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2. Mucuna monosperma DC. Prodr. II, 406. A large woody 

 climber with deciduous rusty down on young branches. Leaves 6-9 in. 

 Jong ; leaflets 3 thinly subcoriaceous green glabrous above, when young 

 rather closely rusty-downy beneath, ovate-oblong cuspidate base rounded 

 — of lateral leaflets obliquely, 3-4 in. long 2-2*25 in. across, petiole 3-5 in. 

 long at first rusty, soon glabrescent; petiolules *25 in., stipels subulate 

 •15 in.; stipules linear *2 in. Inflorescence corymbose 6-12-fld., axillary, 

 peduncles usually "5-1 in. occasionally elongated 25-3 in. long, at first 

 rusty- puberulous as are the pedicels *25— *5 in. long ; bracteoles at base 

 of calyx lanceolate *6 in. long, exceeding the buds ; bracts small tri- 

 angular *15 long very early deciduous and leaving small scars at base of 

 pedicels. Calyx "4 in. long densely covered with pungent deciduous 

 bristles, tube campanulate twice as long as unequal teeth ; upper tooth 

 truncate lateral deltoid lower linear. Corolla 1*5 in. long, purple; keel 

 abruptly inflexed at tip, wings *25 in., standard '6 in. long *5 in. wide. 

 Pod 275 in. long 225 in. wide broadly oblong, wings along the dorsal 

 sutures '5 in. wide along ventral '25 in., plaits *3 in. high crossing the 

 wings to their margins ; clothed in all parts with brown deciduous 

 bristles ; seeds solitary. Wight -in Hook. Bot. Misc. II, 346, Suppl. t. 

 12 ; W. & A. Prodr. 254 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 214 ; Bak. in Flor. 

 Brit. Ind. II, 185. M. anguina Wall. PI. As. Ear. Ill, 19 t. 236. 

 Carpopogon monospermum Roxb. Hort. Beng. 54; Flor. Inch III, 283. 

 0. anguineum Boxb. Hort. Beng. 54. Zoophtlialmum monospermum Prain 

 MSS. 



Andamans ; everywhere very common in the interior jungle. 



3. Mucuna biplicata Teysm. & Binnend. Cat. Hort. Bog. 261. 

 A large woody climber 30-40 feet long with slender glabrous branches. 

 Leaves 9-12 in. long; leaflets 3, chartaceous dull green, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ovate-oblong, cuspidate, base rounded — of lateral leaflets obliquely, 

 6-8 in. long, 5 in. across, petiole glabrous 4-6 in. long, petiolules "25 in. 

 stipels subulate "15 in. long; stipules linear '2 in.; pulvinus swollen 

 puberulous. Inflorescence corymbose axillary 2 in. long; peduncle rusty- 

 pubescent arising from an axillary node, its neck surrounded by a num- 

 ber of small triangular acute scaly bracts *15 in. long emitting at once 

 1-4 3-6-fld. blanches 1-5 in. long, main rachis corymbosely branched or 

 simple 15-18-fld., bracts at base of pedicels small triangular immediately 

 deciduous; pedicels 2 in. long; bracteoles at base of calyx '2 in. long, 

 oblong much shorter than buds. Calyx greenish-brown densely covered 

 with deciduous pungent bristles, '35 in. long, tube wide-campanulate, teeth 

 extremely short. Corolla dark-purple 175 in. long; keel abruptly in 

 flexed at tip, wings 125 in. long, standard 75 in. wide. Pod hardly 

 stipitate 35 in. long 175 in. wide ; plaits oblique very close-set their 



