Phaseohts.] L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) 203 



11. P. nXung'O, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 395 ; stems suberect or flexuose 

 more or less densely clothed with loose defiexed hairs, stipules ovate, leaflets 

 membranous entire, rarely faintly lobed, racemes capitate, bracteoles ovate or 

 lanceolate, flowers middle-sized, pod clothed with long spreading deciduous 

 silky hairs. Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 292 (seeds grem) ; WaU. Cat. 5589 (in greater 

 paH) ; W. 8f A., Prodr. 245. P. Max, Roxb. JSm-t. Beng. 55 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 295 

 (seeds black) ; Wall. Cat^ 5606. P. aureus, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5590 (seeds 

 yellow). P. hirtus, Petz. Obs. iii. 38, non Wall. 



Wild and universally cultivated in the plains throughout ova limits in a large 

 number of forms, ascending to 6000 ft. in the N.W. Himalayas. — Disteib. Spread 

 through tropics of OM World. 



Stems annual, suberect in the typical form, 1 -2 ft. high, copiously branched from 

 the base, clothed ■with fine long deciduous brownish silky hairs. Stvpides J-J in. 

 long, attached near the base ; leaflets membranous, with scattered adpressed hairs on 

 both sides, 2-4 in. long, roundish, acute or siibobtuse, deltoid or rather rounded at 

 the base. Flowers, about half a dozen at the very end of short peduncles, clothed like 

 the stems ; pedicels very short. Calyx ^-J in. ; lower tooth deltoid or lanceolate. 

 Corolla f-^ in., yellow, Fad 1^-25- in. long by ^-J in., subcylindrical, slightly 

 recurved, 10-15-seeded. 



Vab. 1. glaher, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 291 (sp.), non Schlecht. ; habit of the type, 

 but stem leaves and pod quite glabrous; ^ Wall. Cat. 5604. P. Muhgo, F., Wall. Cat. 

 6589, ex parte. P. glabrescens, Steud. Nome/no. edit. 2, ii. 317. A cultivated form. 



Vak. 2. Wighiianus, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5591 (sp.) ; stems- elongated slender 

 flexuose finely hairy, the hairs short and grey, leaflets thinner. P. Wightii, W. ^ A. 

 Prodr. 245. P. subvolubilis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5605. 



Vah. 3. radiatiis, Linn, (sp.) ; stems elongated twining densely clothed, as are the 

 peduncles and pod with long ferruginous deflexed silky hairs, leaflets firmer than in 

 the last, similar to those of the type. Boxb. Fl Ind. iii. 296 ; WaU. Cat. 5592 ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 395. P. Eoxburghii, W. i A. Prodr. 246. P. Mungo, Wall. Cat. 6689, ex 

 parte. P. setulosus, Balz. in Kew Joum. ii. 33 ; DaU. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 72. ATigna 

 opisotricha, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 220. 



12. P. trinervius, Heyne in Wall, Cat. 6603 ;. stems twining densely 

 clothed with deflexed ferruginous hairs, stipules middle-sized ohlong,leatiets entire 

 or faintly lobed persistently pilose on both surfaces, racemes close, bracteoles 

 oblong-lanceolate, pod at first densely silky. W. ^ A. Prodr. 245 ; Dalz. Sr 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 71. P. farinosus, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 395 ? 



Plains of Wbstbhn Peninsula and Ceilon, ascending to 4000 ft.— Disteib. 



Perennial. Stems copiously twining, never suberect. Stipules, like those of P. 

 Mungo, but apparently attached higher up. Leaflets thicker in_ texture, often disr . 

 tinct'ly lobed, ovate, acute, 2-4 in. long, dark green, scabrous, with adpressed grey 

 bristly hairs above, stiU more hairy beneath. Flowers 6-12,. on long downy peduncles, 

 the raceme finally 1-2 in. long ; pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth deltoid. 

 Corolla 3-4 times the calyx, yellow or reddish. Pod 2-2^ in. long, 10-12-seeded, 

 slightly recurved. — Closely allied to P. Mvmgo, var. radiatus, and probably a fourth 

 variety of that species. 



13. P. calcaratus, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 54; FL Ind. iii. 289; stems 

 suberect or flexuose' clothed with fine deciduous deflexed hairs, stipules lanceo- 

 late, leaflets entire or faintly lobed, racemes not capitate, bracteoles linear, 

 flowers middle-sized, pod glabrous. Wall. Cat. 5611 ; W. 8^ A. Prodr. 245. 

 P. sublobatus. Wall. Cat. 5598 A, B. P. birtus, Wall. Cat. 5593. P. Mungo, 

 WaU. Cat. 6589 0, ex paHe. P. pubescens, Blume ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 200. 



HtMAiAVAs to Cbtton, in the tropical zone, both wild and commonly cultivated, 

 ascending to 6000 ft. in Khasia. — Disteib. Malaya. 



