46. LEGUMINOSiB : FAPILIONACEiE. 193 



2. Phaseolus chrysanthus, Savi, Diss. i. p. 15, ex DC Prodr. 

 ii. p. 395. 



Chihli : near Peking, cult. (Bretschneider !) ; Hupeh : Ichang, 

 cult. (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



3. Phaseolus humilis, Hassk. Cat. PI. Hort. Bogor. p. 278 ; 

 Walp. Rep. v. p. 537. 



China. 



4. Phaseolus minimus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 290 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 88. 



Kwangtung: Lofaushan (Fordl) ; Hongkong (Harlandl 

 Hance, 1317 !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Several other species of this genus are commonly cultivated in 

 China, among them Phaseolus vulgaris, P. radiatus, and P. 

 Mungo (see Bretschneider, ' Early Besearches,' p. 146) ; and 

 there are specimens of the last in the Kew Herbarium from 

 Formosa, collected by Oldham ; whether wild or cultivated is 

 not stated. Debeaux (Fl. Shangh. p. 28) records P. Bicciardia- 

 nus, /3. hysterinus, as a cultivated plant of the neighbourhood of 

 Shanghai. 



1. Vigna lutea, A. Gr. in Bot. Wilkes's U.S. Expl. Exped. i. 

 p. 452 ; Baker in BZook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 205. 



South China (Ford I). 



Generally spread in maritime districts within the tropics. 



2. Vigna sinensis, Hassk. PI. Jav. Bar. p. 386 ; Walp. Ann. 

 iv. p. 562. 



Dolichos sinensis, Linn. Amain. Acad. iv. p. 326 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 399 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2232. 



Dolichos Catiang, Linn. Mant. p. 269 ; DC. Prodr. ii. p. 399; Lour. 

 Fl. Cochinch. p. 442 ; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 147. 



Vigna Catiang, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. p. 188; Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. p. 205. 



China : commonly cultivated and colonized, or perhaps native 

 in some parts. Also cultivated in the tropics generally. 



3. Vigna vexillata, Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. p. 194, t. 50. 

 f. 1 ; Baker in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 206. 



Phaseolus vexillatus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 274. 

 Hupeh ; Ichang (A. Henry ;). Herb. Kew. 



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