Vigna. | 
Peduncle densely clothed with deflexed silky 
bristles; 2. 
Petioles elongated (1-3 in.) : 
Keel with an elongated recurved beak. 
Leaflets deeply lobed 
Leaflets not lobed. 
Flowers yellow . ae 
Flowers reddish-purple. 
Stems and leaves clothed with silky bristles 
Stem and leaves clothed with short grey pubescence 
** Calya-teeth rounded or deltoid, shorter than the tube. 
Stems clothed with conspicuous spreading silky hairs. 
Leaflets deeply lobed EO ee nk ae ee 
Leaflets entire. 
Flowers solitary, very large. . . . 
Flowers several, small or middle-sized. 
Leaflets lanceolate, the lateral ones not at all or very 
slightly unequal-sided. 
Flowers 2—4-umbellate 
Flowers many in racemes. 
Flowers all produced . oie 
Many lower flowers aborted . ..... 
Leaflets ovate, the lateral ones very unequal-sided. 
Corolla 9-10 lines deep . a git oa ae 
Corolla 3-4 inch deep. 
Bracts exceeding buds 
Bracts in bud not protruding. 
Corolla blue... 3s ss 
Corolla yellowish or reddish. 
Calyx 1 line deep eee 
Calyx 2linesdeep . . . + - + % 
Stems glabrous or subglabrous. 
Leaflets shining subcoriaceous; style persistent, cuneately 
dilated at the point (Sphenostylis, E. Meyer). 
Rtenis suberoct 4 we ey es ie 
Stems wide twining 
Leaflets coriaceous, lanceolate ; style filiform 
Leaflets rarely coriaceous ; style filiform deciduous. 
ste comparatively large, persistent, distinctly spurred. 
orolla blue : 
Corolla reddish or yellow. 
Flowers 1-3 together, subsessile. 
Keel shortly beaked . . . - + + + «© © 
Keel with a long recurved beak. Ra? Ne? 
Flowers up to 8-12 racemose, pedicellate. 
Pod 2-3 inches long . ee ee oe 
_ . Pod 6-12 inches long iin 
Stipules small, evanescent, not spurred. 
eaflets ovate acute or subacute. 
Calyx 1-1} lines long. 
Central leaflet 4-3 in. broad 
Central leaflet 2-3 in. broad 
Calyx 2 lines long 
Leaflets blunt. 
End leaflet ovate-lanceolate 
End leaflet oblong 
End leaflet roundish . 
XLVII. § PAPILIONACEX (BAKER). 
9. V. radicans. 
. 10. 
ae 
Glee 
Bid 
14, 
27. 
V. reticulata. 
V. lobatifolia. 
V. golungensis. 
V. vevillata. 
V. phaseoloides. 
. V. hastifolia. 
. V. holosericea. 
. V. parviflora. 
. V. pubigera. 
. V. ambacencis. 
. V. Schimperi. 
. V. comosa. 
. V. Donit. 
. V. Afzelii. 
. V. luteola, var. 
villosa. 
. V. marginata. 
. V. ornata. 
. V. venulosa. 
V. coerulea. 
. V. triloba. 
. V. huillensis. 
. V. nilotica. 
. V. sinensis. 
. V. gracilis. 
33. V. multiflora. 
. V. luteola. 
. V. parvifolia. 
. V. oblonga. 
. V. lutea. 
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