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Flowers by 1 — 2 on very snort paired peduncles, V. repens. 



Racemes many-flowered, long-peduncled ; stipules small, almost peltately falcate-ovate, 



. . V. luteola. 

 * * Stipules peltately attached, the lower end produced. 



x Keel not prolonged into a beak. Flowers yellow. 

 Pods 1 — 2 in. long by 1| — 2 lin. broad, minutely puberulous, soon glabrous ; seeds 



glossy ; stipules oblong, the produced basal part falcate-ovate, V. calearata. 



Pods rather blunt at both ends, up to an in. long by 2| lin. broad, sparingly but long- 

 hirsute ; seeds opaque ; stipules peltately linear-oblong, 3 — 4 lin. long, 



. . V. brachycarpa. 



x x Keel prolonged into a distinct beak. Flowers blue or white, or 



variegated in these colours. 



Pods 2 — 3, or 4 — 12 in. long by 2 — 4 lin. broad, glabrous; stipules shortly peltate, 



lanceolate, V. Sinensis. 



1. Y. dolichoides, Bak. ill Hf. Incl. Fl. II. 206. (Phaseolus doli- 

 choides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 290 ; Camvalia dolichoides, Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. 1874. 1S5. sub No. 11). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the upper mixed forests of Chittagong and 

 Arracan, especially along cboungs. — Fl. Close of US. ; Fr. DS. 



2. V. pilosa, Bak. in Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 207. (Dolichos pilosus, 

 Klein in Willd. sp. pi. III. 1013 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 312). 



Hab. Prorne (Wall. Cat. 5599 C.) ; Pegu, above Rangoon (Cleg- 

 horn).— Fl. Close of ES. ; Fr. CS. 



3. V. texillata, Bth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. XXIV. 194. t. 50. f. 1. ; 

 Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 206. (Phaseolus vexillatus, L. sp. pi. 1017 ; Jacq. Hort. 

 Vindob. t. 102 ; V. hirta, Hook. Icon, plant, t. 637 ; Phaseolus Pulniensis, 

 Wight Icon. t. 202). 



Hab. Bather scarce in savannahs along the choungs in the upper 

 mixed forests of the Pegu Tomah. — Fl. CS. 



4. V. ltjtea, A. Cray in Bot. Amer. Expl. I. 454 ; Bth. Fl. Austr. 

 II. 259 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 205. 



Hab. Frequent on the sand-beaches and in the beach-forests all along 

 the coast of Tenasserim and the Andamans. — Fl. C. and HS. ; Fr. HS. 



5. Y. repens, Bak. in Hf . Ind. Fl. II. 205. 

 Hab. Prome (Wall.). Not seen by me. 



6. V. luteola, Bth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Pap. 191. t. 50. f. 2 and Fl. 

 Austr. II. 260. (Dolichos luteohos, Jacq. Hort. Vindob. I. 39. t. 90 ; Do- 

 lichos Gangetieus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 310). 



Hab, Ava, Bhamo (J. Anderson). — Fl. Febr. 



Baker refers my Burmese specimens (No. 2526) to this species, but 

 they differ greatly in the stipules, and are referred by me to the following 

 species. 



7. V. calcaeata, (Phaseolus calcaratus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 2S9 y 

 WA. Prod. I. 245 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 203 ?). 



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