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LÁBLAVIA vulgaris.
Egyptian Haricot.
Linnean Class and Order. D IAD E L PH IA DECANDRIA.
N a t u r a l Order. LEGÜMINOSZE. Juss. gen. p . 346.
L A B L A V IA . Ca/j/a: campanulato-tubulosus, 4-fidus, laciniis rectis,
3 interioribus acutis, superiore latiore e duabus coalitis constante. Corolla
vexiiluni patens basi sulcato-canaliculatnm 4-callosum, callis parallelis,
Carina ángulo recto curva. Stamina diadelpha, decimo intrà vexilli callos
recepto. Ovarii stipes basi vaginulatus. Stylus compressus subtils barba-
tus. Stigma terminale. Legumen compresso-planum acinaciforme ad suturas
tuberculoso-muricatum, intùs isthmis cellulosis tranversis inter semina
instructum. Semina 4, au t abortu pauciora ovata sub-compressa, callo
fungoso lineari ex umbilico orto, in aiterà extremitate marginata.
Herb® volubiles. Stipul® patentes. Eolia pinnato-3-foliolata, foliolis
stipellatis integris. Ra cemi pedunculati basi fo lium unicum gerentes, sen
si mavis fo lio oppositi ramalo intermedio abortivo. P ed ic e lli semivertieillati.
Semina nigra a u tfu s e a , hilo et callo albo. Decand. prodr. 2. p. 401.
L. vulgaris, leguminibus acinaciformibus oligospermis, seminis carunculà
hemisph®ricà.
Lablab vulgaris. S a v i diss. p . 19. f . 8. a. b. c. Decand. l. e. 2. p . 401.
G. Don gen. syst. gard and bot. 2. p . 3G1.
L. niger. Mcench meth. p . 153.
Dolichos Lablab. Linn. sp. pi. p. 1019. B o y . ludgh. p . 368. Hort. ups.
/>. 214. Mill. diet. n . l . Sehk. handb. 1.199. Bot. mag. t.39G. Willd.
sp. pi. 3. p . 1038. Lam. diet, 2. p . 293.
Phaseolus niger Lablab vocatus. Prosp. A lp in , p i. cegypt. p . 74. t. 75.
P . ZEgyptius, nigro semine. Bauh. pin. p . 341.
ß. purpureus, floribus purpureis, semine nigro-purpureo.
Dolichos purpureus. Limi. sp. pi. p . 1021. Sm ith exot. bot. t. 74. Jacq.
fra gm . p . 46. t. 66. L o u r .ß . cochin, p . 438. L in d i, in bot. reg. t. 830.
y. albißorus, floribus albis, seminibus atrorubentibus pallide ferrugineis
albisve.
Dolichos Bengalensis. Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 124. Willd. sp. p i. 3. p . 1038.
D. albus. Lour. l. c. p. 439.
D . Lablab. Gairtn. 1 .150.
Lablab nankinicus. S avi l. c. p . 2 . 2 . f . 8 . d - g .
L. leucocarpus. S a v i l. c. p . 22. / . 9. a—d.
Root fibrous, annual. Stems, if supported, extending to
the height of 6 feet, or more, angular, slightly hairy. Leaf-
fe/i broad-ovate, pointed, smooth, or pubescent, with 3 nerves,
and numerous branching reticulated veins. Stipules lanceolate,
acute. Flowers in long interrupted clusters, of a pale
purple, varying often to dark purple, or white. Bractes lanceolate,
pointed, coloured, pubescent, caducous ; the par-
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