Vigna.] l. leouminosji. (J. G. Baker.) 207 



ides, Hoxb. HoH. Beng. 54 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 290 ; Wall. Cat: 6600. Miicuna 

 recta, Wall. Cat. 5626. Dolichos dasycarpus, Mig. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 186. 

 OanaTalia dolichoides, Kurz in Jown. Asiat. Soa. Beng. xliv. 2, 186. 



East HimaTiAyas, tropical zone ; Silhet, Khasu and Assam. — ^Disteib. Java. 



Stems ■wide-twining, clothed densely with persistent rather bristly pale brown 

 hairs. Stipulen lanceolate, minute ; leaflets always entire, as broad as long, flexible, 

 4-6 in. long, densely clothed, especially below, with short bristly hairs. Racemes 

 2-3 in., conical in bud, sometimes nearly sessile ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; 

 braoteoles minute, lanceolate. Cali/x ^ in., clothed mth adpressed hairs ; teeth del- 

 toid, lowest lanceolate. Corolla reddish, 3-4 times the calyx. Pod 2-3 in. by J in., 

 firm, cylindrical, 5-6-seeded, the very dense spreading velvety hairs persistent. 



9. V. pilosa, Baker ; stems slender woody finely grey-downy, leaflets 

 membranous ovate acute with a few short adpressed hairs, racemes many^ 

 flowered short-peduncled, corolla middle-sized, pod slender clothed with dense 

 silky hairs. Dolichos pilosus, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 55 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 312 ; DC. 

 Prodi: ii. 397 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 249. Phaseolus difibrmis, WaU. Cat. 5599. 



East Himalayas, tropical zone; Assam, Nipai., Siekim, Prome, Westben 

 Peninstii,a and Oeissa. 



Branches very slender, but firm, glabrescent. Stipules minute, lanceolate, cadu- 

 cous ; leafiets usually twice as long as broad, narrowed gradually to a point, 4-6 in. 

 long, thin, but firm, both sides eubscabrous. Sacemes 2-3 in. long, much shorter 

 than the leaves ; pedicels finally i in. ; bracts and bracteoles minute. Cah/x ^-^ in., 

 thinly silky, oblique ; lower tooth lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla reddish, 

 twice the calyx. Pod 4—6 in. by under J in., beaked, rather recurved, 8-12-B6eded, 

 the short fine brown hairs spreading and persistent. 



10. V. lucens, Baker ; stems woody glabrous, leaflets entire membranous 

 ovate acute glabrous, racemes sublax many-flowered about as long as the leaves, 

 corolla middle-sized, pod slender densely velvety. Phaseolus lucens. Wall. Cat. 

 5601. Canavalia lucens, Kurz in Jawm. Asiat. Sac. Beng. xliii. 2, 185. 



Tavoy, Gomez. 



A wide-climbing perennial, with only the youngest branches clothed with a few 

 adpressed grey hairs. Leaflets green on both sides, rounded at the base, narrowed 

 gradually to a point, 4-6 in. long ; stipules minute, lanceolate, caducous. Racemes and 

 peduncles each 2-3 in. long ; pedicels very short ; bracteoles minute, ovate, Cah/x 

 \ in. long, nearly glabrous ; lower tooth lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Corolla 

 reddish,' 3 times the calyx. Pod beaked, many-seeded. 



75. FACKYRHXZVS, Bich. 



Wide-climbing herbs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate with stipeUate lobed 

 leaflets. Racemes long, with tumid nodes and fascicled pedicels ; bracts and 

 bracteoles setaceous, caducous. Calyx 2-lipped, the limb as long as the tube, 

 the upper lip emarginate, the lower deeply 3-toothed. Corolla much exserted, 

 the petals subequal ; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. 

 Ovary subsessile, many-ovuled ; style long, circinate at the apex, bearded down 

 tie inner side below the very oblique stigma. Pod large, linear, turgid, deeply 

 depressed between the seeds. — Disikib. Species 2 or 3, the others Mexican 

 ind Angolan. 



1. P. ang'ulatus. Rich. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 402 ; Wall. Cat. 5526 ; W. ^ 

 A. Prodr. 251. Dolichos bulbosus, lAnn. ; Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 309. P. trilobus, 

 DC. loe. cit. 



