1897.] G. Kma;—MafenaU for a Flora of the Malayan Pefiinsula, 4^ 
tat©. Pad linear, sfcraifjlit, tiaiTOwed at both ends, 3-5-Reedcd, tornlose 
with oblique linear depressions between the non-Htrophiolate seeds. 
Tile only species. 
Cajanus iNOtcus Spreng. Syat. TIT, 248 Ati erect shrab 6*8 feet 
bifT^h with slender grooved prey-silky branchlets. Leaves 2-5 in. long; 
petiole '5-1 "5 in. finely fluted densely ftdpressed boary ; leaflets 3 oiblong"- 
lanceolate entire Habcortaceoiis, terminal 17.J-3 in. long^ '5-l'2i5 in. 
wide lateral similar but smaller l*25-r75 in, long, 'SS-'VS in. wide, 
tbinly ailky above densely shortly Rilky and indistinctly gland-dotted 
beneath, nerves 6-9 pairs oblique prominent; stipels minute; atip^jles 
lanceolate hoary-canescent extei'tially, -15 in. long, Injloresceme in sparae 
corymbose axillary racemes with pednndes 2 in. long and in a terminal 
panicle ; pedicels downy the lowest "5 in, long, bracteoles obsolete, 
Oahjx carapannlato '25 in. long, teeth triangular shorter than tnbe. 
Corolla '6-*75 in., standard yellow, or yellow with red veins, or rarely 
red. Pod 2S in. long, •25-"45 in. wide, finely downy, with oblif^tio cross 
depressions between the 2-6 seeds ; aiTiied at tip with thickened base 
and lower half of style; testa firm from pale to dark biown. W. nfe A. 
Prodr. 256 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 174 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 217. 
0../7aoM^ DC. Pi'odr. II, 406, 0. hirolor DC, Prodr. II, 406 ; Wall. Cat. 
5577. Gi/tism Cajan Linn. Sp. PK 739 ; Roxb, Flor. Ind. lU, 325. 
0. pseudo^0aja7i Jacq, Hort. ^'^indob. t. 119. 
Andamans; Peiuk; Penancj ; MALACCA. DiSTKTB, Cnliivated every- 
where in the tropics ; probably a native of S.-B. Asia. 
♦ 8. Phaseolus Lixm. 
Twiners, nsnally herbaceous, with S-fnliolate stipellate leaves. 
Moivers in copious axillary racemes ; bracteoles usually conspicnons and 
persistent. Oalyx campanulate, the lowest tooth usually longer than 
the rest and tbe two uppermost subconnate. Corolla mach exserted, 
the keel prolonged into a very long beak which forms a complete spiral, 
Stawem diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, maDy-ovuled ; 
style filiform, twisted rouTid vvitli the keel, confipicaously beaitled down 
the side below tbe very oblique stigma. Pad linear, rarely oblongj 
Bubterete or subcoto pressed, more or leas diatinctly septate betweea 
tbe seeds. Species abont 60, mostly tropical, many widely cultivated, 
©apcciallj m America, 
Stipules small bafiifixed : — 
PetaJa yeltow puboralous eiternally, potlB broncl Huhcom- 
preseed ,., ... ... ... .., 1, F, Ittnafus. 
FotalB red glabroas, puds narrow siibtoniloae between eoeda 2. P. adenanthwg. 
