I'ULSK FAMUA', 1 35 



and curved lu scimitar-shaped; seeds few, large, and flat. Like the 

 preceding, this runs into many forms, amongst them the Bush or Dwarf 

 LiMAS. S. Anier. 



P. multiflorus, Willd. Spanish Beav, Scarlet Rinner when red- 

 fiowered ; twining iiigli ; flowers showy, bright scarlet, or white, or mixed, 

 in peduncled racemes surpassing the leaves ; pods broadly linear, straight 

 or a little curved ; seeds large, tumid, white or colored. Tropical 

 .\uicrica. 



38. VIGNA. (For Dominir. Vigni, comnieiuator of Theophrastus at 

 Padua in the 17th century.) 



V. Sinensis, Hassk. CriivA Bean, BLACic-EVEn Bean, Black Vhtx, 



CowPKv. With long peduncles bearing only 2 or 8 (white <>r pale) 

 flowers at the end ; the beans (which are good) white or dark with a 

 black circle round the scar ; is widely grown in the S. for forage. 

 Chiua and Japan. 



V. luteola, Benth. Wild from S. C. to V\a.. and W., is hirsute, with 

 ovate or- lance-ovate leaflets ; yellow flowers on stout peduncles longer 

 than the leaves, and hairy pod. 



39. DOLICHOS, BLACK BEAN, etc. (Oreek : name of a Bean, 

 meaning eJomjat'd, perhaps from the tall-climbing stems.) 



D. Ldblab. Linn. Eovptian or Black Bean. Smooth twiner ; racemes 

 elongated; flowers showy, violet, purple, or white, 1' long; pods thick, 

 broadly oblong, poiuteil ; seeds black or tawny with a white scar. ® 

 India. 



40. STROPHOSTYLES. (Greek: turning, style.) 



S. angul63a, LU. Spreading on the ground; ovate entire or com- 

 monly 3-lobed or angled leaflets ; peduncles twice the length of the 

 leaves ; flowers purplish, or at length greenish ; seeds oblonii, ;]" long ; 

 pod 2'-3' long by -V wide. Sandy shores and river banks. 



S. peduncularis, Eli. More slender than the preceding, sometimes 

 twining a liltle ; leaflets ovate or oblong-linear, entire, rarely at all 

 lobed ; peduncles several times surpassing the leaves ; flowers pale 

 purple; seeds L',"-2" long; pod U'-2' long, scarcely 2" wide. Sandy 

 soil, fnnn L. L anil S. lud.. S. 2/ " 



S. paucifl6rus, Wats. Spreading or low-climbing, slender, pubescent ; 

 leaflets small, oblong-lanceolate or linear; flowers few and small, pur- 

 plish, on a short peduncle ; podstraight, flat, only 1' long. River banks 

 W. and S. (J) 



41. CENTROSIJMA, SIHRUED BrTTEKFLV VK\. (Greek: 

 spur. stKiiilnrd.) % 



C. Virgiui^num, Benth. Trailing and low twining ; slender, roughish 

 with minute hairs; leaflets ovate-oblong to linear, very veiny, shining; 

 ])ednncles l-4-flo\vere(l. shorter than the leaves; flowei"s showy, violet- 

 ])urple, 1' lung, in summer. Sandy woods, chiefly S. 



42. CLITORIA. I'.riTERFLV l'E.\. (Derivation recondite.) "U 



C. Mariana, Linn. Smooth; stem erect or .slightly twiiung (l°-3° 

 high); leaflets obovate-oblong, pale beneath; flowers very showy, light 

 blue, 2' loni;, 1-8 on short peduncles; ]iod straight, few-seeded ; flowers 

 summer. Drv ground, X. J., S.. and W. to .Mo. and Te.x. 



