254 A FLORA OF MANILA 
Species about 15, India to Japan, southward to Malaya, 4 in the Phil- 
ippines. 
Stipules peltate; pods densely hirsute, about 8 mm wide. 
1. P. thunbergiana 
Stipules not peltate; pods nearly or quite glabrous, less than 5 mm wide. 
2. P. phaseoloides 
1. P. thunbergiana (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth. 
A rather coarse, scandent, pubescent, annual, herbaceous vine reaching a 
length of at least 8m. Leaflets ovate, acuminate, entire or slightly repand, 
10 to 20 cm long, the upper surface glabrous or nearly so, the lower surface 
rather densely pubescent with soft, grayish hairs. Racemes axillary, 15 
to 30 cm long. Flowers about 2 cm long. Calyx pubescent, the lobes acu- 
minate. Corolla rather bright-purple, the standard 2 em broad, with a 
rather large yellow spot near the base. Pod 5 to 8 cm long, about 1 cm 
wide, hirsute with spreading brown hairs. 
In thickets, dry hillsides, Pateros, opposite Guadalupe, etc., fl. July—Oct.; 
docal in the Philippines. Japan to China and Formosa. 
2. P. PHASEOLOIDES (Roxb.) Benth. 
A slender,. scandent, hairy, herbaceous vine 2 to 4 m in length, the 
stipules small, basifixed. Leaflets ovate, irregularly 3-lobed and somewhat 
sinuate, 6 to 12 cm long, the upper surface green, the lower surface pale, 
and covered with long, appressed, white hairs. Racemes axillary, solitary, 
8 to 25 cm long, or longer. Flowers pale-blue or purplish, about 12 mm 
long, fasciculate along the rachis, the calyx appressed-hirsute. Pod 5 to 
8 cm long, 4 mm wide, slightly appressed-hirsute. 
In open grass lands and thickets, fi. all the year; common and widely 
distributed in the Philippines, undoubtedly introduced. India to China 
and Malaya. 
44, DUNBARIA Wight & Arnott 
Slender, herbaceous or woody, climbing vines. Leaves 3-foliolate, dis- 
tinctly gland-dotted on the lower surface, stipels usually wanting. Flowers 
solitary, axillary, or racemose. Calyx-teeth long and narrow, the lower 
one longer than the others. Corolla more or less exserted, soon falling 
or drying up and subpersistent, the keel usually not beaked. Stamens 
diadelphous, anthers uniform. Ovary sessile or stalked, many-ovuled; 
style inflexed, glabrous. Pod linear, flat not marked with depressed lines 
between the seeds. (In honor of Professor Dunbar.) 
Species about 15, India to Japan, southward to Australia, 3 in the Phil- 
ippines. 
1. D. punctata (W. & A.) Benth. (D. conspersa Benth.). 
A slender, twining, herbaceous vine, the stems filiform, somewhat pubes- 
cent. Leafiets thin, subrhomboid, obtuse, 2 to 3.5 cm long, the lower 
surface gland-dotted with small, reddish glands. Flowers yellow, axillary, 
solitary, short-petioled, about 9 mm long, the calyx gland-dotted and pub- 
escent. Pod linear, recurved, 3 to 5 cm long. 
In thickets near Fort McKinley, fi. Sept. —Oct.; known in the Philippines 
only from the vicinity of Manila. India to Chima southward to northern 
Australia. 
