XLVII, LEGUMINOSiE. 
577 
Mucuna .] 
Bubu andSungei Rayah (Kunstler); Temengoh ; Gapis Pass (Curtis). 
Penang, Government Hill (Fox). Lankawi, Kesap (Curtis). Dis¬ 
trib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
(2) M. acuminata Grah. Wall. Cat. 5621; Prain, lx. 67. 
Slender climber 20 to 30 ft. long. Leaves 6 to 10 in. long; 
leaflets glabrous above, sparingly puberulous beneath, ovate- 
oblong abruptly acuminate, base rounded, laterals oblique, 2*5 to 
4 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 4 to 6 in. long pubescent. 
Inflorescence in small corymbs, 2 to 3 in. long; peduncles grey- 
pubescent. Calyx pale brown, densely pungent bristly, '5 in, long, 
tube wide, teeth unequal, upper ones truncate, lateral wide deltoid, 
lower linear, longer. Corolla 175 to 2 in. long, pale green or fawn 
and white. Pod 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, broad winged down 
sutures, not plaited, bristly. Seeds 3. Hab. Woods and thickets. 
Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, 
Gunong Malacca, Kinta (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich). Distrib. 
Java. 
(3) M. gig-ante a DC. Prodr. ii. 405; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B. I. 
ii. 186; Prain, lx. 68. 
Long slender climber, glabrous. Leaves 5 to 9 in. long; leaflets 
glabrous, oblong cuspidate, bases cuneate, laterals oblique, 4*5 in. 
long, 2‘5 in. wide. Inflorescence a short umbelliform corymb of 
pale yellow flowers on a slender peduncle 4 to 18 in. long. Calyx 
•5 in. long, green with pungent bristles, teeth short, upper truncate, 
the others triangular. Corolla 1-25 to 1*5 in. long; standard 75 in. 
long. Pod winged down both sutures, smooth or with oblique 
cross ridges (not plaits), bristles yellow brown, 3-5 to 6 in. long, 
2 in. across. Seeds 2 to 4. Hab. Thickets, especially on sea coasts. 
Singapore, Blakang Mati. Johor, Bek ok river-bank. Muar, 
Sungei Pauh (Fox); Malacca, Tanjong Kling. Pahang, Pekan. 
Dindings, Bruas. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, 
China, Polynesia. 
(4) M. pruriens DC. Prodr. ii. 405; Baker, l.c. 187; Prain , 
lx. 68. 
Annual climber, pubescent. Leaves 6 to 9 in. long; leaflets 
ovate-rhomboid, glabrous above, grey, silky beneath, shining, 
laterals very oblique, 3 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide ; petioles 2 - 5 
to 4*5 in. long, silky. Racemes pendulous to 1 ft. long, 3- to 30- 
flowered; rachis silky. Calyx 4 in. long with few pungent bristles, 
campanulate, upper teeth triangular, lower lanceolate. Corolla 
i - 25 to 1-5 in. long, purple; standard *6 in. long and as broad. 
Pod 2 to 3 in. long, *5 in. wide, turgid, apex hooked, ridged longi¬ 
tudinally, densely pungent bristly. Seeds 5 to 6. Perak, Kampong 
Kota (Wray). Distrib. All tropics. Native names : KachangBabi; 
Kachang Karkaras Gatal (applied to all species). 
Fl.M.P., 1. 
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