tooth lanoeolato longer timn tlio rest but sliovter than the tube, the upper two teeth
connate ; corolla much exsertcd, keel honked and sometimGa distinctly curved and
laterally deflexed ; starmns diadelphous, anthers uniform ; ovary sessile, many-ovuled,
style filiform bearded below the oblique stigma ; po-l thick, woody, subterete, obloug,
villous, very markedly septate, with double partitions between the velvety seeds.—
Species 4, Indian.
The finn septate pods and the hhsute seeda mark this as one of the most natural
and definite genera within the whole tribe Phaseolidcc.
Key U the species.
Plowera large, racemes long-peduncled, las; pod closely velvety, keeled
along suture but not winged; seeds sparsely velvety
Leaflets rather firmly cliartaeeous, hirsute on the nerves heneath; flowers
over 1*5 in. long ; keel with a long, laterally deflosod beak ... D. gmnde.
Leaflets raembrauous, glabrescent; flowers -6 in. long; keel-beak not
deflexed ... ... ... .•• - -f-
Flowers small, -3 in. long or less, racemes sbort-peduncled, dense;
pod goltly hirsute with long hairs; seeds densely velvety; beak of
keel not deflesod
Leaflets roundish ; pod neither keeled nor winged ... ... D. doUckoides.
Leaflets lanceolate ; p^d subquadrangular, prominently winged along the
an-^lcs .. ... ..• ••• ••• tetragonwn.
Xi.P.
P L A T E 36.
36. DrsOLOBiuii GEAUDE Prain in Jcurn. As. Soc. Bsnj. kvi. 2. 427 (1897).
A wide-twining woody-stemmed climber ; leaves 3-foliokte, 3—3-75 dm. long,
rachis below lateral leaflets 1 5 - 1 8 cm., beyond them 4 cm. long ; leaflets chartaceous,
all roundish-cuspidate, acuminate, pubescent on nerves beneath, lateral 12—lo cm.
lono-, 8 - 9 cm. wide, base oblique, terminal 1 8 - J 2 cm. Jong, 11—12 cm. wide,
b a s i rounded, 3-nerved at base, stipels 4 mm. long, subulate, petiolules 6 mm. long ;
racemcs 2 - 5 - 4 dm. long, 20-JsO-flowored, peduncles woody, terete, 15—18 cm. long;
pedicels 4—6 mm. long, bractooles roundish, minute, adpressed ; eahjx 12 mm. long,
finely silky ; corolla reddish-purple, standard orbicular-cordate, 2-Ó cm. wide, keel produced
in a narrow, laterally decurved, falcate beak 15 mm. long ; f o i subcylindrio.
woody, straight, 15—18 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, deeply channelled along both'
sutures, densely velvety; seed» longer than broad, 15 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, sparsely
velvety. Phaseolus grandis Barn, in Walt. Cat. 5C02 (1830); Benlh. in PL Jmgh. i.
239, footnote (1855), rot Phaseolus grandis I>ah. P. velutinin Gra\. in Wall. Cat
.5615 (1830) ; Bait, in Jlook. f . Fior. Brit. Lid. ii. 201 (1876\ Canavalia prandis
IWall. il/ss.]; 'Kurs in Journ. As. Soc. Benj. xliii. 2. 185 (1874) and xlv. 2. 252 (1877).
EASTERN HIM ALATA : Sikkim, lower hilì forests ; Anderson ! Prain ! submontane forests
of Terai- Kiirs ! and Duars; Prain ! ASSAM : Goalpara, etc.; UamiUon ! .Jenkins ! Maniers /
Clarke Khasia, lower hill forest; Clarice ! BURMA : Shan Hills; King's Collectors ! Taoung
Doung Mts.; Wallich I Kachin Hills; Prain's Collector! CNINA : Yunnan; Anderson!
