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202 L. LEGUMiNOS.^. (J. G, Baker.) [Phaseohcs. 



Ic. t. 94 ; Dalz, ^ Gibs, Bomb, Fl 71. Dolichos trilobatus, Linn. ; Bunn. Fl 

 Ind. t. 50, fig. 1. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 309. 



HiMAiAYAS to Ceylon and Birma, wild and commonly cultivated, ascending to 

 7000 ft. in the north-west.— Distuib. Afghanistan, Malay isles, Nubia, Abyssinia. 



Perennial or annual. Stems trailing toll length of 1-2 feet, glabrous orfnrnished 

 with a few deciduous spreading hairs. Stipules ^-f in., attached near the base; 

 leaflets membranous, glabrous, or with only a few obscure loose or short hairs, rhom- 

 boid or ovate, 1-2 in. long, very rarely entire (var. oxalideus, Grah., P. cornutys^ 

 Blume), usually shallowly lobed in the annual cultivated, deeply lobed in the perennial 

 wild form, the central divisions broad, spoon-shaped, obtuse. Flowers in a close, 

 deltoid head, on a peduncle that usually overtops the leaves ; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx campanulate, ^^^ in., pale yellow ; teeth deltoid. Corolla under ^ in. long. 

 Fod 1-2 in. by ^ in., subcylindrical, glabrous, recurved, 6-12-seeded, 



8. P. aconitifolius, Jacq. Obs.iii, t. 52; stems slender siiberect or diffuse 

 slightly hairy, stipules lanceolate, leaflets deeply 3-lobed with tbe central 

 division ligulate, racemes capitate, bmcteoles linear, flowers minute. Boxb. 

 FL Ind. iii. 299 ; JF. ^ A. Prodr. 247 ; DC. Prodr. ii, 304. P. trilobus, Wall 

 Cat. 5588 L-N. Dolichos dissectus, Lam. Diet. ii. 300. 



Himalayas to Ceylon, tropical region, up to 4000 ft. in the north-west. 



Closely allied to the last, with which it agrees in fl.owers and general habit. Stems 

 more copiously clothed wnth loose deflexed fine brownish hairs. Stipules much 

 smaller and narrower. Peduncles hairy, like the stems ; bracteoles twice as long as 

 the calyx, their setaceous ciliated tips protruding beyond the buds. Pods rather 

 stouter than in P. trilobus and seeds larger. 



9. P. grrandls, Dak. <§- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 72, non Wall. Cat. 6602; 

 stems stout suberect, stipules very large obovate, leaflets obovate entire or dis- 

 tinctly lobed, racemes close, bracteoles enclosing the calyx and corolla, corolla 

 middle-sized. 



Concan, on the highest ghauts east of Bombay, Stocks, Dahell. 



Stems as robust as in the Common Bean, 2-4 ft. high, clothed with adpressea 

 deciduous blackish bristles. Stipules persistent, ciliated, obovate-spathulate, 1-2 id* 

 long, attached a little above the cordate base ; leaflets rather fleshy, 3-4 in. loi^?' 

 clothed with short deciduous firm grey bristles, deltoid or rather rounded at the base, 

 lobed only in the upper half. Bacemes copious, on short or long suberect densely 

 bristly peduncles; bracteoles nerved, obovate-oblong, ^-^ in. long. Cal^j: ^ ^^" 

 teeth lanceolate. Pod 2-3 in. long, at first densely bristly. 



10. P. pauciflorus, Dalz. in Keto Journ. iii. 200 ; stems very slender 

 twining subglabrons, stipules minute lanceolate, leaflets membranous entire or 

 faintly lobed, racemes capitate, bracteoles linear, flowers minute, pod glabrous, 

 i)^//z.> Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 72. 



Southern Concan, common, Bahell, Stocks. 



Stems very slender, climbing, quite glabrous when mature. Stipules ^ ^^•' 

 leaflets ovate, acute, 1 J-2 in. long, green above, paler beneath. Flowers 2-4, at tjie 

 end of a slender peduncle about as long as the leaves ; bracteoles twice as long a** ^^ 

 calyx ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Ccdyx not more than ^ in. ; teeth shorter 

 than the tube, lowest lanceolate. Corolla \ in., pale yellow,- Pod 1^2 in. by 1 1^*' 

 fiubcyliudrical, slightly recurved, 6-10-seeded. , 



P. srBLOBATus, Wall. Cat. 5598 C, from the estuary of the Irrawaddi, is closely 

 allied to this, but at present is known only in the flowering state. It has ^^^^ 

 leaves, thinly clothed with adpressed grey bristles, 6-12-flowered i^hort-ped uncles 

 lacemes not closely capitate, and lanceolate bracteoles not longer than the calyx. 



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