 
Leaflets ovato-oblong acute, legumes 5 times or 
more in length than in breadth. 
Phaseolus maximus siliqua ensiformi, Sloane , I. t. 114. f. 1, 
2, 3. — Phaseolus suberectus major, Browne , Jam. 291. — Doli- 
chos ensiformis, Linn. Spec. 1022. 
HAB. Planted along the margin of provision grounds. 
FL. Warmer months. 
Annual. Stem seldom more than 3 or 4 feet in height, at first 
suberect, afterwards twining, angulose, coloured, pubescent with 
the hairs appressed. Leaflets shortly petioluled, oblong, slightly 
acuminate, sharp at the base, pubescent. Stipules small, sub- 
ulate, with a small gland-like excrescence at the base. Racemes 
axillary, solitary, 3-4 inches long; peduncle terete, puberulous. 
Flowers rather large, purple, shortly pedicelled, 3-4 together 
on a subglobose fleshy excrescence. Calyx with the upper lip 
broad, emarginato-bilobed ; the lower 3-fid, with the segments 
short, lanceolate, acute. Standard erect, roundish, emarginate ; 
Avings spatbulato-falciform , partially accrete to the keel. Sta- 
mens sub-monadelphous (i. e. the tenth filament distinct at the 
base), coalescing above. Ovary linear, compressed, sericeo- 
pubescent : stigma capitate. Legume 1 0-13-seeded, about a 
foot long, scimitar- shaped, 3-keeled along the suture to which 
