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P L A T E CCCCXLVI.
D O L I C H O S HIRTUS.
H air y-stemm cd Do lieh os,
C L A S S XVII. 0 11 D E R IV.
DIADELFH1A DECANDRIJ. Chives in two sets. Ten Chives.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
V e x i l l u m callis duobus ad basin^ parallelism obloiigis,
alis subtus comprimentibus.
STANDAKD with two callosities at the base;
parallel, and of an oblong form ; the wings
beneath binding together.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
DOLICHOS hirtus; caule volubili, tecto ferrugineis
pilosis ; floribus luteis striatis rubris ;
foliis ternatis ; fuliolis sub-cordatis, subtus
pilosis ; stipulis duabus ad basin ; radice tuberosa.
DOLICHOS witli a hairy stem : the stalk is twining,
and covered with rusty hairs: flowers
are yellow, and striped with red : leaves
ternate ; leaflets nearly heart-shaped, and
hairy beneath, with two stipulae at their
base : root tuberous.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The cup.
2 . The standard.
3 . One of the wings shown from tlie iiiside
4 . The keel.
5. The chives and pointal.
6. The chives spread open.
The seed-bud and pointal.
T h i s handsome twining plant was introduced from the Cape of Good Hope to the gardens of G. H!bb
e r t , esq. about the year 1802, and flowered very luxuriantly, but did not perfect any of its seeds nor
make any approach towards it, as the flowers with their empalements all fell off together immediately
after flowering ; and for the last three or four years the plant (although apparently in a healthy state) has
not indicated the least appearance of bloom ; and we are inclined to think it might possibly succeed better
with tlie carefal treatment of the dry stove than with its present situation in the hot -house ; and if upon
experiment it. should prove successful, it would then doubtless become a plant in request by many cultivators
who whilst it remains a hot-house plant cannot give it a place in their collection.
This genus approaches so near to that of Phaseolus, that we cannot help thinking one generic title
would have been sufficient for them both.
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