210 L. LEGUMiNosj!. (J. G. Baker.) [Bolichos. 



dish or white, \-\ in. Poi 1^2 in. by f-| in., tipped with the hooked persistent 

 base of the style. — ^Roxburgh describes fnlly 13 cultivated Tarieties. 



2. D. bracteatus, Baker; flowers large, pedicels exceeding the calyx,- 

 keel broad suhohtuse, pod linear many-seeded. 



Plains of Concan, Stocks. 



A robust glabrous perennial twiner. Stipules 4 in., lanceolate, basifixed ; leaflets 

 entire, membranous, glabrous, acute or obtuse, ^-J ft. long, and broad, the base deltoid. 

 Raoemes long-pedunded, reaching a foot or more long ; bracts minute, linear-lanceo- 

 late, deciduous ; pedicels ^-J in- ; bracteoles firm, oblong or roundish, as long as the 

 calyx. Calyx \ in., glabrous ; teeth deltoid, short. Corolla reddish, 1 in. long. Pod 

 much recurved, 6-6 in. by f in., 10-12-seed6d. 



SuBGEN. 2. nXacrotjrloma, W. 8f A. 8tyh filiform, minutely penicil- 

 late round the stigma, not bearded down the edge. — Oomiects Phaseolea and 

 Qalaetiece. 



3. D. biflorus, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 398; leaflets entire, flowers 1-3 in 

 the axils of the leaves, calyx-teeth long setaceous, corolla yellow, pod linear 

 downy 5-6-seeded. Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 313. D. uniflorus. Lam. ; DC. Prodr. 

 loc. cit. ; Wall. Cat. 5538 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 248. Johnia congesta, Dalz.^ 

 Gibs. Somb. Fl. Suppl. 23. Glycine uniflora, Dalz. in Jowm. Linn. Soc. xiii. 

 146, cum icone. 



HiMAiATAs to Ceylon and Bibma, ascending to 3000 ft. in Sikkim, sometimes 

 cultivated. — Disteib. Everywhere in tropics of Old World. 



Annual, suberect (S. uniflorus) or lengthened out and twining (D. biflorus), downy, 

 rarely glabrescent. Stipules ha,siGE.ei, ^ in., lanceolate, 'seariose ; leaflets membran- 

 ous, ovate, acute, 1-2 in. long, at first finely pilose on the faces. Flowers 1-3 toge- 

 ther, in the axils of the leaves, without a common peduncle. Calyx \ in., downy; 

 teeth lanceolate-setaceous, much exceeding the tube. Corolla \-^\Tx. long; keel nar- 

 row, obtuse, rather shorter than the standard. Pod 1^2 in. by \^ in., much recurved, 

 tipped with the persistent style. 



4. D. lanceolatus, Ctrah. in Wall. Cat. 5547 ; leaflets entire, flowers 

 1-2 on a short common peduncle in the axils of the leaves, calyx-teeth shorter 

 than the tube, corolla reddish. 



BiEMA ; Prome hills, Wallich. 



Stems very slender, wide-twining, with only a few short adpressed hairs. Stipules 

 minute, lanceolate ; leaflets 1-1 i in. long, moderately firm, oblong, acute, with a few 

 adpressed hairs oii toth sides, narrowed to a rounded base. Pedicels shorter than the 

 calyx ; bracteoles ovate, persistent, rather shorter than the calyx. Calyx under ^ in., 

 silky. Corolla 3 times the calyx ; petals 'subequal ; keel distinctly incurved at the 

 tip, subobtuse. Style rather thickened upwards, so that it connects the two sections. 

 Pod unknown. 



6. 3>, ciliatus, Klein ; DC. Prodr. ii. 398 ; leaflets entire conspicu- 

 ously ciliated on the edge, flowers 3-6 in subsessile cjnnes, calyx-teeth setaceous, 

 corolla yellow, pod linear-oblong glabrous 3-4-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5558 ; W. 

 8r A. Prodr. 249. D. prostratus, Kainig ; Poxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 310. 



. Plains of the Western Peninsuia and Cbtion. 

 Boot tuberous, perennial. Stems slender, firm, clothed with short spreading deciduous 

 grey hairs. Stipules small, nervose, lanceolate, basifixed ; leaflets oblong, rounded at 

 the base, 1-3 in. long, with only a few adpressed hairs at first on the faces. Pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx ; bracteoles minute, ovate, nervose, persistent. Calyx under 

 \ in. ; lower teeth lanceolate-setaceous. Corolla J in. ; standard as in Clitoria, much 



