246 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



Carpopogon pruriens, Eoxb. M. Ind. III. 283 ; JDoliclos pruriens, L. sp. 

 pi. 1020, quoad plant. Asiat. ; M. utilis, Wall. ; Wight Icon. t. 280). 



Hab. Frequent in all leaf-shedding forests, especially the lower ones, 

 in hedges, shrubbery, etc., around villages, and along river-sides of the 

 plains, all over Pegu and Prome ; also Ava. — Fl. Close of ES. ; Fr. C. and 

 HS. 



5. M. bbacteata, DC. Prod. II. 406 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1873, 231 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 186. (Carpopogon Iracteatum, Eoxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 54). 



Hab. Frequent in shrubbery along choungs in the tropical forests of 

 Pegu and Martaban, ascending into the pine forests up to 4000 ft. eleva- 

 tion ; also Ava and Chittagong. — Fl. CS. ; Fr. HS. 



N. B. A probably new species has been collected by Dr. Brandis 

 somewhere in Pegu which is very near to M. atropurpibrea, DC, and, indeed, 

 has the same flowers. It differs in tbe long cuspidate leaflets, slender and 

 short racemes, the lower persistent bracts, which are concave-ovate, long- 

 acuminate, and about an inch long ; and the lanceolate, acuminate calyx-lobes. 



6. M. kivea, DC. Prod. II. 406; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 188. (Carpopo- 

 gon nivevm, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 285). 



Hab. Ava {teste Baker). 



Pachyrrhizus, Rich. 



1. P. BrJiiBOSUS, (Dolichos lulbosus, L. sp. pi. 1020 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. 

 III. 309 ; P. angulatus, Eich. ap. DC. Mem. Leg. IX 379 ; DC. Prod. II. 

 402; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 207). 



Hab. Frequently cultivated all over Burma. — Fl. Close of E. S. and 

 CS. ; Fr. CS. 



Vigna, Savi. 

 Conspectus of Species. 

 * Stipules not peltately attached. Keel prolonged into a distinct heal;. 



x Ovary and pods (at least while young) more or less pubescent to 

 tomentose. Flowers purple or blue. 

 O Seeds velvety. 

 Habit of tbe following ; pods 2 — 3 in. long by J broad, densely silky villou3, 



. . V. dolichoid.es. 

 O O Seeds glabrous. 

 Flowers about \ in. long, forming sbort-peduncled many-flowered racemes ; pods dense- 

 ly brown hirsute, 1\ — 3 lin. broad by 4 — 5 in. long, V. pilosa. 



Flowers about an inch long or longer, by 2 — 4 terminating the long peduncles ; pod 



glabrescent, Y. vexillata. 



x x Ovary and pods glabrous. Flowers yellow. 

 Leaflets obovate, blunt or almost retuse. 



Quite glabrous ; corolla about \ in. long ; pods 1 — 1^ in. long, Y. httea. 



O O Leaflets from ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate to acute. 



