15. Vigna.] 43. PAP1LI0NACEJE [16. Dolichos. 



sab-hastate acute with obtuse base. Fls. 1" geminate on the 

 swollen nodes of few-fid. axillary racemes, usually pale yellow 

 tinged with purple or pale blue and white (in the var.) Pod 

 long linear 8-12" and 15-seeded or (in the twiner), 1-2 ft. 

 and 23-8eeded, with intervals between the seeds. 



Commonly cultivated. Fls., Fr. Aug.-Nov. 



Nearly glabrous.- Terminal leaflet 2\" by If to 5" by 3£". Rachig f- 

 1{", and petiole 3-5'' chanelled or snb-alate. Stipules £-f '', rarely only |%~ 

 oblong 1 acuminate with a lanceolate often curved auricle. Peduncles 

 exceeding the petioles. Standard sub-orbicular, with 2 ridges and 2 

 small callosities above the claw ( ? absent in the erect form). Stigma sub- 

 capitate in the twiner, very oblique in the erect form. 



16. Dolichos. L. 



Sub-erect or twining herbs with minute sab-persistent 

 bracts bracteoles and stipules. Fls. several axillary, or 

 racemose with sharply bent obtuse or rostrate keel. Ovary 

 many-ovuled. Styles bearded down the inner face (D. 

 Lablab) or round the terminal stigma (D. biflorus). Pod 

 flat recurved. 



1. D. Lablab, L. Sim, Sirmi, K. ; H. ; Malhan, malal, 



8., M. ; Shim, Beng. 



A twiner with rather stout puberulous branches and red- 

 purple flowers f" long in terminal racemes 3-6" long 'on loDg 

 peduncles. Pod 1|-2|", often only slightly recurved, wider 

 upwards and tipped with the style, frequently white with the 

 margins slightly crisped. 



Very commonly cultivated by the Kola and Santals on sticks or bushes 

 near their houses. Fls. Oct.-Oec. Fr. Nov.-Jany. Perennial, but 

 cultivated as an annual. One variety is sub-etect. 



Lilts, slightly pubescent esp on the nerves, terminal 2-3" long and 

 broad, broadly ovate or deltoid, shortly finely acuminate, base 5-nerved. 

 Peti. 3'. Brcth. closely adpressed to calyx Vq". Calyx £''. Seeds 2-4. 



2. D. biflorus, L. Hore, H . ; Hoe : B0.7 Horec, 8. ; 

 Kurti, Kulti, J3. The Horse Gram. 



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