1897. ] Q, King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Fmimuh. 49 
long glabrons. Fod decidedly compressed 4-6 in, long, '4 in. wide, "2 in. 
thick upper suture moch recarved, subtorulose between the 10-16 brown 
or red seeds in. long, '25 in, wide, witli a smali hilum. Bak. in Flor. 
Brifc. Ind. II, 200. P. alatus Iloxb. Hort. Beng. 54 ; Plor. lud. Ill, 
288 not of Linn. F. mnarns Roxb. ex W. & A. Prodr. *244. P\ rostratas 
Wall. PI. As. Rar. I, 50, t. 63; Cat. 5620 ; W. & A. Prodr. 244 ; Wight, 
Ic. t. ZL P, iruxilhmis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. k Sp. ¥1, 451 ; DC. Prodr. 
II, 392. P. semgaUnsis Guill & Pcrr, El. Scneg. 217. 
An DAMANS 3 Andaman^ Belferf S. Andaman, King*s Oollector ! 
Karcondam, growing on the bonldera of tbo higher beach, Pran* / 
DiSTRiB. CosmopoHlAn in the tropics. 
A very beaotiful specws not yet re|>ort4?d from tlio Malay Poninsiila proper and 
not recorded by Prof. Michael from tliii Malay Archiiwlago. It may, liowoverj bo 
found if looked for in the sea-feitces of screw-pinos ulong the coasta, tkia being the 
habitat chiefly nffecfced by it in tbe Andarasm group. 
§ SmoPiiosTYLES Btb, & Hk. f. Stipules produced below their 
point of insertion. 
3. Phaseolus trilobus Aifc. Hoi-t. Kew., ed. I, III, 30, A slender 
diffuse spreading glabrous or slightly pubescent annnal or perennial 
■weed with stems reaching 2=3 feet. Leaves 4 in. long ; leaflets 3 pale 
gi-een membranous, 3-lobed or, especially the tenninal, at times entire, 
less often 3~fid to -partite, small snborbiculai' '75-1 in. in diam. rarely 
oblong 1-5 in. long by 1 in. wide ; petiole long 2-3 in. nsnallj glabrous, 
petiolnles '2 in. ; stipels ovate-acute under '1 in. ; stipules '25- 5 in. 
long, ovate-oblong. Racmies axillary sabcapitate, at ends of erect 
etontisli jieduncles 6-12 in. long, bracts ovate-acute •15-2 in. long 
deciduous; pedicels "1 in. GalyJii campanulate '07-'l in. yellowiah- 
green, teeth minute deltoid, bracteoles at base lanceolate longer than 
calyx. Corolla yellow ■2-*25 in. long glabrous. Pod cylindric 1-2 in. 
long, -15 in. in diam. glabrous straight or slightly recurved, 6-12 seeded. 
Roxb. Hort. Beng. 54 ; Flor, Ind. Ill, 298 ; Wall. Cat. 5588, chiefly ; 
W, & A. Prodr. 246; Wight, Ic. t. 94; Miq, Klor. Ind. Bnt. I, 19y. 
Bolichos triloba Linn. Mautiss, I, 101 ; Buim, Plor. Ind, 160, t. 50, 
f. Ij DC. Prodr. II, 399. 1). stipulaceuit Lamk, Encyc. Meth. II, 800 
AUPAMANS ; an introduced weed. Distrib. Northern Africa, S.-E. 
Asia, Malay Ai'cbipelago. 
An annual crop and a peronnial weed tbronghont its BRtural oroa. The 
perennial form has tisually moru deeply lobed leaflets ; in the aunusil form lobod 
and onth-e leaflets aro gonorally met witU in varying proportions on the aame pluot. 
Though not na yjjt recorded from the Malay Peniaanlu proper, it may be expected to 
occur there as an introduced weed. 
4. Phaseolus calcakatos Uoxb. Hort. Beng. 54. A twining annual, 
or perennial with annual pubescent i-arely glabrous stems 6-10 feet long, 
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