204 L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Phaseohs, 



Closely allied to P. Mungo, and equally variable in general habit. Hairs of the 

 stem short, but spreading, not ferruginous. Stipules much smaller and narrower; 

 leaflets membranous, sub^labrous, 2-4 in. long, the end one broad-ovate, acute. 

 Flow 



long 



^-| in., not so cylindrical as in P. Mungo, „ , ^ ^ . 



considerably recurved. — P. torosus, Roxh. FL Ind, iii. 298, is probably a cultivated 

 form, with short suberect stems and subsessile congested racemes. 



SrBGEJf. 4. Dysolobium. Stipules small, basifixed, caducous. Pod 

 linear, subterete, densely velvety or bristly. Wings distinctly shorter than 

 the other petals. Keel prolonged into a long incurved beak but not formuig 

 a complete spiral. — Connects Fhaseolus and Vigna, 



14. P. fuscus, Wall. PL As. Par. 6, t. 6; Cat. 5G13 ; stems slender 

 annual, leaflets ovate acute twice as long as broad softly downy, racemes short- 

 peduncled few-flowered lax, corolla middle-sized. Dunbaria fusca, Surz m 

 Jaurn. As. Soc, Beng. xliii. 2^ 186. 



EiKMA ; Prome hills, Wallich. 



Stents firm, -wide-twining, with many grooves. Leaflets membranous, dull g''^^^' 

 thinly pubescent above, grey-green, more densely downy beneath, always entire, roundeu 

 at the base, narrowed gradually to a point, the end one 3-4 in. long. Peduncles 1-lj 

 in. long. Bacemes 2-3 in. long, copious, much shorter than the leaves; pedicels 

 geminate, spreading, ^— J in. Calyx under \ in., subglabrous, very gibbous, with a 

 few long deciduous bristles ; teeth ciliated, the lowest lanceolate, shorter than the 

 tube. Corolla \ in. ; standard ^ in. broad, yellowish with red-brown lines externally; 

 keel and wings yellow. Pod linear, 2-3 in, by \-^ in., brown, clothed with spreading 

 brownish hairs, many-seeded. 



15, P. velutinus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5G15; stems woody, leaflets 

 roundish cuspidate glabrescent above, racemes long-peduncled many-flowered, 

 corolla large. P. grandis, Wetll Cat. 5602, non Dalzell. Oanavalia grandi3, 

 Kiirz in Journ, As. Soc. Beny. xliii. 2, 185. 



East Himalayas, tropical zone ; Nipal, Assam, CinTTAooxa. Ava, ]VIottliiei>^ 

 Pegtj, 



A woody climber, with very large leaves and flowers, by far the most showy oi a^ 

 the species. Stems terete, minutely pubescent. Leaflets thin, but flexible, full green, 

 subscabrous at first above, paler green beneath, with copious obscure bristly haij^t 

 broadly rounded at the base, 6-9 in. long. Bacemes and woody terete peduncle 

 reaching each 6-9 in. long; pedicels ^-J in. ; bracteoles roundish, minute, '^*lP^^^^L 

 to the ealyx. Cali/x ^ in., finely silky ; lowest tooth lanceolate, shorter than ot t 

 tube, the others much shorter still. Corolla reddish, more than twice as lo"^^^ .^ 

 calyx; standard I in. broad. Pod almost woody, subcylindrical, straight, ^-f ^^' ^ 

 I in., deeply channelled down both sutures, densely brown-velvety. 



74. VXGNA, Savi. 



Twining lierbs or shrubs, with exactly the habit of P/ufseolm, from^^'"^^ 

 they ditfer by liaving the style and keel much less cm-ved and lengthene'd on • 

 Cahjx camnanulate ; teeth long or short, the upper often connate. Corolla vane ^ 

 exserted ; keel truncate or in § Plectrotrojns prolonged into an ascending^ ^ 

 slightly recurved beak. Stamens diadeljphous ; anthers uniform. Ovanj ^^¥ ^ 

 many-ovuled ; style long, filiform, bearded along the inner face helow the obM^ 

 stigma. Pod linear, subterete, subseptate.— Distkib. Species 40-60, ^^^^^^ 

 tropical, one widely cultivated. 



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