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2. T, flexilis, Benth, in Journ. Linn, Soc, viii. 265; leaflets large acute, 

 flowers in sessile congested racemes, calyx-teeth shorter than the tube. Glvcine 

 flexilis, Grah. in Wall Cat 5521. 



East Himalayas ; forests of Assam, Siixet and Chittagoxg. 



More robust than the last, of wliiah it may be a mere variety. Stems, petioles and 

 leaves nearly glabrous. Leaflets subcoriaceous, the end one 3-5 in. long. Racemes 

 Im, or less long. Caly x-teQih lanceolate-deltoid. Pods glabrous, 2^-3 in. long. 



MVCUNA 



^Perennials and annuals of wide-twining habit. Leaves ample, stipellate, 

 wways 3-foliolate. Flotoers large, showi', usually dark purple, turning quite 

 black when dried. Calyx-tuhe campanidate ; two upper teeth quite connate ; 

 lowest longer than the middle ones. Corolla much exserted ; standard not more 



Stamem diadelphous 

 *88ile, many-oYuled 

 variable in sliai^*^ nnrl 



:he wings. 

 e. Ovary 



Pod very 



■DiSTKiB, Species above 20, spread everpvhere in the tropics. 



. SuBGEN. 1. Ampbiptera. P^rZ broadly winged down both sutures and 

 tlie faces covered also by close oblique plaits. 



2il. imbricata 



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monosperma 



East Himaxayas, Silhet, Sikkim, Assam, tropical region, 1-4000 ft., Walllck 

 ^mth. Hook, fit, 



a-: A woody climber, with slender fflabrescent branches. Leaflets membranous, with a 

 lewrr^^n... „,v , , . .^ , ^^^ ^jj^ oWong-cuspi- 



pcduncles 2-12 in, long ; 

 Calyx I in. long, with 



dull purple, 



itandard half as 



clothed with 



.-.puu ut'ciauous, irritating bristles; wings of sutures linaliy ^ m. nrond. 

 J*l. aojmixata, Grah in Wall. Cat, 5621 from Pexang, may perhaps belong to 

 cornlP^-^^' hut the fruit is unknown. The calyx is like that of M. imbricata, but the 

 roii^i is smaller and the racemes are short-peduncled and corymbose like those of 



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Dlail^l!^^' ^- Citta, Lour. Pod with the faces covered by close ohlique 

 f 'ts, but not winged down the sutures, 



iriiiA^' ?■ "'^oiiospenna, DC. Prod. ii. 40C ; leaflets with a little femi- 



K>^^^ A^^^ racemes short-peduncled close, upper calyx-lip subtruncate, pod 



"<: seeded nearly aa broad as lono-. "^"" '^"* '^'^'^'^ * i^- IVinht in Hook. Bat. 



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Ham, MSS 



§ A, Prod, 254 

 xb. Sort Bena 



M, auguina, 



■BenV ■ Ki "' ■^^^- "i- 1^, t. 236. Carpopogon anguineum, Eoxb. Cat. Hort. 



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East 



Qomt- 5^^*^^' tropical zone ; Khasia, Assam, Chittagoxg, Pegu ; Tavoy, 



' k\ ^ °^ ^'^^'^ Peninsula and Ceylon, up to 3000 ft. 

 ■'8Tii)cor; ^ climber, with slender gUbrescent branches^, Leaflets membranous or 

 Wcn« ^!?°®' ^'^^^^y clothed with ferruginous pubescence beneath ; the end one ob- 

 6 uspidate^ 4-6 in. long: Racemes 6-12-flowered, corymbose, short-peduncled, or 



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