Fhaseolus.'] l. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 201 



Spread in the plains from the Himalayas to Ceylox, not cultivated.— Distrib. 

 Cosmopolitiin in the Tropics. 



A subglaLrous perennial, with firmer leaves than in the cultivated species. 

 Stipules ^m., often reflexed ; leaflets entire, 3-4 in. long, subacute. Flowers very 

 showy, crowded in a short-peduncled raceme. Calyx ^ in. ; lower teeth lanceolate- or 

 deltoid-setaceous. Standard nearly 1 itf. broad. Fod 4-6 in. by ^ in., glabrous, 

 much recurved, 10-lo-seeded, subtorulose. 



SiTEGEN". 2. ZHacroptilium. Connects § 1 and 3, agreeing with the 

 former in its basifixed stipules and with the latter in its narrow turgid pods. 



4. P, tenuicaulis, Baker ; a subglabrous slender twiner, stipules minute 

 lanceolate, racemes few-flowered crowded subsessile, bracteoles lanceolate very 

 minute, calvx campanulate with deltoid teeth, corolla small. P. sublobatus 

 var. ? tenuicaulis, Grah, in WalL Cat. 5598. 



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BiRMA; Prome hills, Wallich. 

 ^ Stems very slender, annual ? at first minutely puberulent. Stipules not more than 

 B ^"- ; leaflets membranous, glabrous, the end one ovate, acute, entire, 2-3 in. long. 

 naeemes 5-6-flowered ; lower pedicels shorter than the calyx. Cal^x glabrous, ^ in. 

 Corolla 3 times the calyx, reddish. Pod unknown, so that its position is doubtM. 



. 5. p. Grahamianus, TF. ^- A. Prodr. 244 ; a glabrous perennial twiner, 

 stipules minute lanceolate, racemes lax short-peduncled, bmcteoles lanceolate very 



i^inute, calyx campanulate with deltoid teeth, corolla middle-sized. Thwaites 

 ■Enum. 90. 



Cabnatic; Courtallum, Wight, Ckylon ; on the shore at Eattiealoa, Thwaites. 



Copiously twining, with slender woody branches. Stipules as in the last ; leaflets 

 quite glabrous on both sides, the end one ovate acute, 2-3 in. long, rather deltoid at 

 tne base. Bacemes 2-4 in. long ; peduncles about as long as the leaves ; pedicels 

 gemniate, the lower finally as long as the calyx. Cal(/x | in. long. Corolla reddish, 

 ^ 4 times the calyx. Pod linear, glabrous, rather recurved, many-seeded, 2|-3 in. by 



6. p. semierectus, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 39G; shrubby, suberect, with 

 iiexuose branches clothed with long deciduous deflexed hairs, stipules con- 

 spicuous lanceolate-setaceous, peduncles and racemes very long, bracteoles seta- 

 ceous, calyx tubuloso-campanulate with aristate teeth, corolla middle-sized. 

 » lo. t. 558; Bot Reg, t. 743. P. psoraleoides, W. ^' A. Prodr. 244; 

 %^'^ Ic. t. 249. 



Spread through the Wkstf.un Peninsula and Ceylon, but probably not wild. 

 '^^T^-- — ^' ^\"^^^^^^' Malaya. 



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Stems tall, suberect and shrubby in the lower part, quite terete. Stipules j-^ in. 

 /^«g; leaflets entire, membranous, soon glabrescent, thicker than in most of the 

 Pecies, the end one ovate, entire, acute or subobtuse. 2-3 in. long, usually deltf»id at 

 pZ.'' ^^^«^^^^^'^ reachincr a foot and racemes half a foot long ; pedicels very short 

 tJ?/^"^.^^- (^^^l/^ under ^ in. long, split open by the pod. Corolla deep purple and 

 seeded ^''''''^ ^^^ ^'^^^^^- ^'^^ ^"^ '"• ^'^^ ^ ^''" ^l^^^^^us, rather recurved, many- 



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StTBGEN. 3. Strophostyles. Stipules inserted above the Use. Poch 

 vpli * ^"- ^^^^^> subterete. Keel prolou'^ed iuto a complete spiral. Flowers 

 y«"ow. i?ace,«e, very close. 



7. P. 



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30 : stems slender diffuse glabrous 



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sLhi' *T*^<»^us» ^it- liort. Kew, iii. 

 central !i- ••^^' ^^'^P^^*^^ o^l<^»g^ le^fl*^^® ^^^^ ^^ ^*^^^ utjepiy cr-xw>^^ „xtx. .^^ 

 iJorA p,^^l^^"^ spathulate, racemes capitate, bracteoles ovate, flowers nnniite. 



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