DOLICHOS. 
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the tip. An annual fmooth plant, with climbing (lem; 
feed whitifh, with a fnow-white hilum. Native of the 
Weft Indies. Loureiro fays, it is^a native of Cliina, 
whence it was brought into Portugal. 
7. Dolichos Tranquebaricus, or Tranquebar dolichos: 
legumes few, in cylindric heads, wih a ftraight dagger 
point. Extremely like dolichos unguiculatus, but flowers 
at a different.time of the year, and is more climbing. 
Tire whole plant is very fmooth ; the vexillum, or ftand- 
ard of the flowers, is pale yellow behind, and bluifli red 
in front; the wings more blue, and the keel white. The 
legume differs from that of the unguiculatus merely in 
being flenderer. 
S. Dolichos enfiformis, or horfe-bean : legumes gladi- 
ate, three-keeled at the back ; feeds arilled. This is a 
native of Jamaica, and is diftinguiflied by its large fal¬ 
cated legume and white feeds, with a faffron-coloured 
bile. The (lem is three or four feet high ; the (hoots 
run much farther; the legumes are between ten and four¬ 
teen inches in length, and generally contain ten or eleven 
feeds. 
9. Dolichos tetragonolobus, or quadrangular dolichos: 
legumes quadrangular-membranaceous. Stem herbace¬ 
ous, round, (lender, fcandent, long, branching; flowers 
pale blue, on long, lateral, few-flowered, peduncles; 
feeds about eight. Native of the Eaff Indies, China, and 
Cochin-china. 
10. Dolichos fefquipedalis, or long-podded dolichos : 
legumes fubcylindric, even, very long. Appearance of 
aphafeolus; ffandard of the flower pale above, reddifh 
within ; legume more than a foot and a half in length, 
roundifh, with a little obtufe gibbous hook at the end. 
Native of the Weft Indies. 
11. Dolichos altiflimus, or tall dolichos : legumes ra- 
cemed, rough-haired, equal; feeds furrounded with a 
fear; leaves fmooth on both (ides. This climbs the 
higheft trees, whence hang elegant wreaths of flowers in 
clofe racemes, on peduncles frequently more than twelve 
feet in length. Native of the illand of Martinico. 
12. Dolichos pruriens, or horfe-eye bean : legumes in 
racemes; valves fomewhat keeled, rough-haired ; pe¬ 
duncles by threes. Common in all parts of the Well In¬ 
dies, and rifing to the top of the tailed trees, or fpreading 
wide among lower bullies. A decodtion of the roots is 
reckoned a powerful diuretic, and cleanfer of the kid¬ 
neys. A vinous infufion of the pods (twelve to a quart) 
is faid to be a certain remedy for the dropfy : the dole 
half a pint, when made in beer. In the Windward 
Iflands they make a fyrup of the pods, which is laid to 
be very effedlual againft worms. Native of both Indies, 
according to Linnaeus ; and of Cochin-china, according 
to Loureiro. 
13. Dolichos urens, or cow-itch dolichos : legumes in 
racemes, with furrows tranverfely lanceolate; the feeds 
furrounded with a fear. Stems round ; proper pedun¬ 
cles one-flowered, in threes, placed clofely at the end of 
the raceme, and hence forming a very elegant pendulous 
wreath of about eighteen flowers ; thefe have no feent, 
are about two inches long, have a ferruginous calyx, 
and a yellow corolla, with the lower edge of the wings 
red. The feeds, from their refemblance to an eye, are; 
called by the French yeux bourrique , or afs’s eye ; in our 
Weft-India iflands, for the fame reafon, they have the 
name of ox-eye bean. This alfo climbs to the top of tire 
tailed trees, throwing down its long (lender flower-ftalks 
to a moderate diftance from the axils of the upper ribs, 
from whence they generally rife : thefe are not above the 
thicknefs of a common packthread, butfeldom under four 
or five feet in length, and bear the flowers in duffers at 
their extremities. Jacquin, however, thinks it probable, 
that by this defeription Browne may have confounded 
this fpecies with the altiflimus. Native of the Weft In¬ 
dies.^This and the foregoing are perennial and fhrubby ; 
the furface alfo of the legumes are covered with prurient 
hairs. 
