Vigna.] xlvii. § papilionace^: (baker). 205 



flowered racemes on glabrous peduncles 6-12 in. long-. Bracts like the 

 stipules. Pedicels very short. Calyx glabrous, 2 lines deep ; teeth 

 deltoid acuminate, shorter than the tube, the two upper ones connate. 

 Corolla yellow or reddish, an inch deep. Pods pendulous, glabrous, 

 6-12 in. long", f in. broad, subcompressed, 10-15-seeded, slightly toru- 

 lose when fully matured, with a thick decurved beak. Seeds white, 

 red or black. — Dolichos sinensis, Linn., DC. Prod. ii. 399. D. Catiang y 

 Linn. Mant. 259. DC. Prod. I.e. V. Catiang, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 

 219. D. unguiculatus, Linn., DC. Prod. ii. 400. Guill. et Perr. Fl. 

 Seneg. 218. D. oleraceus, Schum. et Thonn. PL Guin. 340. D. melan- 

 Imus, DC. Prod. I.e. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet I Guinea proper. Thonning, Vogel ! 

 Barter! Fernando Po, Mann, 415! 



Nile Iiand. Nubia, Kotschy I Schweinfurth I Abyssinia, Schimper, Quartin- 

 Dillon and Petit 1 Local name Adouggouari. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Dr. Kirk I 



Universally cultivated throughout the Tropics. The pods are eaten, and the fibre8 

 of the long peduncles are used for ropes, nets, and cloth. — D. tranquebaricus, Jacq., is 

 a variety with spreading pods and ovate-rhomboidal or slightly hastate leaves. 



32. V. gracilis, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 311. Stems heibaceous, very 

 slender, wide-twining, slightly pubescent. Stipules minute, lanceolate, 

 deciduous. Petioles 1-1 \ in. long, very slender; leaflets 3; central 

 one broad-ovate or ovate-rhomboidal, 1-1 J in. long, bluntish or sub- 

 acute, petiolule Jin. long, lateral ones similar, unequal-sided, mem- 

 branous, both sides glabrous. Flowers 6-10 in short racemes on slender 

 glabrous flexuose peduncles 3-4 in. long. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, 

 a line deep, teeth deltoid, reaching a third down. Corolla rose, 3-4 

 times the calyx. Pods pendulous, linear, subterete, an inch long, \ in. 

 broad, nearly straight, 6 -8- seeded. — Dolichos gracilis, Guill. et Perr. Fl. 

 Seneg. 219. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot I Leprieur and Perrottet ! 



33. V. multirlora, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 308. Stems wide-climbing, 

 herbaceous, very slender, with a few spreading grey-silky hairs when 

 young. Stipules 1-2 lines long, lanceolate. Petioles 2-3 in. long, very 

 slender ; leaflets 3, broad-ovate, 2-3 in. long, acute, petiolule J-| in. 

 long; lateral ones similar, slightly unequal-sided, membranous, both 

 sides subglabrous. Flowers 6-12 in short racemes on slender glabrous 

 peduncles 3-4 in. long. Bracts and bracteoles minute, setaceous. Calyx 

 campanulate, glabrous, | in. deep, teeth deltoid, reaching a third down. 

 Corolla rose, 3 or 4 times the calyx. Pod linear, lj-l^in. long, J in. 

 broad, pendulous, subterete, glabrous, 6-8-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Vogel! 



34. V. luteola, Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xxiv. 194, t. 50, fig. 2. Stems 

 very slender wide-twining glabrous. Petiolel-2in. Stipules minute lan- 

 ceolate not spurred. Leaflets 3, membranous, both sides glabrous ; end 

 one ovate, acute, 2-3 in. long ; petiolule 4-6 lines ; lateral ones unequal- 



