Leaves long-petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets ovate, mucronate, 4-5 in. long, 2½-3 in. broad, laxly reticulate, minutely setulose. Flowers and fruits not seen. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (mouth of Bahr El Arab; in Sudd, Schwfth. 1133). 333 =Vigna incana= _Taub._ Undershrub, silky-tomentose all over. Leaves appearing after flowering. Peduncles elongate, 2-flowered. Flowers subsessile. Pod terete, silky. Darfur Prov. (J. Kurku). =V. membranacea= _A. Rich._ Herbaceous twiner, thinly grey-silky. Leaflets 3, membranous, ovate- rhomboidal, up to 2½ in. long. Flowers 2-4 on slender flexuose peduncles, 1-2 in. long; cor. pink. Pod linear straight, subterete, 2½ in. long. Nubia. =V. golungensis= _Baker._ Herbaceous twiner. Leaves trifol., with stipels; flowers yellow, 2-4 on 6-9 in. long peduncle. Upper White Nile Prov. (Renk). =V. linearifolia= _Hutch._ Very slender twiner with wiry stems. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets subsessile, linear, acute, 3-4 in. long, ¼ in. broad, glabrous, with numerous strongly reticulate lateral nerves on each side. Flowers yellow. Pods spirally coiled when ripe, 2½ in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas). =V. vexillata= _Benth._ Herbaceous twiner. Leaflets 3, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base, apex cuspidate; flowers large, pink; keel beaked. Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post). =V. sp.= Herbaceous climber. Leaflets 3, linear-lanceolate, about 3 in. long; corolla yellow, heavily streaked with purple. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé); Mongalla Prov. (Bor). =V. caerulea= _Baker._ Herbaceous twiner. Leaflets 3, more or less hastate, sometimes darker coloured at the base; corolla deep blue, in pairs on peduncles 4-6 in. long. Pod linear, terete, 3 in. long, black when mature. Mongalla Prov. =V. reticulata= _Hook. f._ Silky-hairy herbaceous climber. Leaflets 3, papery, with raised reticulate veins beneath, grey-hairy. Flowers reddish, 2-4 close together on 2-4 in. long peduncles. Pod linear, straight, terete, nearly 3 in. long, bristly, black when ripe. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas). =V. nilotica= _Hook. f._ Herbaceous twiner. Leaflets 3, ovate-lanceolate; flowers yellow, about ¾ in. long, in close racemes on peduncles 3-5 in. long. Pod 2-3 in. long and ¼ in. broad, slightly curved, pendulous. White Nile Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (Khor near Talodi); Bahr El Jebel (Sudd). =V. Kotschyi= _Schwfth._ Densely grey tomentose climber. Leaflets 3. Flowers reddish, 2-3 together on long or short peduncles from leafless branches. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Gumango). =V. sinensis= _Endl._ =forma spontanea= _A. Brongn._ LUBIA HELLU—Arab. Annual subglabrous twiner. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, subpeltate. Leaflets 3, central roundish. Flowers yellow or reddish, in 6-12 fl. racemes on peduncles up to 1 ft. long Pod pendulous, 6-12 in. long; seeds red, white or black. Nubia; cultivated on river banks and sagias. =V. luteola= _Benth._