568 xLvii. LEGUMiNos.E. [Vigua. 



diadelphous. Ovary sessile many-ovuled ; style filiform, bearded 

 along inner face. Pod linear septate sub-terete. Species 40 to 50, 

 tropical. 



V. Catjang Walp. Linncsa xiii. 533. With very long cylindric 

 pods as much as 2 ft. long, -3 to -4 in. through, is often cultivated. 

 Native name : Kachang P'rut Ayam. 



Leaves hairy ; flowers purple ; leaflets lanceolate 



acuminate. . , . . . . . (i) V. pilosa 



Leaflets hairy on nerves ; stems hairy ; leaflets smaller 



ovate rhomboid ; flowers yellow . . . . (2) V. hirtella 



Leaves glabrous ; flowers yellow. 



Leaflets orbicular ovate blunt ; flowers "5 in. long . (3) V. retusa 

 Leaflets lanceolate to ovate acute ; flowers "25 in long (4) V. parviflora 



(i) V. pilosa Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 207 ; Prain, I.e. 53. 



Twiner hairy. Leaves 5 to 8 in. long; leaflets downy all over, 

 ovate acute, 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. wide, base truncate, 

 lateral leaflets oblique; petioles 2 in. long. Stipules 'i in. long 

 lanceolate. Racemes 2 to 3 in. long ; peduncles '5 to 2 in. long ; 

 pedicels "i in. long, downy. Calyx campanulate oblique silky, 

 •3 in. long, lower tooth lanceolate. Corolla purple, 75 in. long. 

 Pod 4 to 5 in. long, sub-cylindric, '25 in. wide, hairy septate. Seeds 

 8 to 12 sub-reniform truncate black. Hab. Lankawi, Kwala Kwah 

 (Haniff). Distrih. India, Indo-China. 



(2) V. hirtella Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 132. 



Stem slender, hairy. Leaves, petioles 2 in. long, hairy; 

 leaflets ovate acute, lower ones rhomboid and often slightly lobed; 

 nerves beneath hairy, 2 in. long, i to r$ in. wide; petiolule of 

 upper one -5 in. long. Peduncles slender hairy, 2*5 in. long; 

 pedicels very short. Flowers '5 in. long, yellow. Bracts at base 

 linear acute. Calyx campanulate with very short broad teeth. 

 Corolla, standard obovate round broad, with two short points 

 at base ; wings broadly rounded at tip ; keel short broad, curved. 

 Style plumed below tip on lower edge ; ovary glabrous. Pod 

 narrow linear glabrous, 2 in. long, "i in. wide. Kelantan; bank of 

 river, Chahing. Disirib. Timor Laut. 



Description of pod taken from the Timor Laut plant, which, I think, is 

 the same, but the pod is unripe. 



(3) V. retusa Walp. Rep. i. 778 ; Prain, I.e. 51. V. lutea 

 Gray Bot. Wilkes Exped. i. 452 ; Baker, I.e. ii. 205. 



Trailing and twining perennial, glabrous. Leaves 3 to 4 in. 

 long; leaflets ovate, thinly fleshy obtuse or refuse, base cuneate 

 or round, 2 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles i'5 in. long; petiolules 

 •15 in. long. Racemes 12- to 20-fid; peduncles 2 to 6 in. long. 

 Flowers i or 2 together. Calyx campanulate puberulous, '12 in. 

 long. Corolla yellow, -5 in. long. Pod i"5 in. long, -4 in. wide, 

 •25 in. thick, glabrous. Seeds 4 to 8. Hab. Sea coasts ; common. 

 Singapore, Telok Kurau; Blakang Mati. Johor, Jambu Larang 



