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Vigna.] L. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 205 



VoANBEZiA STOTERRANEA, TkoicaTs ; DC. pTodr. ii. 474, which is allied to Vigna, 

 but may be easily known by its 1-2 ovulate ovary, which, by the torsion of the' pe- 

 duncle is thrust below the soil to ripen, and becomes a tuber-like pod, is occasionally 

 cultivated, but less frequently than in Tropical Africii, Its native country is not 

 clearly known. 



SxjBGE^'. 1. Vig*na proper. Keel not prolonged into a teak. 



1. V. repens, Baher ; stems trailing very slender, stipules minute lan- 

 ceolate basifixed, leaflets mpmlirnnmift ftntirA RPiitfi. flnw-fiV!^ ^—9. ic\o-t^i\\(^v an vprrr 



short geminate peduncles. 



BiRACA, near Prome, Wallich, 



oiff?Ks herbaceous, wide-creeping, glabrous. Leaflets firm, glabrous; the end one 

 ovate, acute, 2-3 in. long. Pedicels very short, pubescent. Calyx \ in., slightly 

 downy; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, shorter than the tube. Corolla reddish, 3 times the 

 length of the calyx. Pod unknown. 



2. V. lutea, A. Gray in Bot. Wilkes Exped, i. 452; stems perennial 

 trailing, stipules minute lanceolate hasifixedj leaflets obovate obtuse rather fleshy 

 entire, racemes many-flowered long-peduncled, pods short few-seeded. Dolichos 

 i^r'^^' ^^^' 5 ^^- P^^'odr. ii. 098. Vigna anomala, Walp, Hep. i. 779. V. retusa, 

 ^alp. Pep, i. 778. Phaseolus obovatus, Grah, in Wall Cat 6G09. 



^ Martabax; Amherst, Wallich. Andaman's, Kitr::;. Malacca, Griffith.— Dis- 



TRiB Trop. America, Africa, Polynesia, Cape, N. Australia. 



^^tems "wide-trailing, perennial, much stouter than in the last. Leaflets glabrous, 

 ^it-h a subdeltoid base, the end one 2-3 in. long. Peduncles equalling or exceeding 

 i^e leaves. Flowers 6-20. in a close raceme. Calyx campanulate, subglabrous, ^in. ; 

 ^eeth deltoid. Corolla yellow, S-^i times the calyx. Pod 2-3 in. by | in., quite glab- 

 rous from an early stage, subtorulose, 4-6-seeded. 



3. V. luteola, Benth. in Mart. FL Bras. xr. 194, t. 50, fig. 2 ; stems 

 sender herbaceous wide-twining subglabrous, stipules minute lanceolate basi- 

 ^ I leaflets ovate acute membranous entire, racemes many-flowered long-pe- 



wncled, corolla middle-sized, pod short few-seedod. Dolichos luteolus, Jacg. 

 f^t. Vind, i. 30, t. 90. D. gangeticus, Roxh. FL Ltd. iii. 310 ; Wall Cat 

 004b. Vig^a glabra and yillosa, Savi; DC. Prodr. ii. 401. 



Kuf^^^rt' Sunderbunds, Roxburgh, G. Thomson, Ceylon, Thwaites. 

 T 7~ • /•^^^^'^' ^*^^™*^Politan in tropics, Cape. 



Pegtt, 



twi ' Catiang-, EndL^, Miq. Flar. Ind. Bat. i. 188; annual, suberect or 

 j^J^^J^f^'' stipules largo attached above the base, leaflets membranous ovate- 

 ver7i ^^^ ^litire or sliglitly lobed, racemes few-flowered loug-peduncled, pod 

 p;^i^^o many-seeded. Dolichos Oatiang, i//*« ; DC. Prodr. ii. 399; Rovb. 

 FJ y; V^- 303; Walh Cat. 5549. D. sinensis, Znm. ; DC. loc. ctt.-, Roxh. 

 VL ' ''^* ^02 ; Wall. Cat. 6550 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2232 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 250. 

 /^r^^i^^osis, EndL ; Hassk. PI. Jav. Bar. 386. Dolichos tranquebancus, 

 ?• ^ort, Vind. iii. t. 70. D. monachalis, Brat. ; DC. Prodr. loc. cit, 



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