Vigna. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER), 205 
flowered racemes on glabrous peduncles 6-12 in. long. Bracts like the 
stipules. Pedicels very short. Calyx glabrous, 2 lines deep ;_ teeth 
deltoid acuminate, shorter than the tube, the two upper ones connate. 
Corolla yellow or reddish, an inch deep. Pods pendulous, glabrous, 
6-12 in. long, 3 in. broad, subcompressed, 10-15-seeded, slightly toru- 
lose when fully matured, with a thick decurved beak. Seeds white, 
red or black.— Dolichos sinensis, Linn., DC. Prod. ii. 899. D. Catiang, 
Linn. Mant. 259. DC. Prod. Le. V. Catiang, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 
219. D. unguiculatus, Linn., DC. Prod. ii. 400. Guill. et Perr. FI. 
Seneg. 218. _D. oleraceus, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 340. D. melan- 
opthalmus, DC. Prod: 1.c. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Guinea proper, Thonning, Vogel! 
Barter! Fernando Po, Mann, 415! 
Nile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Schweinfurth! Abyssinia, Schimper, Quartin- 
Dilion and Petit! Local name Adouggouari. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk! 
Universally cultivated throughout the Tropics. The pods are eaten, and the fibres 
of the Iong peduncles are used for ropes, nets, and cloth.—D. tranquebaricus, Jacq., is 
a variety with spreading pods and ovate-rhomboidal or slightly hastate leaves. 
32. V. gracilis, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 311, Stems herbaceous, very 
slender, wide-twining, slightly pubescent. Stipules minute, lanceolate, 
deciduous. Petioles 1-14 in. long, very slender; leaflets 3; central 
one broad-ovate or ovate-rhomboidal, 1-1} in. long, bluntish or sub- 
acute, petiolule in. long, lateral ones similar, unequal-sided, mem- 
branous, both sides glabrous. Flowers 6—10 in short racemes on slender 
glabrous flexuose peduncles 3—4 in. long. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, 
a line deep, teeth deltoid, reaching a third down. Corolla rose, 3-4 
times the calyx. Pods pendulous, linear, subterete, an inch long, { in. 
broad, nearly straight, 6—8-seeded.—Dolichos gracilis, Guill. et Perr. Fl. 
Seneg. 219, 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Leprieur and Perrottet ! 
33. V. multiflora, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 308. Stems wide-climbing, 
herbaceous, very slender, with a few spreading grey-silky hairs when 
young. Stipules 1—2 lines long, lanceolate. Petioles 2-3 in. long, very 
slender ; leaflets 3, broad-ovate, 2-3 in. long, acute, petiolule {—3 in. 
long; lateral ones similar, slightly unequal-sided, membranous, both 
sides subelabrous. Flowers 6-12 in short racemes on slender glabrous 
peduncles 3-4 in. lone. Bracts and bracteoles minute, setaceous. Calyx 
campanulate, glabrous, } in. deep, teeth deltoid, reaching a third down. 
orolla rose, 3 or 4 times the calyx. Pod linear, 14-14 in. long, } in. 
broad, pendulous, subterete, glabrous, 6—8-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel! 
34. VW. luteola, Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xxiv. 194, t. 50, fig. 2. Stems 
he slender wide-twining glabrous. Petiolel—2in. Stipules minute lan- 
ceolate not spurred. Leaflets 3, membranous, both sides glabrous; end 
one ovate, acute, 2-3 in. long; petiolule 4—6 lines ; lateral ones unequal- 
