1897,] Q. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 55 
2-6 in. long and almost ae broad; petiole 2-8 in. long, glabrons ; 
petioJuIes *2 in. long puberulous 5 stipels '15 in lon^ «nbntato sranoth ; 
stipules lanceolattj 'Z iu. long basifisod. Racemes lax 6-9 in, loag on 
pedmiclea 5-8 io. long ; pedicf^la fascicled •i5-'25 in. long on nodea 
'5--75 in. apart; bracts early decidaoai?. Ca%K *2 in., teeth short 
deltoid, bracteoles oblong '15-'2 in. GoroUa wliite or pink '0 in, long^ 
Foil 1-5-2 in. long {ia one rather unusual form 3 in, long) tipped with 
the hooked peraiateat base of the style. Bak. in Ftor. Brit. Ind. II, 
209. 
Vae. iypica; pods longer, seeds with long axis along the pod. I>, 
Lahhh Linn. Sp. PL 725. D. Uguosus Roxh. Flor. Ind, III, 305 not of 
Linn. Lahlah ■vulgaris Savi, Diss. 19 ; DC. Prodr. II, 4-01 ; W. & A, 
Prodr. 250; Miq. Flor. Itid. Bat. I, 189. D. cuUraius Forsk. Flor. 
^gypt. Arab, 134. 
Ferae ; cultivated, Scortechini ! Andamans ; cnltivated, common* 
Coltivated everywhere in tlie tropics of the Old World, 
Yae. lignosa ; pods shorter broader at the end, seeds with long axis 
across the pod. J?. Ugnoms Linn. Sp. PL 72(3, Lahlah Roxb. Flor, 
Ind. in, 307 not of Linn. B. cuUratus Thunb. Trans. Linn, Soc. II, a20 
not of Forsk. Lablab cuUrahis DC, Pro<lr, II, (02; W. & A. Prodr. 
251 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 190. K micr-QCarpus DC. Prodr. II, 402 ; 
Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 190. 
Ancamanb ; cultivated. Cultivated throughout son th- eastern Asia, 
In doforonce to the greiit authority of ilr. Baker these two veiy diathict pJautt 
are united epecificMilly j they are however so different that they moat be treated aa 
at loast sepaJrflite varieties. 
12. PsoPHOCARVus Neck. 
Twiuing herbs, with large tuberous root«. Leaves S-foHolate, stipu- 
late; stipules fa.«itened above the base. Flowers rather large, lilac. 
Gahjx toetb shorter than the tube, the two upper connate. Oorulla much 
exserted, the petala equal in length ; keel much incurved, but not beak- 
ed. Stamens monadeiphoas, the upper free downwards ; anthers nnU 
form- Omiry snbstipifcate, many-oviiled ; efcylo long, much recurved, 
flattened laterfilly, densely bearded round the terminal stigma. Pod 
square, witli a distinct wing to each angle, distinctly septate between the 
seeds. Species 3-4, all tropical in the Old \V*orld. 
PsoPHOCAitf'US TETiuGONOLOBtrs DC. Prodr. 11^ 403, A slender 
annual glabrous twiner with tuberous roots. Leaves 5-10 iu. long ; 
lealltjts 3 ovate, acute or acuminate, base rounded or wide-cuneafco, 
margin entire or .slightly waved, glabrous, green above, paler sometimes 
slightly glaucescent beneath, in. long, 2-6 in. wide ; petiole 2-4 in. 
