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11. P. IIXung*o, Lmn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 395; stems suberect or flexuose 

 more or less densely clotlied with loose deflexed hairs, stipules ovate, leaflets 

 membranous entire, rarely faintly lobed, racemes capitate, bracteoles ovate or 

 lanceolate, flowers middle-sized, pod clothed with long spreading deciduous 

 silky hairs. Roxh FL hid, iii. 292 {ueds green) ; Wall. Cat. 5589 {in qreater 

 part) ; W. 4' A. Prodr. 245. P. Max,\Rar6. Hort. Beng. 55 ; FL Ind. lii. 295 

 {seeds black) ; Wall Cat. 5606. P. aureus, Sain, in Wall Cat. 5590 {seeds 

 yelloiv), P. hirtus, Retz. Obs. iii. 38, ncm Wall 



Wild and universally cultivated in the plains throughout our limits in a large 

 number of forms, ascendinu: to 6000 ft. in the N.W, Himalayas.— Disteib. Spread 

 through tropics of Old World. 



Stems annual, suberect in the typical form, 1-2 ft. high, copiou-ly branched from 

 the base, clothed with fine long deciduous brownish silky hairs. Stipidcs ^~^ in, 

 long, attached near the base ; leaflets membranous, with scattered adpressed hairs on 

 both sides, 2-4 in. long, roundish, acute or subobtuse, deltoid or rather rounded at 

 the base. Flowers about half a dozen at the very end of short peduncles, clothed like 

 the stems; pedicels very short. Cafyx |-^ in.; lower tooth deltoid or lanceolate. 

 Corolla |-i in., yellow. Fod U-2A in. long by ^4 in., subcylindrical, slightly 

 recurved, 10-15-seeded. 



Var. 1. glaber, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 291 (sp.), non Schlecht. ; habit of the type, 

 but stem leaves and pod quite glabrous. Wall Cat. 5604. P. Mungo, F., Wall. Cat. 

 5o89, ex parte. P. glabrescens, Steud. Konienc. edit. 2, ii. 317. A cultivated form. 



VAR. 2. Wightianus, Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5591 (sp.) ; stems elongated slender 

 flexuose finely hairy, the hairs short and grey, leaflets thinner. P. Wightii, W^ # A. 

 mdr, 245. P. subvolubilis, Ham. in Wall Cat 5605. 



VAR. 3. radiatus, Linn, (sp.) ; stems elongated twining densely clothed, as are the 

 peduncles and pod with long ferruginous deflexed silky hairs, leaflets firmer than in 

 the last, similar to those of the type. Eoxh. Fl hid. iii. 296 ; Wall Cat. 5592 ; DC 

 ^^odr. 11. 395. P. Koxburghii, W. ^ A. Prodr. 246. P. Mungo, Wall Cat. 5589, ex 

 P^^le. P. setulosus, Dah. in Kew Journ. ii. 33 ; Dalz. 4' Gibs. Bo77ib. Fl 72. Vigna 

 opisotneha, A. Rich. Fl Abyss, i. 220. 



ol }^'a ^' trlnervlus, Heyne in Wall Cat. 5603 ; stems twining densely 

 Clothed with deflexed ferruginous hairs, stipules middle-sized oblong.leaflets entire 

 r lamtly lobed persistently pilose on both surfaces, racemes close, bracteoles 

 oofong-lanceolate, pod at flrst densely silkv. W. iSf A. Prodr. 245 ; Dalz. ^ 

 ^'^'' ^'''^b. Fl 71. P. farinosus, Linn. ; BC Prodr. ii. 395 ? 



Mak ^^^^ ^f Western Pexinsvla and Ceylon, ascending to 4000 ft.— Distrib. 



jl^ ^^^^"iah Stems copiously twining, never suberect. Stipules like those of P. 

 tinotr'i ^PP^'irently attached higher up. Leaflets thicker in texture, often dis- 



j^/y ^*^bed, ovate, acute, 2-4 in. long, dark green, scabrous, with adpressed grey 



stiy hairs above, still more hairy beneath. Floivers 6-12, on long downy peduncles, 

 CornTT'' ^^^^^3^ ^-^ in. long ; pedicels very short. Cali/x ^ in. ; teeth deltoid. 

 slJ;f^~^t™^^« the calyx, yellow or reddish. Pod 2-2^ in. long, 10-12-seeded, 

 varrt ^''^^^^^^d— Closely allied to P. Mungo, var. radiatus, and probably a fourth 



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fiuJr^'i**' *^^l<5aratus, Roxb. Uort. Beng^ 54; Fl Lnd. iii. 289; stems 

 latT 1 fl^ flexuose clothed with fine deciduous deflexed hairs, stipules lanceo- 

 flaJ. .!® ^^^^r*^ ^^ faintly lobed, racemes not capitate, bracteoles linear, 

 P S v'^^^-^^^^d, pod glairous. Wall Cat. 5611; W. 8f A. Prodr. Ub. 

 . sublobatus, Wall Cat. 5598 A, B. P. hirtus, Wall Cat 5593. P. Mungo, 

 '^^^ tat. 5589 0. pt ««./. -p L.\.^..^r.^ mu.n^ - if in. Flor. Lnd. Bat. i. 200. 



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