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Gen. Dist. Western Ghats, South Kanara, Nilgiris and Pulneys. 

 ** Wynaad Sweet Pea. " 



Vigna wightii Benth.\ F.B.I. ii 206, LXXIV 7. A 

 slender twiner, differing from the last species in the stem 

 being hairy, the calyx softly villous, the petals with 

 shorter claws, the leaflets obtuse mucronate, and the pod 

 with brown hairs. 



Pulneys, about 5,000 feet. [G.F,M.F.] 

 Gen. Dist. Western Ghats, Wynaad, etc. 



DOLICHOS. F.B.L 50 LXXVII. 



Twining herbs with pinnately three-foliate leaves, 



and minute sub-persistent bracts, bracteoles and stipules. 



Differs from Phaseolus in the keel not being spiral, the 



stigma terminal and the pod flat, slightly curved. 



Species about 20, in the tropics of both worlds. 



Dolichos lablab is cultivated on the plains for the pods which 

 are eaten green like French Beans. D. biflorus L. is cultivated 

 on the plains for its seeds (Horsegram). 



Dolichos falcatus Klein; F.B.I, ii 21 1, LXXVII 6. A 

 slender twiner. Leaflets entire or slightly three-lobed. 

 Stipules small, reflexed persistent. Flowers lilac or pink 

 in colour, 2 to 8 on slender peduncles of about 2 inches. 

 Calyx under % inch. Corolla twice as long. Pod 2 to 

 3 inches by % inch. 



** All districts, up to 6,000 feet on the hills." [G.F.M.F.] 



Gen. Dist. Himalayas to Ceylon. 



ATYLOSIA. 



Atylosia trinervia Gamble \ Vol. I p. 120. as A. Can- 

 dollei W. & A. and II, t. 99. 



Atylosia rugosa IV. & A. ; Vol. I p. 120. Gamble in 

 Fl. Mad. Pres. ii p. 369, describes this as a climbing 

 shrub, but on these hills it is a slender herb running 

 in grass, t. 317. 



