LEGUMISOSJE. 509 



P. TEXuiCAULrs, Grail. Promo. Bhamo. 



Flowers purplish, middling-sizod, on sloiulcr glabrous pcdicds. Calj-x about 

 2 lines deep and nearly as wide, ribbed. Pods 1 \-l inches long, by 3-4 lines bi-uad. 



** P()(h neither dimidiate nor falcate, linear to narrow-linear, i-Mani/seeded. 

 Flowers purple to while. 



X Ilradlets oval, persistent, as lont) as, or lunger than the calyx. 



*P. VULGARIS, L. Chittagong, cullivated. 



P. nanus, L. 

 Eacemes Icw-llowered. Pedicels longer than the calyx. Pods linear, 4-G-seeded. 



X X Jlractlets deciduous, shorter than the cali/.c. Flowers shortly pedicelled. 



* P. ABKXANTnus, E. j\rey. Ava. Pronie. Tenasserim. 



F. rostratus. Wall. 

 F. alatus, Roxb. (non. L.). 



Corolla nearly an inch long. Calyx plain. Pods many-seeded, i inch broad. 



Cultivated lor its tuberous roots. 



P. sKMrERECTi's, L. Chittagong, in grass-land. 



F. psaraleoides, W. A. 

 Corolla about i inch lung. Calyx almost o-ribbid. Pods many-seeded, 2 lines 

 broad or narrower. 



Sub-genus SiHOPnosTYLES, Ellis. 



Stipules peltately attached and produced downwards. Flowers yellow or greenish 

 yellow. Bracts \ery deciduous. 



"' Ovary and pods glalrous. 



P. (Gltciice) tkii.obus, L. Puruia {fide Mason). 



Prostrate or half-twining. Stipules large and leafy, about -V inch long. LeaiU ts 

 more or less deeply-lobed. 



** Oiary pubescent to hirsute. 



P. TuiNERvrrs, Heyno. Martaban and Tenasserim. 



Twining, the stems spreadingly hirsute. Pedicels 1-1 5 lines long. Pods thinly 

 and shortly hirsute. 



*P. RADlATCs, L. var. /3 generally cultivated all over Burma. 



Erect or nearly so, hirsute to almost glabrous. Plowers almost sessile. Pods 

 sparingly but long-hirsute. 



var. a radial us, F. Jfunyo, L. More or less spreading and twining. Pods 

 shorter and more blunt. 



var. /3 F. Mungo, L. ; F. Ma.v, Poxb. Dwaif and erect. Pods longer, 

 narrower, and acuminate. Seeds green or black. Of this there is also an almost 

 glabrous form. 



It is a curious thing that some pulses should be unwholesome, anil even poisonous, 

 as Errum errilia, and some species of Fhaseolus and Lathyrus. This uuwholesomeuess 

 of some species is so well known, that they are avoided by well-to-do natives, but arc 

 consume<l by the very poor with, it is believed, the result ef inducing paralysis of the 

 lower limbs. 



°° Stigma terminal. Free part 0/ filaments straight. 



DoLicnos, Zinnteus. 



Keel not spirally twisted. Style filiform, minutely penicillato around the minute 

 stigma. Twining or rarely sub-erect herbs. 



