; 



Vigna.] L. legumixos^. (J. G. Baker.) 207 



ides, Hoxb. Ilort. Beng. 64 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 290 ; Wall Cat 6600. Mucuna 

 recta, Wall. Cat. 5625. Dolichos dasycarpus, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 186. 

 Canavalia dolichoides, Karz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xliv. 2, 185. 



East Himalayas, tropical zone ; Silhet, Khasia and Assam. — Distrib. Java. 



o^ms wide-twining, clo'died densely with persistent rather bristly pale brown 

 nairs. Stipules lanceolate, minnte ; leaflets always entire, as broad as long, flexible, 

 ^-6 in. long, densely clothed, especially below, with short bristly hairs. Racemes 

 2-3 in., conical in bud, sometimes nearly sessile ; pedicels shorter than the calyx; 

 hracteoles minute, lanceolate. Caltjx ^ in., clothed with adpressed hairs ; teeth del- 

 ^id, lowest lanceolate. Corolla reddish, 3-4 times the calyx. Tod 2-3 in. by \ in., 

 arm, cylindrical, 5-6-seeded, the very dense spreading velvety hairs persistent. 



9. V, pilosa, Baker ; stems slender woody finely grey-downy, leaflets 

 membranous ovate acute with a few short adpressed hairs, racemes many- 

 nowered short-peduncled, corolla middle-sized, pod slender clothed with dense 

 silky hairs, Dolichos pilosus, Roxh, Hort. Beng, 5o ; Fl. Ind. iii. 312 ; DC. 

 ^rodr. ii. 397 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 249. Phaseolus diffbrmis, Wall. Cat. 5599. 



East Himalayas, tropical zone ; AssA:sr, Nipal, Sikktm, Prome, Westkrx 

 i'ENiKsxjLA and Orissa. 



-orawcfc^ ver^' slender, but firm, glabrescent. Stipules mmxitii, lanceolate, cadu- 

 cous; leaflets usually twice as long as broad, narrowed gradually to a point, 4-6 in. 

 ong, thin, but firm, both sides subscabrous. Eacenies 2-3 in. long, much shorter 

 tnan the leaves ; pedicels finally^ in. ; bracts and bracteoles minute. Calyx \-^ in,, 

 :.v silky, oblique ; lower tooth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla reddish, 



^\ ^^^^ ^^^■^^' -^^^ ^~^ '"• ^^ ""^^^ i ^"'^ ^^^^^'^^ rather recurved, 8-12-seoded, 

 fle short fine brown hairs spreading and persistent. 



10- V. lucens, Baker-, stems woody glabrous, leaflets entire membranous 

 o\ue acute glabrous, racemes sublax many-flowered about as long as the leaves, 

 corolla middle-sized, pod slender densely velvety. Phaseolus lucens. Wall. Cat. 

 ^^1. Canavalia lucens, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xliii. 2, 185. 



Tavoy, Gomez. 



A wide-climbing perennial, with only the youngest branches clothed with a few 



Pr^^^^l"*! grey hairs, iw/^i^^ green on both sides, rounded at the base, narrowed 



g aaually to a point, 4-6 in. long ; stipules minute, lanceolate, caducous. Racones^nd 



peciuncles each 2-3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracteoles minute, ovate, Calyx 



red°l" K ^' ^^''^^^y glabrous ; lower tooth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla 



■ ^^ish, 3 times the calyx. Pod beaked, many-seeded. 



75. PACKITRHIZUS, Rich. 



U n^Y^^^^-cliiiiting herbs. Leaves pinnatelv 3-foliolate with stipellate lobed 



tup * 1 * *^ ' lilt' LVJ-^KZL VAtCpJ.* ^ Lvywixiv .... ^ -- • - j 



"« petal3 subeqiial; keel obtuse. Stamem diadelphous ; authers uniform. 



/"w-y subPopsile, manv-ovuled ; style long, circinate at the apex, bearded down 

 J /^ ^"^'^^ side below the very oblique stigma. Tod large, linear, tiu-gid, deeply 

 inH f ^ ^tween the seeds.— Distrib. Species 2 or 3, the others Mexican 



Angol 

 1. P. 



an. 



, ^- ^. angulatus, i??V7/. ; DC. Prodr. ii.402; Wall. Cat.5o2G; JF.8,- 

 ^. i rodr. 251. Dolichos bulbosus. Linn. ; Foj.b. Fl. Ind. iii. 309. P. trilobus, 



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