Flora Medica

PHASEOLUS.Hilum of" the seed oval-oblong. Herbaceous or suffrutescentplants. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate ;leaflets with partial stipules.Racemes axillary. Pedicels usually in pairs,1 -flowered.W. and A.523. P. radiatus Linn. sp. pi. 1017. DC. prodr.ii. 395.W. and A. i. 246. (Dill. elth. t. 315. f. 304.) East Indies.Stems diffuse, flexuose, and with the petioles and peduncles vervhairy ;the hairs long and pointing downwards. Leaflets hairy ; lateralones obliquely ovate, pointed; terminal one rhomboid-oblong, theangle on each side rounded and resembling a small lobe; stipulesoblong-lanceolate, pointed, attached below their middle. Pedunclesabout the length of the petioles. Flowers capitate. Legume veryhairy, cylindrical, about 2 inches long and 2 lines broad, 6-8-seeded,spreading. W.andA. Roots narcotic. Royle.524. P. trilobus Wittd. iii. 1035. DC. prodr.ii. 394. W.and A. i. 246. Roxb.fi.ind. iii. 298. Dolichos trilobus Linn,mant. 101. DC. prodr.ii. 399. Burm.fi. ind. t. 50. f. 1.D. stipulaceus Lam. enc. meth. ii. 300. East Indies.Herbaceous, procumbent, diffuse. Petioles long; leaflets muchshorter, roundish and entire, or 3-lobed ;middle lobe cuneate-ovate orobovate, narrowed towards the base ; stipules oblong-lanceolate, attachedbelow their middle ; peduncles long, ascending. Flowers few,small, somewhat capitate. Legume cylindrical, glabrous, or slightlyhairy. W. and A. Leaves considered by Hindoo practitioners cooling,sedative, antibilious and tonic, and useful as an application to weak eyes.MUCUNA.Calyx with 2 very caducous bracteoles as long as the tube,campanulate, bilabiate : upper lip broad, entire or emarginate:lower trifid, the middle segment the longest. Corolla papilionaceous: vexillum cordate, incumbent on the alae, much shorterthan them and the keel, without callosities alae :oblong-linear,connivent, sometimes slightly cohering together by their spursbetween the vexillum and keel: keel straight below, slightlyfalcate in the upper part, terminated by a smooth polished acutebeak. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1), alternately longer: anthersalternately longer and ovate. Style long and slender ; itslower part hairy, upper glabrous. Stigma small. Legume linear,oblong, or roundish, few (l-S)-seeded, with partitions betweenthe seeds, polished within. Seeds oval, roundish, orreniform, with a narrow oblong or linear hilum. Twining plants.Leaves pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets with partial stipules. Racemeselongated or short and umbel-like, often pendulous whenin fruit Legumes usually densely clothed with rigid brittlesharp hairs. W. and A.525. M. Prurita Hook. hot. misc. ii. 348. Muc. pruriens Id.suppl. t. 13. W. and A. \. 255, Carpopogon pruriens Roxb.253