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toothed, the lower 3-partite:. corolla papilionaceous, tlie keel’ with 
the stamens and style spirally twisted. or circinate: legume com— 
pressed or cylindrical; 2-valved, many-seeded, with partitions be~ 
éween the seeds.. , 
(1) B. tunatus. (Linn); 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 244.—Dec. prod. II. p, 393. 
Roxb. fl. Ind IIT. p. 287. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon, t, 755.. 
Spsc. Cuar. Biennial,. usually twining, glabrous-or. pubescent s- 
leaflets ovate,-acnminated :. stipules reflexed :. racemes shorter than 
the leaves, the flowering part elongated :: pedicels-in pairs: bracts. 
narrow, much. shorter. than the calyx :: legumes pendulous, scimitar— 
shaped; long mucronate,. not: torulose, 2~4-seeded :: flowers small, 
greenish, 
Peninsula. Dapoory. Bengal: Flowering in the cold season.. 
The legumes-are known as.the country Freneli beans or country. 
Haricot. Six. varieties are cultivated for the table. Natives rarel gi 
use any part of.the plant,nor have they any name for it, ; 
(2) P: nostratus, (Wall.). 
Ident... W..& A.-prod. I. ps 244.. 
Syn. P.alatus, Roxb. fi. Ind. ILI. ps 288. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon, t, 34.—Wall. Pr. As. Ran ht. 63.—< 
Rheede Mal. VIII. t. 42. at 
Srec. Cuar. Perennial, twining ;. leaflets ovate, acute: stipules: 
yeflexed::: racemes long-peduncled, few-flowered, shorter than the- 
leaves: flowers in pairs. with a gland between them :: wings various-- 
ly twisted :: keel with.a long spirally.-twisted beak: legume pendu-- 
lous, flat, curved, .long-mucronate, many-seeded ;. flowers large, deep. 
rose-purple; 
‘Coromandel. Common throughout the Concans.. Circars. Flower=- 
ing in the cold-season. The tuberous roots are eaten-by. the-natives.. 
(3) P. Granamianus.. (W. § 4.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod..I.. ps 244.. 
Srrc. Cuar. Leaflets-ovate, acuminated :: stipules sessile, re- 
eurved,. deciduous :. racemes long-peduncled, longer than the leaves,. 
few-flowered, the flowering part. slightly elongated in fruit :. pedicels. 
in pairs : legume flat,. linear,. narrow. and long,.many-seeded, valves. 
at length twisting, 
Courtallum.. 
(4): P. psorazzowwrs, (W. § A) 
Fdent. W.& A. prod. I p. 244, 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 249.. 
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