14. Dolichos minimus, or fmall dolichos: legumes in 
racemes, comprefled, with four feeds in them ; leaves 
rhomb-fhaped. This climbs three or four feet in height, 
and has numerous branches. Browne calls it fmall fe¬ 
tid dolichos.; in Curacoa it has the name of vrattekruyt, 
or wart-herb, the leaves bruifed with fait being reputed, 
to cure warts. Native of Jamaica ; and, according to 
Jacquin, of all the Caribbee iflands. 
15. Dolichos lineatus, or lineated dolichos : legumes 
in racemes, oblong, three keeled. It differs from doli¬ 
chos enfiformis in the leaves being ovate-oblong, not 
gibbous; obtufe, not acute ; thick, and marked with 
lines, not three-nerved ; in having tlie legumes ftraight 
at the back and oblong, not feymitar-fhaped and curled. 
Native of Japan. Thunberg aferibes the reedfu of 
Kaempf. Amoen. 5. 836. to this fpecies. See N° 32. 
16. Dolichos Capenfis, or Cape dolichos: peduncles 
with one or two flowers; legumes elliptic, comprefled ; 
leaves fmooth. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
17. Dolichos fcarabseoides, or (ilvery-leaved dolichos: 
leaves ovate, tomentofe; flowers folitary; feeds two¬ 
horned. Flowers Angle from the axis, The feeds have 
two precedes like the antennae of a beetle.; whence the 
name. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
18. Dolichos incurvus, or crooked dolichos: legumes 
folitary, incurved, three-keeled. It differs from doli- 
' chos enfiformis in having the flowers folitary from the 
axils ; the leaves oblong, and not gibbous on one ftde ; 
the legumes bent in, not feymitar-fhaped, and bent back ; 
and the peduncle bending round : from dolichos linea¬ 
tus, in the leaves being broad at the bafe, gradually acu¬ 
minate, three-nerved, thinner; the legume inflex, enfi- 
form, acuminate, waved, folitary. Native of Japan. 
19. Dolichos bulbofus, or bulbous dolichos: leaves 
fmooth, many-angled, toothed. Stem perennial, fuffru- 
ticofc, long, round, fmooth, branched, without any fti- 
pules. The root confifts of roundifh, tailed, juicy, white 
tubers in bundles : thefe are eaten both raw and drefled, 
but not the feeds. Native of both Indies. 
20. Dolichos trilobus, or trilobated dolichos : lateral 
leaflets gibbous on the outfide, the middle one three- 
lobed. The root is compofed of a few long tubers in 
bundles, they are two feet long, fubcylindric, fibrofe- 
flelliy, of a pale colour, and eatable when boiled ; but 
not the legumes. Loureiro doubts whether this be the 
plant of Plukenet and Barman, fince thefe authors make 
no mention of the remarkable large tubers. Native of 
the Eaft Indies ; cultivated in China and Cochin-china. 
21. Dolichos ariftatus, or bearded dolichos: pedun¬ 
cles two-flowered, axillary ; legumes linear, comprefled, 
ending in a ftraight awn. Native of America. 
22. Dolichos filiformis, or cat’s-clavv dolichos: leaf¬ 
lets linear, obtufe, mycronate, fmooth, pubefeent under¬ 
neath. This grows among bullies, but feldom ftretches 
above three or four feet in length. It is ufed as a pur¬ 
gative ingredient in diet-drinks, and is faid to anfwer 
well in hydropic cafes. Native of Jamaica, where it is 
called cat’s-claws. 
23. Dolichos purpureus, or purple dolichos: (lera 
fmooth ; petiole pubefeent; wings of the corolla fpread¬ 
ing. Native of both Indies; cultivated in China and 
Cochin-china. Loureiro has another fort, which he calls 
dolichos albus, and is not very different from this, only 
more tender and fapid. It is the cacara alba of Rum- 
phius. The (tern is fmooth and white ; the leaflets three- 
cornered-rounded, pubefeent, loft, pale, on fmooth pe¬ 
tioles ; ftipules in pairs, acute, lliort; flowers white, in 
(hort fubterminating racemes, with a very wide reflex 
ffandard ; legumes fmooth, but tubercled on the back, 
and beaked. This is alfo cultivated in China and Co¬ 
chin-china. 
24. Dolichos regularis, or uniform dolichos: leaves 
ovate, obtufe; peduncles many-flowered; petals equal 
in fize and form. Native of Virginia. 
23. Dolichos lignofliSj or woody dolichos: ftem pe¬ 
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