5 66 xlvii. LEGUMiNOSiE. [• Flemingia . 
(2) F. congesta Roxb. Hort. Beng. 56; Baker , l.c. ii. 288; 
JPvcit'Jt' L c A 3 ■ 
Shrubiet 4 to 5 ft. tall. Branchlets silky. Leaves trifoliate, 
2'5 to 3*5 in. long; leaflets membranous, ovate acute, obliquely 
round (terminal one cuneate) at base, puberulous above, silky 
beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; petiolules *25 m. long. 
Stipules scarious velvety, *4 in. long. Racemes dense 1 or more 
in axils 2 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, *25 in. long or less, silky. 
Calyx *35 in. long, silky. Corolla white striped pink; wmgs purple, 
•4 in. long. Pod oblong, -5 in. long, -25 in. wide tomentose. Hob. 
Common - open dry country. Malacca, Bukit China; Pancliur 
(Derry). Pahang, Pekan; Kwala Tembeling. Dindings, Pangkor. 
Perak, Kampong Kota (Wray) ; Temengoh. Penang, Pula-U 
Betong, etc. (Curtis). Kelantan, Kampong Kota (Gimlette), betul 
and Perlis. Distrib. India, Cambodia, Siam, Java. Native name : 
Serengan. 
8 . PHASEOLUS, Linn. 
Herbaceous twiners rarely sub-erect. Leaves trifoliate. Flowers 
in axillary racemes yellow or purple. Calyx campanulate, lowest 
tooth longer than the connate upper two. Corolla much exsert, 
keel prolonged into a long beak ending in a spiral. Stamens 
diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled; 
style filiform twisted with keel bearded beneath. Pod linear 
(rarely oblong) sub-terete or compressed, septate. Species 60, 
tX ° V p 3 4 S iunatus Linn. Sp. Pl. 724; Prain, l.c, 48. The haricot bean, 
Kachang China, Kachang Serinding, with greenish yellow flowers 
and a pod 3 in. long, is occasionally cultivated. 
Stem twining; flowers yellow. 
Pods glabrous 
Pods hairy . . • . • • • 
Pods glabrous; flowers rose pink, keel yellow I in 
long 
Sub-erect with deep purple flowers . 
(1) P. calcaratus 
(2) P. Mungo 
(3) P. adenanthus 
(4) P, semi-erectus 
(1) P. calcaratus Roxb. Hort. Beng. 54; Baker, in Hook. ftl. 
F.B.I. ii. 203; Prain, l.c. 50. 
A twining annual or perennial, pubescent 6 to 10 ft. tall. 
Leaves 4 to 5 in. long; leaflets 3, membranous sparsely pubescent 
all over, ovate to lanceolate acute or acuminate, rarely faintly 
repand, base of terminal leaflet acute, laterals truncate or lobed, 
2 lo 4 in. long, 1 to 2 - 5 in. wide; petioles 2 to 4 in. long. Stipules 
•2 to 25 in. long, lanceolate. Racemes -75 to 1-5 in. long, on 
peduncles 5 to 8 in. long pubescent. Flowers 2 or 3 together in 
distant groups. Calyx '15 in. long, teeth deltoid. Corolla yellow, 
■5 to -75 in. long. Pod 2 - 5 to 3 in. long, - 2 in. wide, recurved 
glabrous. Seeds 10 to 12. Hah. Open country. 
