202 L. LEGtTMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Phaseolm. 



Ic. t. 94 ; Balz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 71. DoHchos trilobatus, lAnn. ; Bwm. Fl. 

 Ind. t. 50, fig. 1. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 399. 



HiMAiATAS to Cetxon and Bibma, wild and commonly cultivated, ascending to 

 7000 ft. in the north-west. — Disteib. Afghanistan, Malay isles, Nubia, Abyssinia. 



Perennial or annual. Stems trailing to a length of 1-2 feet, glabrous orfiimished 

 with a few deciduous spreading hairs. Stipules J— f in., attached near the base ; 

 leaflets membranous, glabrous, or with only a few obscure loose or short hairs, rhom- 

 boid or ovate, 1-2 in. long, very rarely entire (var. oxalideos, Grah., P. cofiNUTns, 

 Blurne), usually shallowly lobed in the annual cultivated, deeply lobed in the perennial 

 wild form, the central divisions broad, spoon-shaped, obtuse. Flowers in a close, 

 deltoid head, on a peduncle that usually overtops the leaves ; pedicels very short 

 Calyx campanulate, ^-^ in., pale yellow ; teeth deltoid. Corolla under \ in. long. 

 Pod 1-2 in. by ^ in., subeylindrical, glabrous, recurved, 6-12-seeded. 



8. P. aconltifolius, Jacq. Obs. iii. t. 62 ; stems slender suberect or diffuse 

 slightly hairy, stipales lanceolate, leaflets deeply 3-lobed with the central 

 division ligulate, racemes capitate, bracteoles linear, flowers minute. Boxb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 299 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 247 ; DC. Predr. ii. 394. P. trilobus, WaU. 

 Cat. 5588 L-N. Dolichos dissectus. Lam. Diet. ii. 300. 



HiMALATAS to Cbtxok, tropical region, ap to 4000 ft. in the north-west. 



Closely allied to the last, with which it agrees in flowers and general habit. Stems 

 more copiously clothed with loose deflexed fine brownish hairs. Stipules much 

 smaller and narrower. Peduncles hairy, like the stems ; bracteoles twice as long as 

 the calyx, their setaceous ciliated tips protruding beyond the buds. Pods rather 

 stouter than in P. trilobus and seed^ larger. 



9. P. ^randis, Dah. S/-, Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 72, ncm WaU. Cat. 5602; 

 stems stout suberect, stipules very large obovate, leaflets obovate entire or dis- 

 tinctly lobed, racemes close, bracteoles enclosing the calyx and corolla, corolla 

 middle-sized. 



CoNCAN, on the highest ghauts east of Bombay, Stocks, Dalzell. 



Stems as robust as in the Common' Bean, 2-4 ft. high, clothed with adpressed 

 deciduous blackish bristles. Stipules persistent, ciliated, obovate-spathulate, 1-2 in. 

 long, attached a little above the cordate base ; leaflets rather fleshy, 3-4 in. long, 

 clothed with short deciduous firm grey bristles, deltoid or rather rounded at the base, 

 lobed only in the upper half. Bacemes copious, on short or long suberect densely 

 bristly peduncles ; bracteoles nerved, obovate-oblong, i-^ in. long. Calyx ^ in. ; 

 teeth lanceolate. Pod 2—3 in. long, at first densely bristly. 



10. P. pauciflorus, Dalz. in Kew Journ. iii. 209 ; stems very slender 

 twining subglabrous, stipules minute lanceolate, leaflets membranous entire or 

 faintly lobed, racemes capitate, bracteoles linear, flowers minute, pod glabrous, 

 Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fin. 



Southern Concan, common, Dalzell, Stocks. 



Stems very slender, climbing, quite glabrous when mature. Stipules ^ in. ; 

 leaflets ovate, acute, 1^-2 in. long, green above, paler beneath. Flowers 2-4, at the 

 end of a slender peduncle about as long as the leaves ; bracteoles twice as long as the 

 calyx ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx not more than J in. ; teeth shorter 

 than the tube, lowest lanceolate. Corolla i in., pale yellow. Pod 14-2 in. by i in., 

 subeylindrical, slightly recurved, 6-10-seeded, 



P. STTBIOBATUS, Wall. Cat 5598 C, &om the estuary of the Irrawaddi, is closely 

 allied to this, but at present is known only in the flowering state. It has firmer 

 leaves, thinly clothed with adpressed grey bristles, 6-12-flowered short-peduncled 

 racemes not closely capitate, and lanceolate bracteoles not longer than the calyx. 



