XLViii. i,ix;l'mi\«)8.e. 379 



long-peduiicled racemes. Pods 1-2 in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 202 ; 

 Gnih. Cat. p. 52; Woodr. in Jouni. Jioinb. Xat. v. 11 (1897) p. 425; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 0, part 1, p. 182. 



Tliis, Lliough a uative of India, cannol be called wild in the Bombay Presidency. 

 It is very lilie P. trilobiis, Ait., I'rom which it is liardly separable as a species. It is a 

 very important crop in Bombay, and is sown in June or July and harvested in 

 November. See Watt, Diet. Kcon. Prod. I.e. 



47. VIGNA, «avi. 



Twilling or prostrate, rarely .snberect herbs. Leaves pinnately '3- 

 foliolato ; stipules basiflxed, or rarely produced below their insertion. 

 Leaflets stipellate. Flowers in raceuies at the upper part of an axillary 

 peduncle ; pedicels fascicled on the nodiforin rhachis ; bract.s and brac- 

 teoles small, caducous. Calyx-teeth distinct or the 2 upper connate. 

 Corolla much exserted : standard orbicular, auricled at the base; wings 

 shorter than the standard ; keel e(|ualling tlie wings, incurved, not 

 beaked, or prolonged into an incurved beak not making a perfect spiral. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile; ovules many; 

 style filiform or thickened or dilated above, bearded along the inner face; 

 stigma vex*)' obHque. Pod linear, straight or incurved, subterete, septate 

 between the seeds. — Distrii;. Warm regions of the world ; species 

 40-50. 



1. Vigna capensis, Walp. in Linncea, v. 13 (1839) p. 533. Pe- 

 rennial, twining ; stems subglabrous \\hen mature ; root fusiform. 

 Leaves 3-foliolate; petioles 1-2 in. long, clothed with brownish deflexed 

 hairs ; stipules i in. long, basifixed, oblong-lanceolate, acute, hairy. 

 Leaflets 2-4 by g-lf in., 3-nerved from the base, ovate, acute or 

 acuminate, mucronate (the lateral unequal-sided and subtruneate at the 

 base), sparsely clothed on both sides with t^hort appressed hairs ; petio- 

 lules yj3 in. long, hairy ; stipules filiform. Flowers 2-4, crowded at the 

 ends of axillary peduncles which are longer than the leaves ; pedicels very 

 short ; bracteoles beneath the calyx linear, acute. Calyx nearly ^ in. 

 long, pubescent, nerved ; teeth longer than the tube, linear, acute, from 

 a triangular base, the 2 upper connate below the middle. Corolla 

 i-1 in. long, rose-colored : standard more than 1 in. broad, emarginate, 

 auricled, veined ; keel obliquely curved into f of a circle, beaked. Pods 

 3-4 by i- :j in., subterete, straight, clothed when young with brovi^n 

 shining hairs. Seeds 10-15, subreniform, compressed, -g- in. long, black. 

 Vicjm vexillata, A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cub. Bot. (1845) p. 440; Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 206; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 74; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 425. Phaseolus sepiarias, Dalz. in Kevv Journ. 

 V. 2 (1850) p. 33 ; Dalz. & Gibs, p. 72,— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. Veen. 

 Halunda. 



The name V. capensis was published by Walpers in 1839 and is prior 

 to that of V. ve.viUata w hich dates from 1 S4o. 



KoNKAN : Stocks], Bahelll Deccan : Mahableshwar, C'ooAel, Woodrowl; Panch- 

 gani, Cooke I 



Very common at Mahableshwar, where it is, though not fragrant, called the Indian 

 Sweet Pea.— DisTRiB. India (Himalayas and hills of W. Peninsula); Ceylon, Cape, 

 Australia and the Tropics generally. 



