I 
48 G. King — MateriaUfor a Flora of the Malayan Penimula. [No. 1, 
■ 
BtipnlcB produced below pomt of insertion (petale yeUoWj 
glabrous) : — 
PodB subcyHndrio gkbrouB : — 
Stems sleuder di£fase^ racemea aubcnpitato, leaflets less 
tlmn half as long na petioles, seeds rounded at ends .„ 3, P. trilohis^ 
Stema twining, racomM enbspicate, leaHets as Jong as 
petiotee, Rcmda aubtraneato ,„ ... ... <t. P, calcaratm. 
Pods slightly compi'caaQd, ptibesceiitj (rajcemes snbcnpitate, 
Boeds rounded nt ends) ... ... ... ... 5. F. MuTigo, 
§ EurnASEOLUS- SLipules small, baBifixed. Poda bimd subcom- 
preaaed. 
1. Phaseoilus LUNATas Lino. Sp. PI. 724. A tall twining biemiial 
witli stems at first finely downy hut soon glabnescent. Leaves 6-8 in* 
long, leaflets 3, pale-green membranous eniii'e rather wide triangalar 
acute, baae wide cuueate— of lateral leaflets obHrjtiely, glabrous abova 
minutely sparsely pnberulnns beneathj 3^ in. lang, 2-2'5 in. -wide; 
petiole 4-6 in. long, and potiolules '2 in. iong puberulous ; stipels *15 
in. long omte- acute ; stipules hardly larger and similar. Racemes 
axillary lax 2-G in. long peduncles short the lower nodes distant; 
flowers in fascicles of 2-4, pedicels S^i in. long, bracts minnte. Calyx 
'1 in. long minntelj 2-bracteolate at tlio base^ puberulous externnlly 
teeth wide ti-iangular very short. Corolla greenish -yellow *35 in. long 
puberulous externally. Pod decidedly compressed in, long, '6-'75 
in. wide, '25 in. thick ; upper suture reCTirved, lower widely rounded. 
DC. Prodr. II, 393 j Roxb. Flor. Ind, III, 287 ; W. & A. Prodr. 244; 
Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 194; Bak, in Flor. Brit. Ind. II, 200. P. valgari$ 
Wall, Cat, 5595 not of Linn. 
In all the provinces, cultivated. 
An Americaa species now widely spread in the old world, 
§ Leptospron Bfcli. & Hk. f. Stipules medium, basifixed. Pods 
narrow subcompressed. 
2. Phaseolus adekahthus G. W. F. Mey. Prim. Flor. Esseq* 239. 
A spreading glabrescent perennial, with slender rigid stems. Leaves 
4-6 in. long ; leaflets 3 medium to pate green, chartaceous, ovate-acnto 
base cuneate — of lateral leatlets obliquely, nerves on both surfaces at first 
sparsely puberulous, otherwise glabrous, 2-5—1! in. long, 125-2 in. wide ; 
petiole 2'5 in. long clianneUcd above very sparsely hirsute or glabrous, 
petiolules -2 in, long puberalous; stipels '1 in, ovate adpressed, stipules 
often reflexed ovate-acute *2 in. long. 7?frwn*?.« axillary rather crowded, 
peduncles 1-4 in. long nodes rather close together ; flowers 1-3 from 
each node, pedicels under *1 in. long, bracts minute. Calyx '25 in. long 
campanulate^ teeth deltoid to lanceolate half aa long as tabo, with 2 ovate 
bracteoles 'X in. long at its base. Qoralla pink to purple, showy, J in. 
