64 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the 'Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 



embedded in the woolly separable endocarp. Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 

 215. 0. turgida Grab, in Wall. Cat. n. 5534 A; Miq. in Flor. Ind. Bat. 

 [, -J 15. C. ensiformis var. turgida Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 196. Doli- 

 chos obtusifolius Lamk. Encyc. Meth. II, 295. D. rotundifolius Vahl, 

 Bymb. II, 81 ; Roxb. Flor. Ind. Ill, 302.— Rheede Hort. Malab. VIII, t. 

 43 ; Plnken. Almag. t. 51, f. 2. 



Andamans; Coco Group and Narcondam, Train I Mid. Andaman, 

 Kurz ! S. Audaman, Kurz ! Man ! King's Collector ! Little Andaman, 

 Train I Pekak; Scortechini 1391 ! Kv.mbUr 1123 ! Pangkore ; Scorte- 

 chini 978 ! Penang ; Wallich 5534 ! Singapore ; Pulo Obin, Hullett 330 ! 

 Distrib. Indian, Indo-Chinese and Malayan coasts. 



There is no doubt that, in the first place, this is 0. obtusifolia DO. j that, in the 

 second place, it is not C, obtusifolia Bak., in Flor. Brit. Ind. ; and that, finally, it is 

 specifically distinct from C. ensiformis of which the Flora makes it a variety. It ia 

 however, particularly unfortunate tliat, while the leaflets of C. lineata are almost 

 always "obtuse," those of C. obtusifolia rarely are. 



19. Mucuna Adans. 



Perennials and annnals of wide-twining habit. Leaves ample, 

 stipellate, always 3-foliolate, Flowers large, showy, usually dark purple, 

 turning quite black when dried. Calyx-tube campanulate ; two upper 

 teeth quite connate ; lowest longer than the middle ones. Corolla much 

 exserted ; standard not more than half as long as the rostrate keel, 

 which usually a little exceeds the wings. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers 

 dimorphous, like those of the Genistese. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; 

 style incurved, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod very variable in shape 

 and sculpture, usually covered with brittle needle-like irritating bristles. 

 Species about 30, spread everywhere in the tropics. 

 Perennials ; pods flat, seeds large flattened, with a hilum 

 extending round the greater part of their periphery (Sub- 

 gen. Zoophthalmom) : — 



Pods with plaits across their faces (§ Citta) : — 



Racemes long lax simple, bracts large boat-shaped ; 

 pods with broad wings, over which the plaits do not 

 extend, down the sutures .. ... ... 1. M. imbricata. 



Eacemes short corymbose, bracts small ; pods with 

 transverse plaits that extend across the usually nar- 

 rower sutural wings : — 



Peduncles naked at base ; bracteoles longer than 



buds; calyx-teeth long ; pods one-seeded ; margins of 



transverse plaits simple, and of sutural wings ontire 2. M. monosperma. 



Peduncles bracteate at base; bracteoles shorter 



than buds ; calyx-teeth very short; pods two-seeded ; 



margins of plaits 2-plicate, and of sutural wings 



incised ... ... ... ... 3. M. biplicata. 



