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*** Stipules infra insertionem non productee. Calycis lacinice tuho Inn- 



giores v, paullo breviores. Legnmen angustum (H-2 lin, latum) 

 compressum v. subteres, intus smpius septatum, 



7. P. PHASEOLOiDES. Calycis pilosi dente infirno setaceo-acuminato 

 tubo longiore csetcris brevioribus, alis carinara brevitcr rostratam 

 superantibus, legumine angusto subteretl piloso. — Dolichos phasco- 

 loides, Roxb. FL Ltd, iii. 316; D. viridis, Ham. in Wall Cat. Herb. 

 Ind. n. 5559; Phaseolus decuiTens, Grah. in Wall. I.e. n. 5612; 

 Neustanthus pliaseoloides^ Bentk. in PI. Jungh. i. 234, 



Tota pilis rufescentibus v. in pagina inferiore folioldrura subcanescentlbus 

 plvis minus vestita. FoUola ovato-rhombea, integra v. sfcpe triloba, 

 siibtus dense sericeo-villosa. Stipulee ovato-lanccolata3, striata;. Stipell<c 

 longiuscule setacea). PeduncuU subseniipedales, supra medium iuter- 

 rupte floridi, fasciculorum rhaclii uodiformi. Flares vix 4 lin. longi. 

 Calyx 2 lin. longus, lobo v. dente summo triangulari 2-dcntato, latc- 

 ralibus parvis, infimo multo longiore. Legumen 2, v. intcrdum 3 poll, 

 longum, 1^ lin. latum, intus inter semina septatum. Semina parva, 

 transverse oblonga, bilo lateral!. 



Hab. Common in Northern and Eastern India, Malacca, and S. China. 



8. P. Javaxica. Calycis puberuli dentibus obtusis omnibus tubo bre- 

 vioribus, alis carinam arcuato-subrostratani subsequantibus, legumine 

 angusto subtereti piloso. — Neustanthus Javanicus^ Benth. in PL Jungh. 

 i. 235; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pars i. 218. t. 4. 



P • phaseoloidi affinis, sed omnibus partibus major. Caulis pilis longis 

 hirsutus v. fere glaber. FoUola integra v. triloba, subtus pilis ad- 

 pressis nunc raris nunc densis vestita. Indumentum inflorcscentiae 

 breve subsericeura. Flores quam '\n P . pihaseoloide multo majorcs. 

 Calyx 3 lin. longus, petala 7-8 lin. longa. 



Hab. Java, Zollinger, JungJiuhn^ Horsfield, and others. 



Nemtanihus sericans (Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. part 1. 218) appear?! 

 to be a slight variety, with very few or none of the long s2)readiug 

 hairs of the common one. 



9- P. SUBSPICATA. Calycis lobis setacco-acuminatis tubo longiorihus, 

 alis carina arcuato-rostrata brevioribus, legumine angusto comprcsso 

 piloso.— Dohchos spicatus. Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 555/ ; Neu- 

 stanthus subspicatus, Benth. in PL Jungh. i. 234. 



Habitus et folia P. Javaniccc. Racemi superne densiflori, fasciculis 

 multifloris, rhaehi nodiformi. Bracteco lato-lanceolatae caduccc; brae- 

 teolcB ovato-lanceolatai, striatae, subpersistentes. Pedicelli 1-2 lin. 

 longi. Calyces rufo-pilosi, 4-^ lin. long!. VexiUum et carina J-polI. 

 Legumen 3-5 poll, longum, vix 2 lin. latum, subplanura, 



Hab, Assam and Khasia. 



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