54 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninstda. [No, 1, 
long pnbeecenfc ; stipels '1 in. subnlate, stipiiles lanceolate pubernloaB 
*2 in. long, iiac^mes \bx elongated 6-10 in. long on axillary peduncles 
12 in, long and np wards, nodes S-lj-fld., lower sometimeB 1 in, apart 
often prod need into branches '5 in. long ; braeta lanueolate "25 in. long 
ailky. Ca%« canipaunSate, teeth triani!;ular nearly equalling tub©, 
•25 in. long, pedicela '3 in. long, biucteoles aetaceoua silky shorter than 
calyx. Corolla purple 1 iti. long. Fod fit first adpi essed- pubescent, at 
length almost glabrous 6-9 in. kmg *5 in. wide, "SJ in. thick, deeply de- 
pressed along the valvea between the 7-12 sinning cinnamon-browti 
flattened seeds '3 in. long, ■25 in. wide. Wall. Cat. 5526 ; W. 4 A, 
Prodr. 251; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat, 1, 191; Bak. in Flor. Brit. Iiid. II, 
207. F. Irilohus DC. Prodr. II, 402. Dolichos erosus Linn, Sp. PI. 726. 
I}. hulbosu>i Linn. Sp. PI., Ed. 11, 1020 ; lloxb. Floi'. Ind. Ill, ;J09. D. 
trilohus Lour. Plor, Coohinch. II, 585, Oacara erosa Kuntze Be v. Gen. 
PI, I, 16o. 
Cultivated in most of the proviucea. Distrib, Cosmopolitan in tho 
tropics, probably originally American. 
This is knowiij Mr. Carfcis notes, aa Obie Songnang in the lalaDcl of Penang'. 
The largo tuboruna root, white outsfde and iiiBide of the appearance and consistoncQ 
of B> turnip, is oceasionally, aGcording to Dr. VVatt'a Dictionary nf Ecommic Profiitcte, 
e-S feet Jong imd as thick as a mftn's thigh. It ia cateu both cooked and nncooked, 
is palatable enoui^h but rather iuaipid. If the rulea as to priority of names be 
rigidly applied this muat be known as Cacara erosa Kuntze. 
11. Dolichos Linn. 
Twining herbs with stipellate 3-foliolate leaves and minute eub^ 
persistent bracts bracteoles and stipules. Flowers racemose or axillary. 
t/ci^y.p te6e cam paTinl ate, teeth long or short, GoroUa much exserted; 
its petals nsnally equal in len«'th ; keel obtuse or rostrate not spii al. 
Stamens diadelphons ; authers nniform. Otyanj nearly sessile, many- 
ovulcd; style thickened upwards and bearded down the inner edge or 
filiform and penicillate round the terminal stigma. Pod flat, linear or 
oblong, recurved. Species about 20, wide-spread in the tropics of both 
hemispheres- 
The only species to far reported from the Malay PenitiBula belongs to the group 
Lablab, with a Btyle thicksnod upwartls from a narrow bsise, Guarded doivn tho 
iaoer ndga. This group is treated by Baker aa a subgenus, by Taubert aa a section, 
of Dolichos, De Candolb, Wiglit & Aruott, atid Kurz consider however, with Sari, 
that it would he preferable to deal with this aa tke type of a diatinct genui Lablah, 
Dolichos Lablab Linn. Sp, PI. 725, A tall subgkbrous wide 
twiniiifg perennial or annual with round smooth or slightly downy stems. 
Leatyes 4-12 in. long, 3-foHolate ; leaflefcB entire o^^ate-acute, base cimeato 
or deltoid, rather pale green, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath, 
