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2-6 in. long and almost as broad ; petiole 2-8 in. long, glabrous ; 

 petiolules '2 in. long puberulous ; stipels '15 in. long subulate smooth; 

 stipules lanceolate '2 in. long basifixed. Bacemes lax 6-9 in. long on 

 peduncles 5-8 in. long ; pedicels fascicled •15--25 in. lono- on nodes 

 •5--75 in. apart; bracts early deciduous. Calysc '2 in., teeth short 

 deltoid, bracteoles oblong •15--2 in. Corolla white or pink '6 in. lono-. 

 Pod 1*5-2 in. long (in one rather unusual form 3 in. long) tipped with 

 the hooked persistent base of the style. Bak. in Flor. Brit. lud. II 

 209. 



Var. typica ; pods longer, seeds with long axis along the pod. B. 

 Lahlah Linn. Sp. PL 725. D. lignosus Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 305 not of 

 Linn. Lahlah vulgaris Savi, Diss. 19 ; DC. Prodr. II, 401 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 250; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 189. JD. cultratus Forsk. Flor. 

 -^gypt. Arab. 134. 



Perak ; cultivated, Scortechini ! Andamans ; cultivated, common. 

 Cultivated everywhere in the tropics of the Old World. 



Var. lignosa ; pods shorter broader at the end, seeds with lono* axis 

 across the pod. D. lignosus Linn. Sp. PI. 726. D, Lahlah Roxb. Flor. 

 Ind. Ill, 307 not of Linn. B. cultratus Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. II, 320 

 not of Forsk. Lahlah cultratus DC. Prodr. II, 402; W. & A. Prodr. 

 251 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 190. L. microcarpus DC. Prodr. II, 402 • 

 Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 190. 



Andamans ; cultivated. Cultivated throughout south-eastern Asia. 

 In deference to the great authority of Mr. Baker these two very distinct plants 

 are united specifically ; they are however so different that they must be treated as 

 at least separate varieties. 



12. PsoPHOCARPus ]S"eck. 



Twining herbs, with large tuberous roots. Leaves 3-foliolate, stipel- 

 late; stipules fastened above the base. Flowers rather large, lilac. 

 Calyx teeth sliorter than the tube, the two upper connate. Corolla much 

 exserted, the petals equal in length ; keel much incurved, but not beak- 

 ed. Stamens monadelphous, the upper free downwards ; anthers uni- 

 form. Ovary substipitate, many-ovuled ; style long, much recurved 

 flattened laterally, densely bearded round the terminal stio-ma. Pod 

 square, with a distinct wing to each angle, distinctly septate between the 

 seeds. Species 3-4, all tropical in the Old World. 



PsoPHOCAKPUS TETRAGONOLOBDS DC. Prodr. II, 403. A slender 

 annual glabrous twiner with tuberous roots. Leaves 5-10 in. lono- • 

 leaflets 3 ovate, acute or acuminate, base rounded or wide-cuneate 

 margin entire or slightly waved, glabrous, green above, paler sometimes 

 slightly glaucescent beneath, 3-6 in. long, 2-6 in. wide ; petiole 2-4 in. 



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