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. &uperl>a, Jioxb. Cor. PL 23, t. 22 ; Hort. Beng. 53 ; Fl Ind, 

 na. 247 ; a climber, lower calyx-teeth lanceolate-deltoid, keel much curved acute 

 4--5 times as long as the calyx, pod distinctly stalked. Wall Cat 6438 ; 

 na Prodr, ii. 415 ; W. 8f A, Prodr. 261 ; Dalz, ^ Gibs. Bomb. FL 71 \ Brand. 

 For. FL 143. B. frondosa, WalL Cat. 6569, ex parte. 



Forests of Cokcan, Eexgat, Orissa and Birma. 



very near the last, from which it differs mainly by its scandent habit, not by any 

 botanical characters. Leaflets and flowers larger, the former reaching 20 in. long. 

 tiacemes 1 ft. long ; pedicels sometimes 3 times as long as the caljx. 



3. B, minor, Hain. in WalL Cat. 6439 ; a climber^ corolla three times the 

 calyx, keel little curved subobtuse, pod subsessile, 



^^st Himalayas ; Nipal, Wallich ; Silhet, Ba Silva ; Khasia, 1-4000 ft, Hook. fit. 

 y Thaw son, Lohb, ; Misnm. Griffith. 



Branches robust, clothed at first with grey or brown silky hairs. Petiole ^-^ ft. ; 

 leaflets obtuse or cuspidate, 6-15 in. long, coriaceous, scabrous above, finely silky 

 beneath, the end one orbicular, with a rhomboidal base. Racemes \~-\ ft. long. Calyx 



3 ^^', brown-velvety, as are the pedicels; teeth very short. Corolla dull red, 1 in. 

 long densely velvety on the outside; keel rather exceeding the wings and standard, 

 -which IS i in. broad. PodZ-Z^ in. long by 1-1^ in., cuneate at the base. 



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Cahjx-tiibe turbinate ; teeth long, lower lanceolate, two upper connate. Co- 

 w/^ scarcely exserted ; petals nearly equal in length ; standard roundish ; keel 

 obtuse, little curved. >S';^awims diadelphous ; anthers uniform? Ovary sessile, 

 many-ovuled ; style short, filiform, incurved, stigma capitate. Pod linear-ob- 

 |?ng, flat, indehiscent, the dorsal suture bordered by a narrow erect wing.— 

 l^lsraiR. A single endemic species, combininp^ the habit of Phaseole<B with the 



pod of Dalbe^yiece, 



1- Bt. cleistocarpa, Baker. 



East Himalayas, Assam and Mishmi, Wallich, Griffith. 



A woody climber, with firm terete glabrous branches. Leaves Z-M\6[at^, distinctly 

 petio]ed ; leaflets subcoriaceous. stipellate, glabrous above, inconspicuously downy be- 

 ^^ath ; end one obovate-cuspidate, 5-6 in. long, rounded at the base. Racemes reaching 

 h K u- ^' pedicels \~\ in., geminate, from very tumid nodes. Calyx \ in, long, the 

 « 7. ^K^den by a pair of lar^e round striated bracteoles. Pod shining, reiy flat, 

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-fre twining perennials or biennials, witli stipellate 3-foliolate leaves and 

 nowy flowers. Calyx deep, the limb 2-lipped, the upper lip projecting, entire 



1 ^"^^rginate, the lower sliortly 8-toothed. Corolla much exserted ; standard 

 ^'oG, roundish ; wino-s shorler enualliii"- thp incurved obtuse keel. Sfnmens 



J^onadelphous ;a„.„~ /,..,..,„_ \^. ,~ -^ - 



JJicun-ed, beardless, stigma'terminaL 'Pw/ large, linear or oblong, ilattish, with 

 aistmct rib on each valve near the upper suture.— Distkib. Species about a 



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n,^^'/ou°dish ; wings shorter, equalling the incurved obtuse keel. 

 J^onadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary obscurely stalked, many-ovnled ; style 

 "icuryed, beardless, sti<nn- ■^— ■•=—■' ^ -' i""-° i'"-^"^ "^ nWono-. fki 



Ijstmct rib on each val ,,- . 



^' two widely-spread in the tropics, the others mostly American. 



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