37n XLVIII. LEGUMITfOS.'E. 



6-9 in. long, clotlied witli browiiisli-blaek rotrorse appressecl bristly 

 hairs; pedicels short ; bracts broadly ovate, acute, deciduous ; bracteoles 

 I in. long, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliato, veined, concealing 

 the flower in bud. Calyx ^ in. long, clothed outside with small blackish 

 hairs ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla l in. long, pale-yellow. Pods 

 2-8 in. long, cylindric, about as thick as a goose-quill, septate between 

 the seeds, clothed with appressed black or grey bristles. Seeds 8-10, 

 subcylindric, truncate at the ends, i in. long, dark-brown, rustv- 

 pubescent. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 202: Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 425. 



A very rare plant, found only on Konkan and Deccan liills. Konkan : highest 

 Ghiits east of Bombay, Dcthelll Deccan: hills, Stocks \; Panchgani, Woodrowl; 

 hills near Poona, Cooke ! 



3 Phaseolus trilobus, Ait. Ilort. Ketv. ed. 1, v. 3 (1789) p. 30. 

 Annual or pt'rennial ; stems numerous from a woody rootstock, 2-3 ft. 

 long, prostrate, wiry, slender, not at all twining, glabrous or more or 

 less hairy. Leaves 3-foliolate, petioles 1^-3 in. long, grooved, glabrous 

 or with a few scattered hairs ; stipules variable in length, i-^ in. long, 

 ovate-oblong, subacute, attached above the base, ciliate. Leaflets ^-1 in. 

 long, usually as broad as long, commonly 3-lobed (the middle lobe the 

 largest and oblong, broadly spathulate, obtuse, the lateral lobes often 

 oblong or more or less spathulate, obtuse or subacute), all pale-green, 

 membranous, glabrous or with a few hairs on the nerves, base subacute ; 

 petiolules -jV'nl ^'^' ^"^"^f' hairy : stipels small, lanceolate, acute. 

 Flowers in subcapitate few-flowered racemes ; peduncles 4-9 in. long, 

 glabrous or sparsely hairy ; pedicels jL. in. long ; bracts ovate, acute, 

 deciduous ; bracteoles beneath the calyx g in. long, linear-lanceolate, 

 ciliatt', deciduous. Calyx y\j- in. long, glabrous ; teeth minute, deltoid. 

 Corolla 4~| in. long, yellow. Pods 1-2 in. long by g in. in diam., straight, 

 subcvlindric, glabrous or sparingly hairy, slightly recurved. Seeds 6-12. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 201 ; Grab. Cat. p. 52; Dalz."& Gibs. p. 71 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 94 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 71 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 425 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 194.— 

 Flowers : Oct. Veen. Mulni ; Jangli-math. 



The leaflets Aary much in form and size. The wild perennial form 

 has much more deeply lobed leaflets than the annual cultivated one. 

 Lobed and entire leaflets may, in the latter, often be found on the same 

 plant. 



Very common throughout the Presidency, especially on the borders of cultivated 

 fields. Konkan: Stocks] Deccan: Poona, Cooke \, Woodrow \ ; Dongergaon near 

 Ahmednagar, Cooke ! Gujarat : Woodrow ! Sind : Stocks ! ; Jemadar ka Landa 

 near Karachi, Stocks] 



Occasionally cultivated as a mixed crop for fodder purposes. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



4. Phaseolus Dalzellii, T. Cooke. Herbaceous, twining or 

 creeping and rooting in the absence of support ; stems filiform, striate, 

 glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles ^-Ig in. long, glabrous ; stipules 

 g in. long, attached above the base. Leaflets membranous, |-2 by g- 

 Ig in., ovate or rhomboid-ovate with a tendency to become lobate (the 

 terminal the largest, equal-sided, the lateral inequilateral), all acuminate, 

 more or less hairy on both surfaces, green above, pale beneath ; petio- 

 lules jig in. long ; stipels minute, lanceolate. [Flowers in capitate 



