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seminibus oblongis albidis Browne loc. cif. (C u c k o 1 d' s 

 Increase). Dolichos unguiculatus L. Sp. PI. l'2,f) (1753); 

 Jacq. Hort. Vindoh. i. t. 23; Macf. Jam. i. 287 (Cuckold's 

 Increase). D. sinensis L. Amcen. iv. 326 (1759); Jacq. op. 

 cit. in. t. 71 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2232. D. sesquipedalis L. Sp. PL 

 ed. 2, 1019 (1763); Jacq. op. cit. i. i. 67; Macf. Jam. i. 288 

 (Asparagus Bean). Phaseolus sphserospermus L. Sp. PI. 

 ed. 2, 1018 (1763). D. catiang L. Mant. 269 (1767). D. sphse- 

 rospermus DC. Prodr. ii. 400 (1825) ; Macf. Jam. i. 289 

 (Black-eyed Pea). 



CowPea, ChinaPea. 



Sloane Herb. iii. 80-83 1 Browne; Macfadyen. — Tropical and subtropical 

 regions of the whole world. 



Stem, low and suberect (V. catiang) or tall and twining [V. sinensis), 

 glabrous or nearly so. Leaflets very variable in size and form, 4-13 cm. 1., 

 terminal broadly ovate to lanceolate, sometimes somewhat lobed at the 

 base, lateral very unequal-sided, somewhat triangular ; stipules broadly 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 10-12 mm. 1., produced at the base into a linear- 

 lanceolate appendage, 4-7 mm. 1. ; stipels 3-4 mm. 1. Flowers 4-6, 

 crowded at the apex of a long stalk, subsessile. Calyx glabrous, usually 

 7-8 mm. 1., segments lanceolate or deltoid, acuminate. Corolla greenish- 

 yellow and purplish, usually more than 2 cm. 1. Pods, usually 1 or 2 only 

 at the end of the long stalk, variable in length, 1-4-5 dm. 1., "7-1 cm. br. 

 Seeds reddish-buff or white.] 



1. V. repens Kuntze Bev. Gen. PI. i. 212 (1891) ; stipules 

 sessile ; inflorescence with a few flowers crowded close together 

 at the apex of the peduncle ; calyx 4-toothed ; corolla yellow ; 

 pod subcylindrical, about 6 mm. br. — Urb. Symh. Ant. iv. 311. 

 V. luteola Benth. in Fl. Bras, xv.pt. 1, 194, t. 50, /. II. (1859) ; 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 195. Dolichos maritimus minor repens 

 &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 293. D. repens L. Syst. ed. 10, 1163 

 (1759), Amain, v. 402, & Sp. PL ed. 2, 1022. D. luteolus Jacq. 

 Hort. Vindoh. i. 39, L 90 (1770). D. luteus Sw. Prodr. 105 (1788) 

 & FL Ind. Occ. 1246; Macf. Jam. L 287. (Fig. 21.) Specimen 

 from Jacquin Hort. Vindob. in Herb. Mus. Brit. A specimen 

 in Herb. Linn, has a ticket attached with Jacquin's name 

 written by himself. 



Marshy places on the sea-shore ; St. George, Broivne ; Wright ! 

 Broughtonl Sivartz ; Macfadyen I Distinl near Annotto Bay, St. George, 

 McNab\ Marchl Rock Fort ; Ferry; Campbell \ Kingston; Port Morant ; 

 Lucea ; Hitchcock ; near Kingston, Fawcett ! Ferry ; north coast ; Green 

 Island; Harrisl Fl. Jam. 6117, 6309, 8188, 9260, 10,249.— Bermuda, 

 southern U.S.A., Bahamas, tropical America. 



Stem trailing or twining, usually glabrous, occasionally pubescent. 

 Leaflets very variable in size and form, broadly ovate to lanceolate, 

 lateral somewhat unsymmetrical, l'5-8 cm. 1., •6-6'5 cm. br. ; stipules 

 ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, 3-3*5 mm. 1., stipels lanceolate, 

 2-2*5 mm. 1. Calyx 4-5 mm. 1., in the opening flower upper lobe very 

 broad, rounded, entire or with two small mucros at apex ; lateral trian- 

 gular, acute ; lower lanceolate, awl-shaped. Standard subemarginate, with 

 2 calli near the base, 1*5 cm. 1., 1'5-1'7 cm. br., auricles small; wings 



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