Phaseolus.'] L. LEGUMINOS^E. (J. G. Baker.) , 201 



Spread in the plains from the HIMALAYAS to CEYLON, not cultivated. DISTE.IB. 

 Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 



A subglabrous perennial, with firmer leaves than in the cultivated species. 

 Stipules in., often reflexed ; leaflets entire, 3-4 in. long, subacute. Flowers very 

 showy, crowded in a short-peduncled raceme. Calyx \ in. ; lower teeth lanceolate- or 

 deltoid-setaceous. Standard nearly 1 in. broad. Pod 4-6 in. by ^ in., glabrous, 

 much recurved, 10-15-seeded, subtorulose. 



STTBGEN. 2. TCacroptilium. Connects 1 and 3, agreeing with the 

 former in its basitixed stipules and with the latter in its narrow turgid pods. 



4. P. tenuicaulis, Baker ; a subglabrous slender twiner, stipules minute 

 lanceolate, racemes few-flowered crowded subsessile, bracteoles lanceolate very 

 minute, calyx campanulate with deltoid teeth, corolla small. P. sublobatus 

 var. ? tenuicaulis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5598. 



BIEMA ; Prome hills, Wallich. 



Stems very slender, annual ? at first minutely puberulent. Stipules not more than 

 i in. ; leaflets membranous, glabrous, the end one ovate, acute, entire, 2-3 in. long. 

 Racemes 5-6-flowered ; lower pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. 

 Corolla 3 times the calyx, reddish. Pod unknown, so that its position is doubtful. 



5. P. G-rahamianus, W. $ A. Prodr. 244 ; a glabrous perennial twiner, 

 stipules minute lanceolate, racemes lax short-peduncled, bracteoles lanceolate very 

 minute, calyx campanulate with deltoid teeth, corolla middle-sized. Thwaites 

 Enum. 90. , 



CARNATIC ; Courtallum, Wight. CEYLON ; on the shore at Batticaloa, Thwaites. 



Copiously twining, with slender woody branches. Stipules as in the last ; leaflets 

 quite glabrous on both sides, the end one o.vate acute, 2-3 in. long, rather deltoid at 

 the base. Racemes 2-4 in. long ; peduncles about as long as the leaves ; pedicels 

 geminate, 'the lower finally as long as the calyx. Calyx ^ in. long. Corolla reddish, 

 3-4 times the calyx. Pod linear, glabrous, rather recurved, many-seeded, 2^-3 in. by 

 ir, 



ft. P. sexmerectirs, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 396 ; shrubby, suberect, with 

 flexuose brandies eJoihed with long deciduous deflexed hajrs, stipules con- 

 spicuous lanceolate-setaceous, peduncles and racemes very long, bracteoles seta- 

 ceous, calvx tubulr iso-cam panulate with aristate teeth, corolla middle-sized. 

 Jacq. Ic. t. 558 ; Sot. Hc<j. t. 743. P. psoraleoides, W. $ A. Prodr. 244 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 249. 



Spread through the WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON, but probably not wild. 

 DISTRIB. Trop. America, Malaya. 



Stems tall, suberect and shrubby in the lower part, quite terete. Stipules ^-f in. 

 long; leaflets entire, membranous, soon glabrescent, thicker than in most of the 

 species, the end one ovate, entire, acute or subobtuse, 2-3 in. long, usually deltoid at 

 the base. Peduncles reaching a foot and racemes half a foot long ; pedicels very short, 

 geminate. Calyx under \ in. long, split open by the pod. Corolla deep purple and 

 white, 3-4 times the calyx. Pod 3-4 in. by ^ in., glabrous, rather recurved, many- 

 seeded. 



SFBGEN. 3. Strophostyles. Stipules inserted above the base. Pods 

 under in. thick, subterete. Keel prolonged into a complete spiral. Floivers 

 yellow. Racemes very close. 



7. P. trilobus, Ait. Hort. Kew, iii. 30 ; stems slender diffuse glabrous 

 or slightly hairy, stipules oblong, leaflets more or less deeply 3-lobed with the 

 central division spathulate, racemes capitate, bracteoles ovate, flowers minute. 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. iii. 298 ; Wall. Cat. 5588 A-K. ; W. $ A. Prodr. 246 ; Wight 