PLATE 30.-Dysclobium grande Prain. ], twig with leaf and flower, from Shan Hills; 2,
raceme with young fruit, from Sikkim; 3, pod, with ripe seeds, from Qauhati, Assam ; 4,
calyx; 6, standard; 6, wings; 7, keel; 8, stamiual sheath; 9, vexillary stamen; IC, ovary; 11,
tlia same laid open : 12, ovules ; 13, seed,—fl// of vaüiral size.
D. P.
37. DYSOLOBIUM LUCENS Prain in Journ. As. >%c. Beng. Ixvi. 2. 427 (1897).
A wide-twining perennial climber with woody stem ; leaoes 3-folioIate, 1'5—3
dm. long, rachis below lateral leaflets 5—12 cm., beyond them 1 cm. long, leaflets
membranous, ovate-acute, glabrous or nearly so, lateral 8—10 cm. long, 4—5 cm. wide,
terminal 10—15 cm. long, 6—9 cm. wide, stipels 3 mm. long, subulate, petiolules
5 mm. long ; racemcs 1—3 dm. long, 12—I5-fld., peduncle woody, terete, 5—10
cm. long, pedicels 3—4 mm. long, bracteoles ovate, minute ; calyx 6 mm. long, glabrescent
; eoYolla reddish-purple, standard ovate-cordate, 12 mm. wide, keel produced
in A short spur, slightly falcate not laterally decurved, 3 mm. long ; fod subcyliudric,
woody, straight, deeply channelled along both sutures, densely velvety, 12—18 cm.
long, 2 cm. wide ; seeds broader than long, 8 mm. long, 12 mm. wide, sparsely velvety.
Phaseolus lucens ^Vall. Cat. 5C0L (1830); Benth. in PI. Jungh. 239, footnote (1855).
Canavalia lucens Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Bevg. xHii. 2. 185 (1874) and xlv. 2. 252
(1877). Vigna lucens BaJ:. in Uoak. f . Flor. BriL Ind. ii. 207 (1876). Phaseolus grandis
Jlcrh. Ind. Or. JI. / . c.^- 'J'., not of Wall, nor of Balz.
CNITTACONG : Booker ^ Thomson ! BURMA : Pegu; Kurs 2550 ! Rangoon; Cleghorn /
Tavoy; Gomez!
PLATE 37.—Dysolobium luoens Train. 1, twig with leaf and unripe fruits from Pegu; 2, twig
with ripe pod from Rangoon; 3, seeds,-fl/J of natural size; 4, bud; 5, full-sized flower before
cpaniDg; 6, opened flower; 7, the same dissected, 8; stamens; 9, ovary,—all from a Tavoy specimen
and of natural site.
D. P.
P L A T E 38.
38. DYSOLOBIUM DOLICHOIDES Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Bevg, Ixvi. 2. 427 (1897).
A wide-twining climber with woody pubescent stems ; leaves 3-foliolate, 1'5—2'5
dm. long, rachis below lateral leaflets 5—-12 cm., beyond them about 2 em. long,
leaflets membranous, rhomboid-ovate, obtusely pointed, densely hirsute like the rachis,
especially below, lateral 7—8 cm. long, 5 cm. wide, base oblique, terminal 8—10 cm.
long, 7—8 cm. wide, stipels 3 mm. long, Sl^bulate, petiolules 5 mm. long ; racemes
5—7 cm. Icng, 12—20-fld., peduncle terete, pubescent, 1—2 cm. long, pedicels
2—3 mm. long, bracteoles ovate, minute; cahjx 3 mm. long, adpressed-pubesccnt;
corolla reddish purple, standard orbicular-cordate, 1 cm. wide, keel prolonged into a
distinct beak; fod subtorulose, woody, straight, not channelled along the sutures,
densely softly hirsute, 7—8 cm. long, 1'5 cm. wide; seeds rather broader than long
6 mm. long, 8 mm. wide. Phaseolus dolichoides Roxh. Hart. Bevg. Si (1814-); Flor.
Ind. iii. 290 (1832); Wdl. Cat. 5(i00 (1830,; Benih. in PI. Jungh. 239 (1555)'