244 LEGUMINOS X. PuaskoLvs. 
be regarded as a very suspicious species. Savi’s dissertation on these plants, 
with [pne is an example of how much ingenuity may be wasted in splitting 
species ; which, when accomplished, can be of little use either to the botanist 
or to the gardener. 
< * 748. (3) P. multiflorus (Willd.:) annual, twining, almost glabrous: 
leaflets ovate, acuminated: stipules sessile, recurved: racemes long-pe- 
duneled, longer than the leaves, floriferous part elongated : pedicels in pairs: 
bracteoles broad, about equal to or shorter than the calyx, adpressed : le- 
gumes pendulous, scimitar-shaped, long-mueronate, slightly torulose, few- 
seeded : seeds oblong, compressed.— Willd. sp. 3. p. 1030 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 392 ; 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 254 ; Wight ! cat. n. 725.—P. vulgaris, £, Linn. sp. p. 1016. 
749. (4) P. lunatus (Linn.:) biennial, usually twining, glabrous or pubes- 
cent: leaflets ovate, acüminated: stipules minute, reflexed, caducous: ra- 
cemes shorter than the leaves, peduncled, the floriferous part elongated: 
pedicels in pairs : bracteoles narrow, small, shorter than the calyx, adpressed, 
caducous: legumes pendulous, scimitar-shaped, long-mucronate, not toru- 
lose, glabrous, 2-4-seeded : seeds oblong, compressed.— Linn. sp. p. 1016; 
DC. prod. 2. p. 393 ; Spr. syst. 3. p.254; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 287 ; in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 272 ; Wight! cat. n. 727.—P. vulgaris, Wall.! T.. n. 5595. 
750. (5) P. rostratus (Wall. :) perennial, twining, nearly glabrous ; leaflets 
ovate, acute: stipules sessile, reflexed : racemes long-peduncled, few-flower- 
ed, shorter than the leaves: flowers in pairs, with a gland between them: 
ale variously twisted ; keel with a’ very long spirally twisted beak: legume 
pendulous, flat, curved, long-mucronate, scarcely torulose, nearly glabrous, 
many-seeded.— Wall. pl. As. rar. 1. p. 50. t. 63; L. n. 5610.—P. alatus, Roxb. 
fi. Ind. 3. p. 288.—P. amarus, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 277.—Rheed. Mal. 8. 
t. 42. Cirears. Malabar. 
. The flowers of this species are very large, and in many respects approach 
it to P. caracalla, Linn. ; a plant which, although said to be a native of India, 
is not to be met with in any of the Indian herbariums, and is: more probably 
a native of South America ; *we have received wild specimens of it from the 
missions of Brazil. je 
751. (6) P. Grahamianus (W. & A.:) erect?, glabrous: leaflets ovate, 
acuminated: stipules sessile, small, recurved, deciduous: racemes long-pe- 
duncled, longer than the leaves, few-flowered, floriferous part slightly elon- 
gating in fruit: pedicels.in pairs: legume flat, not torulose, linear, narrow 
— dan 3 — long and scarcely more than a line broad), n. 
seeded, glabrous; valves at length twistino: Féspene.. 
Wight! cat. n. 724.— Courtalitar: bio Picea 
r specimen is imperfect, not showing enough to enable us to determine 
whether the plant be a twiner, or erect: there is, however, no tendency to 
twine in what we have before us. We have not seen the flowers or bracteoles. 
752. (7) P. psoraleoides (W. & A. :) erect, suffrutescent?: old branches 
and leaves nearly glabrous ; young shoots and leaves underneath, and racemes 
clothed with adpressed silky pubescence : leaflets lanceolate, acute : stipules 
lanceolate-subulate, sessile, erect, striated, persistent: racemes 5-8 times 
longer than the leaves, floriferous part elongated ; peduncle very long, stout, 
terete : pedicels in pairs: bracteas and bracteoles subulate-setaceous, longer 
than the calyx, caducous : calyx 5-toothed: keel circinate: legumes pendu- 
lous, nearly straight, compressed, long-linear (about 4 inches long and 1 line 
broad), many-seeded, pubescent; seeds compressed, short-oval, slightly 
truncated at both ends.— Wight! cat. n. 730.— -Nopalty- 
- Although sent to Dr Wallich by Dr Wight, as probably P. Max, we do not 
find it in his List. When in flower, it bears a strong resemblance to P: 
bituminosa, but it is an undoubted Phaseolus, and approaches so very near 
to P. semierectus, Linn., that we had almost doubts if it were specifically 
