176... fhe Natural Hiffory of | Jamaica, 
long, and an Inch broad in the middle, where broadeft, containing one o 
more flat, or comprefsd, broad Seeds or Beans, at firft purple with VE 
{pots, then of the figureof aKidney. They are black in the Circumference 
and white towards the Center or Ai/lus, where they adhered to the Pod, 
and one Inch long, and three quarters broad in the middle where Dae 
rowett. o 
They are planted in moft Gardens, and Provifion Plantations. 
they laft for many years, bringing every Seafon a great many Beans, 
They are eaten when green, and are fit for the Table in December. The 
are very good, as any of the Legumina, efpecially when the outward Skin 
is taken off. 
They mutt have Poles or Perches to climb up, and fuftain themfelves by 
they being otherwife too weak in their Stalks to {upport themfelyes, se 
Fruit. ‘ 
It was firft brought from <4frica. C. B. 
where 
or bring 
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Il. Phafeolus perennis anguftifolius flore luteo, femine late, compreffo, minore, 
rubro, maculis nigris notato. Cat. p.67. Tab. 111. Fiz.2. An pois rros os 
plats rouges de Bouton. p.51 > Phafeolus Americanus longiffimis & anguftis foliis. 
Plukenet. Almag. p.291 2? The {mall red {potted Bean. 
This Phafeolus has feveral angular green Stalks, by which it mounts about 
any Perches, or runs along the Hedges, at every three Inches diftance, puts 
ting forth Leaves and Flowers, the firft ftand on two Inch long Foot-Stalks 
always three together. They are an Inch an half long, and three quarters 
of an Inch broad at their round Bafe, where broadeft, from thence de. 
creafing, and ending in a Point, the odd one being three quarters of an 
Inch beyond thofe at Bafe. Ex alis foliorum, comes an Inch long Spike of 
Flowers, fet round after one another. They are very fmall, papylionaccous 
and yellow. After them follow Pods an Inch and an half long, almoft 
{traight, with a fharp end, brown on the outfide, white within, and con- 
taining two, or more red, flat Peafe or Beans, fomething of the fhape of 
a Kidney, fcarlet coloured, with black Specks here and there on their 
furface. 
They are planted as other of the Perennial Phafeoli, and give Fruit every 
year about the beginning of February, yielding a very great increafe. 
They are very good to be eaten any way, asany of the other Phafeoli. 
Ill. Phafeolus peregrinus octavus feu angu(tifolius alter, fructu ex albo c nigro 
vario. C. B. Cat, p. 67. , 
This is likewife planted amongft the other Peale in Famaica, 
IV. Phafeolus major perennis, floribus [picatis, filiqua breviori rotundiore, {c= 
mine albo {pharico. Cat. p. 67. Tab. 112. Fig. 1, 2, 3. Phafcolus tumidus mi- 
nimus niveus filiquabrevi Virginianus Raii, hiff. p.885. An phafcolas hortenfis 
fracto albo, minore, oviformis, venereus dittus. Hofm. Cat. Aldt? Jamaica 
Peafe. 
Thefe are much the fame with the former, only the Leaves are larger, 
and more pointed, ftanding on longer Foor-Stalks. The Flowers are more 
in number, ftanding Spike fafhion, with an Eye of yellow in them, and 
the Pod is an Inch and an haif long, and fcarce half an Inch broad, contains 
ing three or four white, roundifh Seed faftned by their middle to the Pod. 
They are not much bigger than our {mall Field Pea. 
They are planted, and continue as the former. 
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