LEOCJfLVOS.E. 511 



PsopyiocAurus, Neeker. 



Pod 4 cornered, longitucliually 4-winge(l. Stiyma almost globose, densely 

 penicellate-villous. 



*P. lEiRAGOxor.oiirs, L. Prome and llartaban cultivated {fide ilason). 



Uractlets shorter than the calyx. Pods up to a foot long, 12-lC-seeded. 



*P. PALUSTRis, Dosv. Cultivated all over Burma. 



Diesiiiffia scandens, Endl. 

 JP. lonffipedunculafu.i, llassk. 

 Dolichos tetragonolohus, lloxb. non L. 



Peh-myit or Peh-hmung-wa. Goa beans. 



Bractlets as long or longer than tlie calyx. Pods 2-3 in. long, often 5-6-secded. 



The pods of this species are eaten as beans, and it also yields edible tubers. 

 The pods luive fringed or membranous edges, and llie plant is said to be a native 

 of Mauritius. 



DiocLEA, Humboldt, Bonpland et Kunih. 



Upper teeth of calyx not projecting. Pods oblong, turgid, indehiscent, the 

 upper suture thickened or 2 -winged. Anthers dimorphous. 



D. KKFLEXA, Hook. Tonasserim. 



Dolichos hexandrus, Roxb. 



PrERARiA, DeCandoUe. 



Upper teeth of calyx not projecting. Pod linear, flattish, readily dehiscing, 

 many-seeded. 



Sub-genus Eu-iteraria. (Woody leaf-shedding climbers). 



Pods constricted between the seeds. Roots largo, tuberous. Floircrs pale blue. 



P. TUBEROSA, Iloxb. Chittagoug. 



Calyx densely silky. Bractlets minute. Pods tawny hirsute while young. 



P. Candollei, Grab. All over Burma. 



Calyx minutely ap])rcssed pubescent. Bractlets as long as tlic buds. Pods 

 minutely apprcssed pubescent, soon glabrous. 



Stands in a simihir relationship to the preceding .species as MtUettia exlensa does 

 to M. macrophi/Ua, and is barely more than a glabrous variety of it (Kurz). 



Sub-genus NEUSTAXTirrs, Bth. (Under shrubs or shrubs, erect or twining). 

 Pods not constricted between the seeds. 



* Erect shrubs or under shrubs, the branchlets terete or nearly so. 

 X Bracts deciduous. 

 P. Wallichu, DC. 



All parts nearly glabrous. Calyx minutely velv(>ty. Pods li-2 inches long. 

 Flowers white. 



P. COMI'DSITA, Bth. Ava, Taong-doung and the drier hill-forests, especially tlie 

 pine-forests of Martaban, .'J.OOO to 5000 feet elevation. 



Tomcntum of youBg parts, inflorescence, and calyx tawny. Pods 2-3 inches long. 



X X Bracts persistent. 

 P. STRICTA, Kz. Pegu Hills between 1000 and 3000 feet. 



Leaves sparingly appresscd hirsute. Fruiting pedicels 2 lines long. Pods 

 1-H inch long, glabrous. 



