74 Leguminosce. \CUtoria. 



A perennial herb, branches trailing, prostrate, quite 

 glabrous ; l.-rachis 2-3 in., swollen at base, stip. small, 

 lanceolate*; lflts. stalked, equal, \\-2\ in., broadly oval or 

 somewhat obovate, narrowed at base, rounded at apex, quite 

 glabrous; fl. about \ in., on slender ped. longer than cal, in 

 short racemes at end of stiff axillary peduncles usually exceed- 

 ing 1. ; cal.-segm. short, broad ; keel not beaked ; pod 2-2J in., 

 rather broadly linear, subcylindrical, turgid, with thickened 

 sutures, slightly curved, apiculate, glabrous or nearly so ; 

 seeds 5-8, \ in., nearly globose, black. 



Moist region, on or near the coast ; rare. Galle (Gardner) ; Kalutara 

 (Moon); Colombo. Fl. July; yellow. 



Found in Bengal, Burma, and the Tropics generally. 



V. Catiang, Endl., Nil-me and Li-me, S., Kodiftpayam, T., and its 

 twining variety, V. sinensis, Endl, Me-karal and Wanduru-me, S., are 

 commonly grown in native gardens. Both were known to Hermann. For 

 figures see Duthie, Crops N.W. Prov. tt. 29, 30. The pods of V. sinensis 

 are often 16 in. to 2 ft. long, the large flowers pale purple and white, and 

 the seeds either white or pale reddish-brown. 



2. V. vexillata, Benth. in Thw. Enum. 90 (1859). 

 Thw. Enum. 90. C. P. 2781. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 206. Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 234, f. 302. Wight, Ic. t. 202 

 ( V. puhteiensis). 



A perennial herbaceous twiner, stem long, stout, glabrous, 

 the young parts with defiexed hair; l.-rachis 1-2 in. slightly 

 hairy, stip. small, lanceolate, acute, hairy, lflts. \\-2\, narrowly 

 ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base, gradually tapering to acute 

 cuspidate apex, finely hairy on both sides; fl. large, over 1 in., 

 on very short ped., few, crowded at end of axillary peduncles 

 longer than 1., cal. puberulous, segm. triangular with long 

 setaceous joints; standard very large, keel obliquely curved 

 into f of a circle, beaked ; pod (not seen) " 3-4 in. by \ in., 

 slender, thinly silky or glabrescent, 10-15 seeded." 



Moist region, 1-4000 ft.; rather common. Fl. August; rose-coloured. 

 Cosmopolitan in the Tropics. 



35. CXiITORXA, L. 



Perennial twiner, 1. imparipinnate, with stipels, fl. large, 

 axillary, solitary; cal. long tubular, segm. nearly equal; 

 standard much exceeding other pet, keel slightly curved ; 

 stam. diadelphous; style flattened, bearded along upper side, 

 stigma terminal ; pod linear, flat, many-seeded. — Sp. 27; 5 in 

 FL B. Ind. 



