508 BURMA, ITS PEOTLE AXD PHODUCTIOXS. 



V. vExiLLATA, L. Pcgu Eimge, along streams. 



T'. hirta, Hook. 

 Fhaseolus Pidnicnsis, "Wiglit. 



Flowers about an incli long or longer, by 2-4 terminating tlic long peduncles. 

 Pod glabresccnt. 



XX Oral-!/ a?id pods ffhibrous. Flowers yellow. 

 ° Leajlds ohorate. blunt or almost retuse. 

 V. LUTEA, A. Gray. Beacbos of Tenasserim, the Andamans and Nicobars. 



Quite glabrous. Corolla about -J inch long. Pods 1-1-1 inch long. 



°° Leaflets from ovate to orate -laneeolate, acuminate to acute. 

 V. EEPENS, Baker. Promc. 



Flowers by 1-2 on very short paired peduncles. 

 V. LUTEOLA, Bth. Ava. Bhamo. 



Foliclios Gangeticus, Koxb. 

 Eaccmcs many-flowered, long-peduncled. Stipules small, almost peltatcly 

 falcate-ovate. 



Baker refers my Bui-mese specimens to this species, but they differ greatly in the 

 stipules, and are referred by me to the following species (Kurz). 



** Stipules peltatehj attached, the lower end produced. 

 X Juel not prolonged into a beak. Fhnrers yellow. 

 \. CALCARATA, Eoxb. Arakau and Pegu. 



Pods 1-2 inches long by 11-2 lines broad, minutely puberulous, soon glabrous. 

 Seeds glossy. Stipules oblong, the produced basal part falcate-ovate. 

 V. BEACUYCAKPA, Kz. Arakau. 



Pods rather blunt at both ends, up to an inch long by 21 lines broad, sparingly 

 but long-hirsute. Seeds opac^ue. Stipules peltately linear-oblong, 3-4 lines long. 



X X Keel prolonged into a didinct beah. Flowers blue or white, or variegated in 

 these colours. 



*V. (DoLiCHos) Sinensis, L. Cultivated all over Burma and the islands. 



F)oliehos Tranquebaricus, Jacq. 

 B. catjang, L. 

 Pods 2-3, or 4-12 inches long by 2-4 lines broad, glabrous. Stipules shortly 

 peltate, lanceolate. 



§ § Free part of filaments once or rarely twice spirally twisted. 

 Phaseolus, Linnceus. 



Keel spiral. Style filiform. The 2 upper calyx-teeth, or all, shorter than the 

 tube. FFilum oblong or shortly orbicular. Twining or rarely almost erect herbs. 



Sub-genus Eu-phaseolus. 



Stipules small, basifixcd and not or hardly produced downwards. 



* Fods dimidiate, oblong or linear, 2-many-secded. Flowers purple to lilac and white. 



* P. LUNATCS, L. Ava (cultivated ?). 



Country French beans. 



Flowers small, greenish white, on filiform puberulous pedicels. Calyx shallow, 

 2 lines wide and barely a line deep. Pods falcate, 2-3 inches long by ^ broad, 

 glalirous. An excellent vegetable, originally, it is said, introduced from Mauritius, 

 easy to cultivate, and yields well. 



