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2-3-flo\vered racemes; pedimclcs iilifonn, 1-2 in. long : pedicels sliort ; 

 bracteoles i in. long, liticai-suhulate. Calyx ,-'„ in. lorif^, glabrous ; 

 teeth shorter tiian the tube, tlie 2 u|)per eonnatij except at the tip, the 

 2 lateral trian^nilar, obtuse, the lowest longer, lanceolate. Corolla i in. 

 long, yellow. Pods 1-',— 2j in, long, subcylindric, slightly recurved, 

 beaked, (juite glabrous. Seeds 8-10, subcylindric, Iruucate, smooth, 

 dark-brown. Fhat^colKs jxturi/lonis, Dal/,, in Kew Journ. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 20!) : Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 202"; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 72; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425.— Flowers : Sept. 



The name P. jmariftorna having been given in 1838 by Beiithaiu (Ann. 

 Wien. Mus. v. 2 [1840J p. 140) to a Ti^xan plant, has priority over that 

 given to a different plant in 1851 by Dalzell. 1 have therefore changed 

 the name to P. DalzelUi. 



Konkan: SiocJ:s\, Dahclll 



5. Phaseolus sublobatus, lloxh. Hort. Ben<j. (1814) p. 54. A 

 perennial herb, twining w ben it meets support, sometimes suberect ; 

 stems slender, clothed with spreading or deflexed reddish-brown haii's. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate ; petioles 2-3 in. long ; stipules J- in. long, ovate- 

 oblong, acute, hairy, eiliate, attached a little below the middle. Leaflets 

 lg-3 by .|-2 in. (the terminal the larger and ovate or rhomboid-ovate, 

 equal-sided with cuneate base, the lateral ovate-acute, inequilateral, 

 with rounded or truncate base), all acute, silky-hairy on both sides, 

 occasionally somewhat 3-lobed, conspicuously 3-nerved from the base ; 

 petioles -^ in. long, hairy ; stipels linear-subulate. Flowers in short 

 close 6-1 2-flowered racemes with swollen nodes ; peduncles 2-5 in. long, 

 hairy; pedicels vei'y short; bracts ]r in. long, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 deciduous ; bracteoles | in. long, linear-subulate, eiliate. Calyx i-i in. 

 long, glabi'ous ; teeth shorter than the tube, deltoid. Corolla |-| in. 

 long, yellow. Pods I5-2I in. long, cylindric, straight, deusely clothed 

 with reddish-brown hair. Seeds 8-12, oblong with truncate ends, 

 about i in. long, dark-brown. Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beug. v. 66 

 (1898) p. 423. P. tnnervins, Heyne, in AVall. Cat. (1828) 5603; Fl. B. 

 I. v. 2, p. 203 ; Grab. Cat. p. 51; Dal/>. & Gibs. p. 71 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 v. 2, p. 72 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 194. — Flowers: Aug.-Oct. 



Konkan: 'NeraX, Bkiva I Deccan : hills in the Deccaii, Woodrowl; Mahableshwar, 

 CooA-e !, Woodrow ! ; Bowdh'an near Poona, Cooke ! S. M. Couxtry : Londa, Cooke ! — 

 DiSTRin. India (from Behar to S. India) ; Ceylon. 



Very closely allied to P. radiatits, Linn., the cultivated iV/w^, of which it may be the 

 wild form. 



Vab. setulosus, Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beug. v. 66 (1898) p. 423. 

 Hairs on the stems and pods grey. Flowers small. P. settdosus (sp.), 

 Dalz. in Kew Journ. v. 2 (1850) p. 33 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 72. 



Konkan and Western Deccan only. 



The following plants of the genus are cultivated throughout the 

 Presidency : — 



Phaseolus hamlatus, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 724. The Lima Bean, 

 widelv cultivated as a vegetable. A tall, twining biennial \dth greenish- 

 yellow flowers and pods 2-3 by about f in., a native of Brazil. The 



