374 XLViii. leguminosj:. 



long, pubescent, reticulately veined ; upper lip subentire, 5 the length 

 of tlie tube. Corolla 1 in. long, violet ; standard orbicular, emarginate. 

 Pods few, 3-5 by 2-| in., linear-oblong, shortly bealvod, nearly straight, 

 glabrous. Seeds 4-6, dark-brown, over h in. long. King, in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. v. 66 (189S) p. 63 ; Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 66 

 (1898) p. 418. C. oUusifoha, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 106 

 {not of DC): Clegliorn, Madr. Journ. new series, v. 1, t. 4; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 2, p. 68 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 72 : Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. '2, p. 98.— Flowers : Mar. 



A littoral species found sparingly along the sandy shores of the Konkan and 

 N. Kanara. — Distrib. India (sea-coasts) ; Malaya. Ceylon, Cliina, Japan, Polynesia, 

 Australia. 



45. PUERARIA, DC. 



Twining herbs or shrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-folioIate ; stipules 

 herbaceous, produced below their insertion in some species. Leaflets 

 entire or sinuately 3-lobed, stipellate. Flowers in long often compound 

 racemes ; pedicels densely fascicled along a nodiform rhachis ; bracts 

 and bracteoles small. Calyx-teeth long or short, the 2 upper connate 

 into one, which is entire or 2-dentate. Corolla exserted ; standard 

 obovate or suborbicular with inflexed auricles at the base, equalling in 

 length the obtuse wings and keel. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers 

 tniiform. Ovary subsessile ; ovules many : style filiform, inflexed 

 above, beardless ; stigma small capitate. Pod linear, more or less 

 flattened. — Distbib. Tropical Asia and Japan ; species 10. 



1. Pueraria tuberosa, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 240. A large 

 twiner ; root tuberous ; stems shrubby. Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles 

 4-6 in. long, more or less pubescent; stipules i in. long, ovate-obloTig, 

 cordate. Leaflets subcoriaceous, 5-8 by 4.4-7 in. (the terminal broadly 

 ovate, acuminate, equal-sided, cuneate at the base, the lateral ovate- 

 oblong, inequilateral, truncate at the base), glabrescent above, silky 

 beneath; petiolules -j^-i in. long ; stipels small, subulate. Flowers in 

 lax (sometimes panicled) leafless racemes, 6-12 in. long; pedicels 

 -Y2~H '^- ^'^'^S^ silky- pubescent, fascicled along a more or less pubescent 

 rhachis ; bracteoles J^ in. long, oblong, silky. Calyx ^-j in. long, 

 densely silky ; teeth shorter than the tube, oblong, obtuse, ciliate. 

 Corolla bluish: standard ^ in. long and as broad as long, spurred. 

 Pods 2-3 in. long, membranous, flat, constricted between the seeds, 

 clothed with long silky bristly brown hairs. Seeds 3-6. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 197 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 67 ; Wight, Icon. t. 412 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 72 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 363. — Flowers : Feb.-Apr. Vern. Ddri. 



Konkan: Law I; Oorun, SfocA-.-^l; Karanja hill, Dalzell ^- Gibson; Vingorla, 

 Nairne. Gujaeat : Daug jungles, Wuodrow. Kan.ara : N. Kanara in open situations, 

 Talhot. 



46. PHASEOLUS, Linn. 



Herbs rarely woodv at the base, twining, prostrate or suberect. 

 Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate (very rarely 1-foliolate) ; stipules persistent, 

 striate. Leaflets sti|)ellate. Flowers in axillary racemes ; rhachis 

 nodiform ; bracts usually caducous : bracteoles often broader than the 



