Vigna 



minibus oblonyis alliidis />'/'///;,</ !<. cit. (C u c k o 1 d' > 

 Increase). Dolk-hos un-uiculatus L. Sj*. I'/. 7i'" (1753): 

 Jacq. Hart. Vindob. i. t. 23; Mn-f. Jam, i. 287 (Cuckold' 

 Increase . D. .-iiu-nsis L. J ///-//<. ir. :>i'ij (1759): .Anvy. ,,y,. 

 f/7. ///. /. 71 : lint. M,,,,. t. L'2:'.:.'. D. s'.s<iuipedalis L. Sp. I'l. 

 -I. 2, 1019 (1763); Jacq. p. cit. i t. 67; J/m/. Jam. i. 2 

 (Asparagus Beau). Phaseolus sphaerospermus />. N//. 7V. 

 ed. 2, 1018 (17<13). D. catiang L. M,,t. 2G'. (1767 D. sphae- 

 rospermus Dr. /Y,,,/ r . //. 400 (1*25, : Mac/. Jaw. i. L 

 (Black -eyed Pea), 



Cow Pea, China Pea. 



Sloane Herb. iii. 80-83 ! Browne ; Macfadijen. Tropical and subtro]/ 

 regions of the whole world. 



Stem, low and suberect (F. catiang) or tall and twining (!'. sincnsis), 

 ,-labrous or nearly so. Leaflets very variable in size and form, 4-13 cm. 1., 

 terminal broadly ovate to lanceolate, sometimes somewhat lobed at 

 base, lateral very unequal-sided, somewhat triangular ; stipules broadly 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 10-12 mm. 1., produced at the base into a linear- 

 lanceolate appendage, 4-7 mm. 1. ; stipels 3-4 mm. 1. Flowers 4-6, 

 crowded at the apex of a long stalk, subsessile. Calyx glabrous, usually 

 7-8 mm. L, segments lanceolate or deltoid, acuminate. Corolla greenish - 

 yellow and purplish, usually more than 2 cm. 1. Pods, usually 1 or 2 only 

 at the end of the long stalk, variable in length, 1-4' 5 dm. 1., - 7-l CHI. br. 

 Seeds reddish-buff or white.] 



1. V. repens Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL i 212 (1891) ; stipule 

 sessile ; inflorescence with a few flowers crowded close together 

 at the apex of the peduncle ; calyx 4-toothed ; corolla yellow : 

 pod subcylindrical, about 6 mm. br. Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 311. 

 V. luteola Bentli. in Fl. Bras, xv.pt. 1, 194, /. 50, /. II. (18-VJ) : 

 Grixeb. Fl. Br. W. Ltd. 195. Dolichos maritimu> minor repen> 

 vvc. Bnm: tie If!*f. Jam. 293. D. repens L. >S//.s-/. cd. 10, 11 '>." 

 (1759), Amcen. v. 402, & % PL cd. 2, 1022. D. luteolus .!<<{. 

 Hort. Vindob. i. 39, t. 90 (1770). D. luteus Sio. Prodr. 105 (17 

 ,v FL Ind. Ore. 1246; Marf. J,nn. i. 287. (Fi-. 21.) Specim. 

 from Jacquin Hurt. Vindob. in Herb. Mus. Brit. A sprcinn" 

 in Herb. Linn, has a ticket attached with Jact[iiin's name 

 A ritten by himself. 



Marshy places on the sea-shore; St. George, Browne; H "////</! 

 Broughtonl Sirartz ; Mocfadyenl Distinl near Annotto J Jay, St. Geor 

 McXtibl March I Rock Fort ; Ferry; Ca i]>!<< 'II ! Kingston; Port M MM 

 Lucea ; II 1: ; near Kingston, Fawcctt\ Ferry: north coast; (ir. 



Island; Harris! Fl. Jam. 6117, 6300, 818s, 'JJDO, lo.iM!). P.enni; 

 southern U.S.A., Bahamas, tropical America. 



St.'m trailing or twining, usually glabrous, occasionally pul" 

 Leaflets very variable in si/.e and form, broadly ovate to lain 

 lateral somewhat uusymnn'triral, 1-5-8 cm. 1., -(j-6-5 cm. br. ; stipules 

 ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, o-o - 5 mm. L. -lipcU lanceolate, 

 2~-2-5 mm. 1. ' \- i) nnii. 1., in the opening flower upper lobe v. 



broad, rounded, entire or with two small in 1 ,t apex; lateral 



gular, acute; lower lanceoi huped. Standard sabemsa , with 



illi near the . ! "> cm. 1., 1'5-1'7 cm. br., auricle- .-niall; w; 



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