122 MH. G. BENTHA^ ON THE G-E>'US PrEBARIA, 



believe, most conveniently considered as congeners. The follow- 

 ing is a short synopsis of their characters. 



StipuJce peltatim offixcB {infra insertionem products) , Calycis lacini(^ 



tubo longiores. hegumen planum latiusculum. 



1. P, Thomsoni, Benth. sp. n. Calycis lobis acuminatis tubo multo 

 longiorlbus, vexillosuborbiculato^ alis carina obtuse rostrata subbre- 

 vioribus, legutniue piano latiusculo merabranaceo pills longis rufi« 

 hirsutissimo. 



Rami alte volubiles pilis longis patentibus plus minus hirsuti. Folioh 

 late rhonibea v. lateralia late et oblique ovata, breviter et acute acu- 

 minata, integra v, late sinuato-triloba, sscpe 4-5 poll, diametro. 

 Stipulce herbaceaj semipollicares et longiores, pauUo infra medium 

 affixae; stipelloi setaceae, longiusculse. Pedunculi elongati, supra 

 medium floriferi. Bractem lineari-subulata?, lontre ante anthesin de- 

 cidu£e; Iracteolre breves, ovatae, striatic. Pedicelli ad nodos crassl- 

 usculos pliires, per anthesin 1 lin,, demum 21in. longi, reflexi. Ca/yar 

 fere 6 lin. longus. Vexillum 8-9 lin. longum, basi auriculis inflexis 

 appcndiculatum; carina vexillum subicquans. FiVawie/i/wm vexillnre 

 iina basi brcvissime solutum. Legumen rectum, usque ad 4 poll. Ion- 

 gum I i)olI. latum. Sewiina suborbiculato-comprcssa. 



Hah. Khasia, J. D. Hooker and Thomson, 



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2. P. Th cxbergiana . Calycis lobis tubo longioribus, vexillo obovato. 



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PUERAKTA, DC, 



Calycis lobi v. dentes 2 superiores in unum integrum v. bifidum connati. 



Vexillum obovato-orbiculatum, auriculis inflexis spcpissime appendi- I 



culatum; aim falcatse carinsc medio plus minus adhaerentes; carina 

 rectiuscula v. apice incurva v. rostrata, alis pauUo brevior v. sublongior. 

 Filamentum vexillare imabasi liberum medio cum cseteris connatumv. 

 rarius omnino solutum. Anthers uniformes. Ovarium subsessile, go- 

 ovulatum; stylus supeme incurvus, filiformis, imberbis, stigmate parvo 

 capitate. Legumen lineare, rectum v. rarius apice incurvum, planum 

 V. demum subteres, 2-valve, intus inter semina nudum farctum v. 

 septatum. Semina parva, estrophiolata, hilo brevi. — Herb(B suffru- 

 ticesve alte volubiles. Folia pinnatim 3-foliolata, foliolis latis integris 

 V. sinuato-trilobis, stipellatis. Stipxdce herbaceai v. striatse. Flares 

 in peduuculis elongatis axillaribus v. ad apices ramorum subpanicu- 

 latis fasciculato-racemosi, fasciculorum rhachi nodiformi v. raruis m 

 ramulum evoluta. Braclcca angustai v. parvse caducissimaj ; brae- 

 teolm parvae iuterdum diutius persistentes. 



Species omnes Asiaticse. Genus a Dioclea differt legumine et sa^pius 

 calyce, a Galactia nunc calyce nunc staminibus et semper habitu, a 

 Phaseolo atfinibusque carina et stylo. 



