ME, Gt. BEKTHAM O^ THE GEXUS PUEHABIA. 123 



alis carinam incurvo-dilatatam obtusissirae subrostratara scquantibus, 

 legumine piano latiusculo membranaceo pilis lougis rutis hirsutissiuio. 

 Pachyrrhizus Thunbergiaiius, Sieb. et Zucc, Fam. Nat. FL Jap. ii. 

 113; Neustanthus Chinensis, Benth. FL Hongk. 86. 



Habitus folia et inflorescentia fere P, Thomsoni, sed miuus villosa. Radix 

 (v. rhizoma ?) tuberosa. Foliola in speciminibus omnia Integra gla- 

 briuscula v. subtus pilis adprcssis conspersa. Stipules lanccolatse, pel- 

 tatse; stipellce setaceye longiuscute. Calycis tubus 1 lin. longus; lobi 

 lanceoluti^ supremus latus et infimus angustior 2-2 J lin. longi, laterales 

 paullo minores. Vexillum 7-8 lin. longuin^ reflexum, biauriculatum et 

 supra unguem intus leviter 2-callosum; alaj carina multo angustiores, 

 basi inaequaliter biauriculatae ; carina G-l lin. longa. Filamentum vex- 

 illare ima tantum basi brevissime solutum. Legumen omnino P. 

 Thomsoni nisi saepius incurvum. Semina P. Thomsoni, 



llab. Japan, iSiei.; Nagasaki and Simoda,0?c?.^ay/i; Hongkong, Harland, 



The style and fruit are quite different from those of Pacltyr- 

 rhizus, to which genus Zuccarini had referred it from a similarity 

 of habit and foliage and, iu many respects, of flowers. 



Stipulce basi nou productce. Calycis denies v. lobi breves v. tubo 



cequilongi, Legumen planum latiusculum, 



3. P. TUBEROSA, DC. Prodr. ii. 240. Calycis tomentoso-villosi lobis 

 tubo brevioribus, vexillo suborbiculato reflexo biai^pendiculato, alis 

 falcato-obovatis carinam late incurvaui obtusam Bcquautibus, filamento 

 vexillari subsoluto, legumine piano latiusculo pilis longis rufis hirsuto, 



Iledysarum tuberosum, Roxb, FL Ind, iii. 363; Pueraria tuberosa, 

 Wight, Ic. t. 412 (quoad legumen falsa). 



Caulis e radice (v. rhizomate?) tuberosa altissime vohibili? per anthcsin 

 Stepms aphylli. Indumentum breve moUe snepe tomentosum im- 

 primis iu inflorescentia. Foliola ampla (A-1-pedalia ex Roxb.)rhom- 

 boidca v. lateralia oblique ovata. Stipulce ovatit: subcordataj; stipellce 

 subulutai. Pedunculi rigiduH, ad nodos superiores defoliatos subfas- 

 ciculati V. paniculati. Pedicelli brevissimi, saepius terni, rhachi fas- 

 ciculorum minuta nodiformi. Bractece ovato-lanceolata^, caducis- 

 simae; bracteolce parva:; ovatai subpcrsistcntes. Calyx 2-o hn. longus 

 moUis, lobis obtusis v. infimo acuto, vix dimidia tubi longitudiue. 

 Vexillum circiter 5 lin. longum, lateribus reflexis, basi auricuhs in- 

 flexis appendiculatum. Legumen 2-3 poll, longum, 3-4 hn. latum, inter 

 semina seepe constrictum. 



Hab, Hill forests throughout E. India. 



4. P, Caxdollei, Crrah. in Wall. Cat. Herb, Ind. n. 5353. Calycis 

 glabriusculi lobis acutis tubo paullo longioribus, vexillo orbiculato 

 biappendiculato, alis late falcatis carinam subincurvam obtusam supe- 

 rantibus, filamento vexillari medio cum ca:teris counato, legumine piano 

 latiusculo gliibro v. vix puberulo. 



