PHASEOLUS FUSCUS. Tab. 6 



Annuus, cano-pubcscens, pilosuliis, volubilis, ramosissimus ; radice fibrosa; ramis filiformibus sulcatis ; foliolis 

 ovatis, acutis, integris ; racemis pedunculatis, foliis brcvioribus ; floribus extus liicidis ; calyce resinoso-punctato, 4- 

 dentato, dente inferiore elongato ; carina subrostrata, incurva ; legumine hirsute, piano, lineari. 



Habitat ad Prome, in regno Burmanico, florens leguminibusque immaturis onustus initio anni. In horto botanico 

 Calcuttensi floruit prima vice mense Martii 1827. 



Herba annua, gracilis, ramosissima, pubescentia moUissima, copiosa, cana obsita, pilisque brevibus conspersa, satis alt^ volubilis. 

 Radix constans fibris ramosis, gracilibus. Caulis brevis, mox divisus in ramos graciles, sulcis 5 exaratos. Folia 3-foliata, subapproxi- 

 mata, patentia. Petioli 2 — 3-pollicares^ pilosuli, supra sulcati; partiales brevissimi, cylindrici. Foliola ovata, Integra, attenuato- 

 acuta, basi rotundata, ferfe sequalia, membranacea, 3-pollicaria, subti!is moUiora, villosa, incana, minutim resinoso-punctulata, reticulata, 

 3-nervia. Stipules vald^ deciduae, lanceolatee, adpressoe, brevissima;. Racemi ex omnibus fer^ axillis superioribus solitarii, erecti, 

 oblongi, PEDUNCULO suffiilti tereti, villoso, pollicari. Flores nuinerosi, approximati, sparsi, nunc geminati, mediocris magnitudinis, 

 inodori, exti\s fusci, lucidi, inti^s flavi. Pedicelli breves, cylindrici, pilosuli, punctati, basi bracteola lineari, caduca. Calyx fus- 

 cescens, ovatus, pills copiosis capitato-glandulosis, punctisque ferrugineis, resinosis, clevatis, subconfluentibus obsitus, laihs, Isevis ; 

 4-dentatus, dentibus acutiusculis : inferiore lineari, pariim elongate, superiore latiore, ovato, lateralibus brevissimis. Vexillum orbiculato- 

 reniforme, expansum, parfim depressum, medio canaliculatum, lineas 8 transversas emetiens, subtus saturate fuscum, admodum lucidum, 

 supr^ opacum, flavescens, venis parallelis, fuscis, ad marginem reticulatis, ungue brevi incurvo. Carina subovata, compressa, flava, 

 in rostrum attenuata breve, super vexillum arcuato-decurvum, apice vix spirali subtruncatum. Al^ cuneato-oblongse, erectoe, obtusse, 

 basi semisagittat£e, carina dimidio breviores. Ovarium pilosum, brevissimfe stipitatum, basi circumdatum annulo crenulato, brevis- 

 simo. Stylus gracillimus. Stigma clavatum. Legumen planum, lineare, acuminatum, deorsum parum attenuatum, sessile, pilis vald^ 

 copiosis, patentibus, ferrugineis obtectum, polyspermum, Semina Isevia, reniformia, isthmis baud interstincta ; matura baud visa. 



This is a very elegant climber, remarkable chiefly on account of its very glandular calyces, and the dark brown, 

 glossy colour of the back of the vexillum, while its inner surfiice is opaque and of a yellow colour, slightly tinged 

 with brown, and elegantly veined and reticulated. The plant is annual and much branched ; all its green parts are 

 densely covered with soft pubescence, interspersed with short hairs. 



Plate VI. Fig. 1. 2. Flower viewed in two directions. 3. The same dissected. 4. Alae and Carina detached. 5. Legume. 



CARALLUMA crenulata. Tab. 7. 



Ramis erectiusculis, rigidulis, tetragonis, lucidis, lavibus, sinuatis, multidentatis, dentibus porrectis ; foliis subcor- 

 datis, plicatis, recurvis ; floribus terminalibus, umbellatis, planis ; laciniis corolla; triangulari-ovatis, acutis, fimbriatis • 

 corona stannnea S-fida, lobis apice truncatis, crenatis. ' ' 



Habitat in arenosis montium prope urbem Segain, ad ripam dextram fluminis Irawaddi, contra Avam sitam 

 florens Novembre. In horto botanico Calcuttee floruit mense Augusti 1826. 



Caulis basi cylindricus subrepens, adscendens, radices emittens filiformes ; surs^m ramosa, paniculata. Rami tetragoni erecto 

 adscenden tes ngidiuscuh, l.ves, lucidi, digitum minimum Orassi. 1-4-pollieares, vix attenuati ; anguli prominentes, profundi s nuati et 

 dentati: dentes porrecti et acuti, alternantes, apice adfigentes polium patenti-recurvum, subcordato-ovatum, pli atum, acutum v x 

 uhra Imeam longum. Flores pedunculati, inodori, 20 circiter coUecti in umbellam globosam, terminalem diametrum T^J^ 

 carem emetienten. Peuunculus teres, carnosus, subclavatus, unguicularis. Lacini. calvcis lanceolate, patcntes/ltrTv ' 

 Corolla omnin. plana, patentissima, pollicaris, subtus pallid^ viridis, albicans ; supr^ flava, fasciis latiusculis flexuos " parairelis v" 

 susque medmm annuhs concentncis, angustis, fuscis ornata ; lacini. lato-ovate, fer^ triangulares, acut., dimidii inilTv^lT^^^ 

 pihs longis, patentibus, violaceis, clavatis. Columna minima, exserta, subglobosa. Corona stamnea simplici serie 5 fiTa Lb vi^c 

 anthens mcumbentes, lineares, apice subtruncata 2-3-crenati basi utrinnuP In Hpnf?., l / ' ^"' 



This species comes near to Stapelia {Carallumu) umhdhta Roxb., but differs in its short con.m« 1,.K-. . • ,, 

 glossy, sharply four^omered branches, smaller flower, perfectly fla corolla ^thnlLt^HT;; "^TI n ' T'^^'' 

 parted corona staminca. It is altogether smaller than that Species "' ""' "'""^ '" ""^ «^^- 



to^ "Ull;^';r::™!X^l''''- '■ ^^'^-^l™--"- - «=.«.»- .. lVo™as..ofp<,Ue„attache. 



