Mucuna.] LEGUMINOSAE. 355 



Woody climbers with perennial stems ; seeds large, flat, with long 

 hilum : 



Pods winged on the sutures, large : 



Pods transversely or obliquely plaited on their faces ; flowers 

 dark purple ; bristles orange-red : 



Pods nearly as broad as long, 1 - seeded ; flowers 1*5 in. long; 



leaflets more or less pubescent beneath 1. monosperma. 



Pods twice as long as broad, 2-seeded; flowers 2 5 in. long; 



leaflets nearly glabrous beneath 2. atropurpurea. 



Pods not plaited on their faces which are flat ; flowers pale green 

 or yellow, To in. long; bristles yellowish-brown ; leaflets glabrous 



3. gigantea. 



Herbaceous climbers with annual stems and purple flowers ; seeds 5-6, 

 oblong with an oblong funicular hilum : 



Pods 3-4 in. long, curved, with dark silvery-brown hairs ; leaflets 

 densely golden-silky-tomentose beneath ; flowers l'5-2 in. long 



4. hirsuto,. 



Pods 2-3 in. long, curved like an S anc ^ ridged longitudinally ; 

 leaflets with short appressed white hairs beneath ; flowers 1-1*5 in. 

 long 5. prurita. 



1. MUCUNA MONOSPERMA, DC. ; F. B. I. ii. 185 ; W. & A. 254. 



N. Circars, near Samulcotta, fide Wight ; Deccan, Hills 

 of Mysore at 2,000 to 3,500 ft. ; W. Ghats, in Wyiiaad at 

 3,000 ft, 



A woody climber with large nearly orbicular plaited pod 

 and single seed. 



2. MUCUNA ATROPURPUREA, DC. ; F. B. I. ii. 186 ; W. & A. 254. 



Deccan, Hills of Mysore and N. Coimbatore at 3,000 ft. ; 



W. Ghats, in the Pulney Hills, Sirumalais and Hills of 



Tiiinevelly. 



A woody climber like the last but with oblong 2-seeded 



pods and narrower thinner leaflets. 



3. MUCUNA GIGANTEA, DC. ; F. B. I. ii. 186 ; W. & A. 254. 



Coast forests about Negapatain and in Malabar, in sandy 

 soils, fide Wight, etc. 



A woody climber with pale green or yellow flowers and 

 broad prominently winged pod. 



4. MUCUNA HIRSUTA, W. & A. 254 ; F. B. I. ii. 187. 



W. Ghats, Nilgiri and Pulney Hills, at low levels (Bourne). 

 A climber with annual steins and silky shining leaves. 



