Mucuna.] xlvii. leguminos^. 577 



Bubu and Sungei Rayah (Kunstler) ; Temengoh ; Gapis Pass (Curtis). 

 Penang, Government Hill (Fox). Lankawi, Kesap (Curtis). Dis- 

 trib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



(2) M. acuminata Grah. Wall. Cat. 5621 ; Prain, I.e. 67. 

 Slender climber 20 to 30 ft. long. Leaves 6 to 10 in. long; 



leaflets glabrous above, sparingly puberulous beneath, ovate- 

 oblong abruptly acuminate, base rounded, laterals oblique, 2*5 to 

 4 in. long, 2 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 4 to 6 in. long pubescent. 

 Inflorescence in small corymbs, 2 to 3 in. long; peduncles grey- 

 pubescent. Calyx pale brown, densely pungent bristly, "5 in. long, 

 tube wide, teeth unequal, upper ones truncate, lateral wide deltoid, 

 lower linear, longer. Corolla 175 to 2 in. long, pale green or fawn 

 and white. Pod 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, broad winged down 

 sutures, not plaited, bristly. Seeds 3. Hab. Woods and thickets. 

 Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, 

 Gunong Malacca, Kinta (Kunstler). Penang (Walhch). Distrib. 

 Java. 



(3) M. gigantea DC. Prodr. ii. 405 ; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 186; Prain, I.e. 68. 



Long slender climber, glabrous. Leaves 5 to 9 in. long; leaflets 

 glabrous, oblong cuspidate, bases cuneate, laterals oblique, 4*5 in. 

 long, 2*5 in. wide. Inflorescence a short umbelliform corymb of 

 pale yellow flowers on a slender peduncle 4 to 18 in. long. Calyx 

 •5 in. long, green with pungent bristles, teeth short, upper truncate, 

 the others triangular. Corolla 1-25 to 1-5 in. long; standard 75 in. 

 long. Pod winged down both sutures, smooth or with oblique 

 cross ridges (not plaits), bristles yellow brown, 3-5 to 6 in. long, 

 2 in. across. Seeds 2 to 4. Hab. Thickets, especially on sea coasts. 

 Singapore, Blakang Mati. Johor, Bekok river-bank. Muar, 

 Sungei Pauh (Fox) ; Malacca, Tanjong Kling. Pahang, Pekan. 

 Bindings, Bruas. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, 

 China, Polynesia. 



(4) M. pruriens DC. Prodr. ii. 405; Baker, I.e. 187; Prain, 

 I.e. 68. 



Annual climber, pubescent. Leaves 6 to 9 in. long; leaflets 

 ovate-rhomboid, glabrous above, grey, silky beneath, shining, 

 laterals very obhque, 3 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 2-5 

 to 4-5 in. long, silky. Racemes pendulous to i ft. long, 3- to 30- 

 flowered ; rachis silky. Calyx 4 in. long with few pungent bristles, 

 campanulate, upper teeth triangular, lower lanceolate. Corolla 

 1-25 to 1-5 in. long, purple; standard -6 in. long and as broad. 

 Pod 2 to 3 in. long, -5 in. wide, turgid, apex hooked, ridged longi- 

 tudinally, densely pungent bristly. Seeds 5 to 6. Perak, Kampong 

 Kota(Wray). Z)is^n&. All tropics. N ative names : K2ic\id.ngBdihi; 

 Kachang Karkaras Gatal (appHed to all species). 



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