362 FLORA OF MADRAS. iPhaseolus. 



Stipules ovate or oblong, bracteoles ovate ; leaflets 3-lobed, 



the lobes various in shape 4. trilobus. 



Stipules lanceolate as also bracteoles ; leaflets deeply 3-lobed 

 the lobes again variously cut 5. aconitifolius. 



Pods more or less compressed ; leaflets entire or only obscurely 



lobed : 



Stems glabrous or nearly so ; stipules minute, lanceolate, 

 15 in. long, glabrous; bracteoles linear, '25 in. long; leaflets 

 ovate, under 2 in. long, often slightly lobed, acute 



6. Dalzellii. 



Stems clothed with stiff deflexed hairs ; stipules lanceolate, 

 2 in. long, hispid; bracteoles linear, '15 in. long; leaflets 

 broadly ovate, 2-4 in. long, scarcely ever lobed, acuminate 



7. calcaratus. 

 Pods hirsute, slightly compressed : 



Stems erect; leaves large, leaflets entire or rarely slightly 



lobed: 



Pods erect or suberect ; seeds black Mungo. 



Pods spreading ; seeds green radiatus. 



Stems twining ; leaves rather small, leaflets obtuse or acute, 



the side ones and sometimes the terminal lobed 8. sublobatus. 



1. PHASEOLUS SEMIERECTUS, Linn. ; F. B. I. ii. 201. P. 

 psoraleoides, W. & A. 244 ; Wt. Ic. t. 249. 



Carnatic, especially near Madras, a weed of waste land, 

 probably introduced. 



An erect herbaceous plant with very narrow pods and 

 many rectangular seeds. 



2. PHASEOLUS ADENANTHUS, G. F. Mey. ; F. B. I. ii. 200. 

 P. rostratus, Wall. ; W. & A. 244; Wt. Ic. t. 34. 



W. Coast, in Malabar and Travancore. 

 A twining perennial with large showy flowers and flat 

 many -seeded pod. The tuberous root is sometimes eaten. 

 Yern. Tarn. Karalsona. 



3. PHASEOLUS GRAHAMIANUS, W. & A. 244; F. B. I. ii. 201. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri, Pulney and Tinnevelly Hills, up 

 to 4,000 ft., also Hills of Coimbatore (Fischer). 

 A slender climber with rather small deltoid leaflets and 

 very narrow, flat, many-seeded pod. 



4. PHASEOLUS TRILOBUS, Ait. ; F. B. I. ii. 201 ; W. & A. 246 

 Wt. Ic. t. 94. 



