1897.1 D. Prain — Some additional Leguminosae. 421 



in Journ As. Soc. Beng. xlv. 2253. Dolichos ficifolius Qrah. in Wall. 

 Cat. 5563. Dolichos spicatns Wall. Cat. 5557 A. B. (not G). 



North Bengal; at Dingra Ghat, Kurz I E. Bengal; Mymensingh, 

 Clarice n. 7980 ! Sikkim ; at Selira, 1000 feet, Clarke 36867 ! Bootan ; 

 Barkes! Duars ; Mahakulgiri, Heaivood ! Silhet ; Wallich 5557 A! 

 Clarke 18502 ! 14341 ! Assam ; Masters ! Simons ! Khasia ; Clarke 

 44995 ! Naga Hills ; Clarke 40819 ! Chittagong ; very common, King's 

 Collectors! Burma; Pegu, Wallich 5563! B. Scott! Arracan ; Kurz! 

 Tenasserim ; Heifer! Gallatin! 



It is impossible to assent to the reduction of this species to P. phaseoloides ; the 

 leaves are almost always more deeply lobed, the flowers are always very much larger— 

 the calyx being "35, the corolla '8-1 in. long. ; the pods are usually longer, are alwaya 

 broader and have the sutures, especially the dorsal, slightly thickened. There are 

 moreover no intermediates to be found among the specimens in Herb. Calcutta, 

 which include representatives of 20 gatherings of P. phaseoloides and 27 gatherings 

 of P. subspicata. 



73. PHASEOLUS Linn. 



The species of Phaseolus cultivated and wild in India, stand much in need of 

 careful revision and comparison with the types of the species originally named by 

 Linnaeus. This remark applies with especial force to the species and forms of the 

 section Strophostyles. Many very competent botanists have dealt with the subject in 

 the light of Herbarium material in Europe ; the only author who ever really knew 

 the plants themselves was unable to collate his knowledge with the early references. 

 And till another author who knows the plants themselves as Dr. Roxburgh knew 

 them shall be able to deal with the subject, it is impossible to hope for a disentangle- 

 ment of their very vexed synonymy or indeed to decide their exact specific limitation. 



3. Phaseolus adenanthus G. F. Mey. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. : — Andamans ; sea-coasts, King's Col- 

 lectors ! Narcondam, Prain ! 



4. Phaseolus tenuicaulis Bah. 



The specimen of P. sublobatus vab. tenuicaulis Grah. — the basis of this species, 

 — is at Calcutta indistinguishable from Dolichos falcatus Klein. 



8. Phaseolus aconitifolius Jacq. 



In the Index Kewensis it is stated that Roxburgh's P. aconitifolius of the Hortus 

 Bengalensis and of the Flora Indica is not this species but is P. trilobus. 



This is not what is said either by Wight and Arnott or by Baker ; these authors 

 are right. The Index Kewensis citation is perhaps based on the fact that on a figure 

 of P. trilobus sent to the E. I. C. Museum, Roxburgh wrote "P. aconitifolius" by a 

 lapsus calami. This has been mentioned by Wight and Arnott ; but both in his 

 Hortus Bengalensis and in his Flora Indica, Roxburgh indicated by the name P. 

 aconitifolius the plant known in India as the Moth, which is undoubtedly P. aconiti- 

 folius Jacq. 



10. Phaseolus pauciplorus Dalz. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. :— Rajputana ; Mt. Abu, King / 



