206 L. LEGUMiNOSiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Vigna. 



Low and suberect ( V. Catiang) or tall and voluble ( V. sinensis), always glabrous or 

 nearly so. Stipules J-^ in. long, attached and persistent as in Phaseolus § Stroplo- 

 stylis ; leaflets membranous, 3-6 in. long, acute, very variable in shape, broad or nar- 

 row ovate, or ovate-rhomboidal, with the two sides below the middle^ prolonged into 

 obtuse lobes. Peduncles often exceeding the leaves, 3-6-tiowered ; pedicels very short 

 Calyx glabrous, under ^ in ; teeth lanceolate or deltoid- cuspidate. Corolla yellow or 

 reddish twice the calyx. Fod in some of the cultivated forms 1 or even 2 feet long, 

 under ^ in. broad, edible ; seeds 10 to 20. 



Sttbgbn. 2. Plectrotropis. Ked prolonged into a distinct beak, so that 

 this group connects Vigna proper- with Phaseolus. 



5. V. vexillata, Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. 194, t. 50, fig. 1 ; stems 

 herbaceous with a few deflexed brown bairs, leaflets membranous ovate or lan- 

 ceolate acute, flowers 2-4 at the end of long peduncles, corolla large, pod 

 slender glabrescent. Phaseolus vexiUatus, lAnn. Sp. PI. 1017. P. sepiarius, Bah. 

 in Kew Jmim. ii. 33 ; Bomb. Flora, 72. P. pulniensis, WigH Ic. t. 202. P. 

 angustifolius, Wall. Cat. 6596. P. fusiformis, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6607. 

 Vigna earinalis, Benth. Bot. Sulph. 88.— Dill. HoH. Elth. ii. t. 302. 



Himalayas, from Simla to Kumaon and Khasia, ascending to 8000 ft.. Hills of 

 "West PENrasuLA and CeyIiON. — Disteib. Cosmopolitan in tropics. Cape, Australia. 



Boot fusiform, perennial. Stems wide-twining, glabrescent when mature. Sti- 

 pules ^-^ in., lanceolate, basifixed ; leaflets with few or copious adpressed brownish 

 or grey hairs, varying in shape from broad ovate to lanceolate, 2-6 in. long, always 

 acute, the base rounded. Peduncles j-1 ft. ; bracteoles setaceous. Calyx f-J in., 

 si]ky ; teeth linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla reddish-purple, 1 in. or 

 more long ; standard 1-1^ in. broad. Fod 3-4 in. by \ in., thinly silky at first, 

 10-15-seeded. 



Vab. StocJcsii, Benth. ; leaflets small ovate, brown hairs of the leaves and stem 

 more abundant and persistent. Concan, Stocks. 



6. V. bracbycappa, Kurz in Jomm. Asiat. Soc. Beng. iliii. 2, 185; stems 

 herbaceous slightly bairy, leaflets chartaceous linear or lanceolate-deltoid acu- 

 minate, flowers few crowded at the end of long peduncles, corolla small, pod 

 linear-oblong with a few long hairs. 



Abeacan, Kiirz. 



A perennial climber, with filiform stems. Stipules ^J in., linear-oblong, peltate ; 

 petiole 1-lJ in., pilose ; leaflets 1-2 in., thinly ha,iry on both sides. Peduncles equal- 

 ling or exceeding petioles ; pedicels very short. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. ; teeth broad, 

 short, acute. CoroUayeUow, | in. Fod 1 in. by J in., stiff, compressed, black, many- 

 seeded. I have seen no specimens. 



7. V. Wightii, Benth. MSS. ; stems woody finely grey-downy, leaflets 

 subcoriaceous small ovate subobtuse, flowers 2-3 on the end of long peduncles, 

 corolla large. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 296. 



Caenatic ; Conrtallum, Wight, Thomson, 



A slender twiner, with slender sulcate glabrescent stems. Stipules minute, lan- 

 ceolate, basifixed, caducous ; leaflets glabrescent above, thinly silky below, 2-3 in. 

 1< ng. Peduncles reach 6-9 in ; pedicels very short ; bracteoles minute,- setaceous. 

 Calyx f in., finely downy ; lower teeth linear, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla 

 reddish, Ij in. long; standard roundish, emarginate, IJ in. broad. Pod not known. 



8. V. doliclioldes, Baher ; stems woody with short adpressed grey 

 hairs, leaflets subcoriaceous roxmdish cuspidate with copious adpressed bristly 

 hairs, racemes many-flowered short-peduncled, corolla middle-sized, pod stout 

 short clothed with dense firm spreading grey silky hairs. Phaseolus doUcho- 



