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[Vigna. 
diadelphous. Ovary sessile many-ovuled; style filiform, bearded 
along inner face. Pod linear septate sub-terete. Species 40 to 50, 
tropical. . . 
V. Catjang Walp. Linncea xiii. 533. With very long cylmdrie 
pods as much as 2 ft. long, 3 to -4 in. through, is often cultivated. 
Native name : Kachang P'rut Ayam. 
Leaves hairy; flowers purple; leaflets lanceolate 
acuminate. . . . ■ • ■ f 1 ) V. pilosa 
Leaflets hairy on nerves; stems hairy ; leaflets smaller 
ovate rhomboid ; flowers yellow . . . . (2) V. hirtella 
Leaves glabrous; flowers yellow. 
Leaflets orbicular ovate blunt; flowers *5 in. long . (3) V. retusa 
Leaflets lanceolate to ovate acute; flowers *25 in long (4) V. parviflora 
(1) V. pilosa Baker, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. ii. 207; Pram, l.c. 53. 
Twiner hairy. Leaves 5 to 8 in. long; leaflets downy all over, 
ovate acute, 3 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 23 in. wide, base truncate, 
lateral leaflets oblique; petioles 2 in. long. Stipules -i in. long 
lanceolate. Racemes 2 to 3 in. long; peduncles 3 to 2 in. long; 
pedicels 'i in. long, downy. Calyx campanulate oblique silky, 
*3 in. long, lower tooth lanceolate. Corolla purple, 75 in. long. 
Pod 4 to 5 in. long, sub-cylindric, *25 in. wide, hairy septate. Seeds 
8 to 12 sub-reniform truncate black. Hob. Lankawi, Kwala Kwah 
(Haniff). Distrib. India, Indo-China. 
(2) V. hirtella Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 132. 
Stem slender, hairy. Leaves, petioles 2 in. long, hairy; 
leaflets ovate acute, lower ones rhomboid and often slightly lobed; 
nerves beneath hairy, 2 in. long, 1 to 13 in. wide; petiolule of 
upper one 3 in. long. Peduncles slender hairy, 23 in. long; 
pedicels very short. Flowers 3 in. long, yellow. Bracts at base 
linear acute. Calyx campanulate with very short broad teeth. 
Corolla, standard" obovate round broad, with two short points 
at base; wings broadly rounded at tip; keel short broad, curved. 
Style plumed below tip on lower edge; ovary glabrous. Pod 
narrow linear glabrous, 2 in. long, ‘i in. wide. Kelantan; bank of 
river, Chaning. Distrib. Timor Laut. 
Description of pod taken from the Timor Laut plant, which, I think, is 
the same, but the pod is unripe. 
(3) V. retusa Walp. Rep. i. 778; Pram, l.c. 51. V. lutea 
Gray Bot. Wilkes Exped. i. 452; Baker, l.c. ii. 205. 
Trailing and twining perennial, glabrous. Leaves 3 to 4 in. 
long; leaflets ovate, thinly fleshy obtuse or retuse, base cuneate 
or round, 2 in. long, 13 in. wide; petioles 13 in. long; petiolules 
•15 in. long. Racemes 12- to 20-fid; peduncles 2 to 6 in. long. 
Flowers 1 or 2 together. Calyx campanulate puberulous, *12 in. 
long. Corolla yellow, 3 i n - l° n g* Pod 1 '5 i* 1 - i° n g* '4 i n - wide, 
•25 in. thick, glabrous. Seeds 4 to 8. Hab. Sea coasts; common. 
Singapore, Telok Kurau; Blakang Mati. Johor, Jambu Larang 
