1876.] Knowledge of the Burmese Flora. 249 



Erect or nearly so, hirsute to almost glabrous ; flowers almost sessile ; pods sparingly 

 but long-hirsute, P. racliatus. 



*1. P. lunattts, L. sp. pi. 1016 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 286 ; Wight 

 Icon. t. 755 ; Bak. in Fl. trop. Afr. 193 and Ind. Fl. II. 200. 



Hab. Ava, apparently cultivated. — Fl. Febr. 



2. P. tentticattlis, Bak. in Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 201. (DolicJios tenui- 

 caulis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5598 D.) 



Hab. Prome (Wall.) ; Ava, kills east of Bkamo (J. Anderson.) — Fl. 

 Aug. 



*3. P. vulgaets, L. sp. pi. 1016; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 287; Btk. 

 in Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. 182 ; H£. Ind. Fl. II. 200. 



Tar. /?. nanus, Koch. Syn. Fl. Germ. I. 178. (P. nanus, L. sp. pi. 

 1017 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 291 ; WA. Prod. I. 243), dwarf and erect. 



Hab. Here and there cultivated in gardens, chiefly in Chittagong. 



4. P. adenanthtts, E. Mey. Prim. Flor. Esseq. 239 ; Bak. in Fl. 

 trop. Afr. II. 192 and Ind. Fl. II. 200. (P. rostratus, Wall. PL As. rar. 

 I. t. 63 ; Wight Icon. t. 34 ; P. alatus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 288, non L.). 



Hab. Ava and Prome, on the hills bordering the Irawaddi (Wall.) ; 

 Tenasserim (Helf.).— Fl. Close of ES. and CS. ; Fr. HS. 



5. P. semiebecttjs, L. sp. pi. 1016 ; Jacq. Icon. t. 558 ; Bot. Eeg. 

 t. 743 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 201. (P. psoraleoides, WA. Prod. I. 246 ; Wight 

 Icon. t. 249). 



Hab. Chittagong, in grass-land. — Fl. CS. ; Fr. C. and HS. 



6. P. tbilobus, Ait. Hort. Kew. III. 30 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 298 ; 

 Wight Icon. t. 94; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 201. {Glycine triloba, L. Mant. 

 516 ; Doliclios trilolatus, L. Mant. 516 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 50. f. 1). 



Hab. Burma (according to Eevd. F. Mason). 



7. P. TEiNEBvnjs, Heyne ap. WA. Prod. I. 245 ; Bak. in Fl. trop. 

 Afr. II. 193 and in Ind. Fl. II. 203. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the savannahs of Martaban, east of Toung- 

 hoo, and elsewhere ; also Upper Tenasserim. — Fl. Fr. March, Apr. 



*8. P. eadiatus, L. sp. pi. 1017 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 296 ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 197. 



Var. a. eadiattjs, (T. radiatus, L. 1. c. ; P. Mungo, L. var. radia- 

 tus, Bak. in Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 203), more or less spreading and twining ; 

 pods shorter and more blunt. 



Var. ft. Mungo, (P. Mungo, L. Mant. 101 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 

 292 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 203 ; P. max, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 295), dwarf and 

 erect ; pods longer, narrower, and acuminate ; seeds green or black. Of 

 this there is also an almost glabrous form. 



Hab. Var. /3. generally cultivated all over Burma. — Fl. CS. ; Fr. 

 Begin of HS. 



