52 G . King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Penimtth, [No. 1, 
entire ; apex obtuse or Bometimes retnae base CEneate or rouBded, 2 in. 
long, 1'5 in. wide ; petiole I'S in., glabrotis ; petiolules *15 m. sparsely 
baii-y, stipels '06 in. recurved lanceolate glabroas, stipules *1 iti. lanceo- 
late basifixed. Macemes rather densely 12-20-fld. on peduncles 2-6 in. 
long, nodos 1-2-M., the lowest 45 in. apart; pedicels slender pubei*iilou3 
•2 in. long, bracts "15 in. long membranous ovate-lanceolafce very early 
decidnous. Oalyx campanulate faintly puberulous '12 in. long teeth 
short deltoid. Oorolla yellow, glabrons, "5 in. long, Pod l'5-2-5 in, long 
*4 in. wide "25 in. thick, glabrous subtorulose, seeds 4-8- V. anomala 
Walp. Rep. I 779. V. lutea A. Gray in Bot Wilkes Kxped. I, 452 j 
Bak. in Flor. Brit. I nd. IT, 205. DoUchm lutem Sw. iu Prodr. Yeg. 
Ind. Occ. 105; DC. Prodf. II. 398. Plimeoltis ohovatus Grab, in Wall. 
Cat. 5609. 
An DA MANS and Kicobabs; common on all the coasts from the Coco 
group and Narcondam south to Katschall and Kamorta. Perak ; 
Scortechini ! Bidley 8011 ! Malacca ; Qri.^th ! A cosmopolitan littoral 
species. 
2. ViGNA Cat J AN a Watp. in Liunsea XIII, 533. A suberect or 
twining annual with glabrous stems. Leaves 4-8 in. long; leaflets 
3 merabranoua pale-green ovate-rhomboid entire or slightly lobed, apex 
acute base shortly wide-cuneate — of lateral leaflets obliquely, glabrous on 
both surfaces, 2'5 in, long by 1'75 in, wide or ratlier lai'ger (tab. typka} 
to 4 in. long by 3*5 in. or rath or less (vab, simnm} i pefciole 1'5^ in. 
long glabrous, petioltiles "15 in. long glabrous or puberulous ; stipols 
ovate obtuse '1 in., stipules ■3-'4 in. long attached above the base, mem- 
branous persistent ovate-lanceobite. Racemes subcapitatety few-fld, on 
peduncles usually 1-4 in. long (vae. typica) sometimes 8-12 in. long 
(vAR. sinejisis) ; pedicels short (under "1 in.), bracts membranous, fixed 
above base, deciduous. Calyx glabrous '4 in., teeth deltoid-cuspidate 
one-third as long as tube, Oorolla yellow, white, or pinkish *75 in. long. 
Pod 4-24 in. long, '3" 4 in. wide, scareely depressed between the seeds j 
Boeds 12-30 (in much elongated pods the spaces between the seeds are 
greatly widened). Bak. iu Flor. Brit. Ind. II» 205. 
Vae. typica ; suberect, leaves smaller and potls shorter. V, Oaijang 
Walp. ; Endi. ex Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 188. JDoUchos Gatjnng Linn. 
Mantiss. 269 ; DC. Prcwir. II, 399 • Roxb. Hort. Beng. 55 ; Flor. Ind. 
Ill, 303 ; Wall Cat. 5549. 
Cnltivated in most of the provinces. 
Var. sinensis ; twining, leaves larger and pods longer. Vigna sinen* 
sis Endl. ex Hassk. PI, Jav- Rar, 3813 ; Sari es Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. 
1, 187. BolicJwA sinemis Linn. Cent. PI. II, 28 ; Ameun. Acad. IV, 
326; DC. Prodr. II, 399 j Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 55; Flor. Ind. Ill, 302; 
