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tate. Pod linear, straight, narrowed at both ends, 3-5-seeded, torulose 

 with oblique linear depressions between the non-strophiolate seeds. 

 The only species. 



Cajanus indicus Spreng. Syst. Til, 248. An erect shrub 6-8 feet 

 high with slender grooved grey-silky branchlets. Leaves 2-5 in. long ; 

 petiole "S-l'S in. finely flated densely adpressed hoary ; leaflets 3 oblong- 

 lanceolate entire subcoriaceous, terminal 175-3 in. long, '5-1 "25 in. 

 wide lateral similar but smaller 1'25-1'75 in. long, "BS-'TS in. wide, 

 thinly silky above densely shortly silky and indistinctly gland-dotted 

 beneath, nerves 6-9 pairs oblique prominent ; stipels minute ; stipules 

 lanceolate hoary-can escent externally, '15 in. long. Inflorescence in sparse 

 corymbose axillary racemes with peduncles 2 in. long and in a terminal 

 panicle ; pedicels downy the lowest "5 in. long, bracteoles obsolete. 

 Calyx campanulate '25 in. long, teeth triangular shorter than tube. 

 Corolla •6-*75 in., standard yellow, or yellow with red veins, or rarely 

 red. Pod 2-3 in. long, •2i5-'45 in. wide, finely downy, with oblique cross 

 depressions between the 2-6 seeds ; armed at tip with thickened base 

 and lower half of style ; testa firm from pale to dark brown. W. & A. 

 Prodr. 256 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 174 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 217. 

 C.flavus DC. Prodr. II, 406. G. Ucolor DC. Prodr. II, 406 ; Wall. Cat. 

 5577. Gytisus Gajan Linn. Sp. PI. 739 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 325. 

 C. pseudo-Gajan Jacq. Hort. Tindob. t. 119. 



Andamans ; Perak; Penang ; Malacca. Distrtb. Cultivated every- 

 where in the tropics ; probably a native of S.-E. Asia. 



8. Phaseolus Linn, 

 Twiners, usually herbaceous, with 3-foliolate stipellate leaves. 

 Flowers in copious axillary racemes ; bracteoles usually conspicuous and 

 persistent. Calyx campanulate, the lowest tooth usually longer than 

 the rest and the two uppermost subconnate. Corolla much exserted, 

 the keel prolonged into a very long beak which forms a complete spiral. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; 

 style filiform, twisted round with the keel, conspicuously bearded down 

 the side below the very oblique stigma. Pod linear, rarely oblong, 

 subterete or subcompressed, more or less distinctly septate between 

 the seeds. Species about 60, mostly tropical, many widely cultivated, 

 especially in America. 

 Stipules small basifixed : — 



Petals yellow puberalous externally, pods broad subcom- 

 pressed ... ... ... ... ... 1. P. lunatus. 



Petals red glabrous, pods narrow subtomlose between seeds 2. P. adenanthus, 



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