‘The Natural Hiffory of Jamaica. 183 
of anInch long, black, rough Pods, containing one or more, fimall, oblong, 
blackith, green, fpeckled Peatfe. ols 
The whole Plant has an unfavoury rank fimell- ! io) 
It grows in rocky places, where the Woodsarecleaz’d, near Mr. Batchelor’s 
Houfe, and in feveral fandy placesof the Lown Savanna. - 18150 
XVII. Phafeolus erettus lathyroides; flere amplo, coccineo. Cat.p.71. Tab. 116. 
Figet. : aames 2HIG" 
This hasan oblong, large, white Root, going-a Foot..deep into the 
ground, from the top of ‘which grow -feveral trailing Branches, round and 
green, fet pretty thick with Leaves. three always together, onan half Iach 
Jong Foot-Stalks. Each of them isan Inch-long, and not over the ciwelfth 
part of an Inch broad} fmooth, of a blewifh green colour. The Leaf op- 
pofite to the Foot-Stalk, -is “longer, and-{tands on the top of the Foot-Stralk 
by an eighth part of anInch Petiolvs: The Flowers ftand feverally on two 
Inches long, round, green, naked Foot-Stalks.. ‘They are papilionaceous, of a 
fcarlet colour, the two biggeft oppofite Petala, being very large, to which 
follows a flender, brown Pod, containing feveral Peafe. . 
_ Jt grows\in theclaiy parts of the \Savannas. f 
XVIII. Phafeolus exectus:-major,. filiqua: tereti; femine rubro.:Cat. p. 71. Tad. 
11.5. Fig.2;.3+' An Phafeolus Americanushortenft afinis fructw minore rubro, 
Callavance Famaicenfibus dittus. - Plaken Almag.p. 28g 2 Famaica Red-Peate. 
This Phafeolus has a. fmall-Root, and ftrong green Stem, which, at about 
three Inches from the ground, fhoots out feveral trailing Branches, at unequal 
diftances fending forth Flowers and Leaves, of the latter there are always 
three, like the other Phafeoli, ftanding-on a four Inches long. Foot-Stalk. 
The Flowers are two, on an Inch and an half long, {trong Foot-Stalk,’ one 
againft-another,- papylionaceous, and ofa pale-purple colour.. After thefe 
follow two Pods of a reddifh purple, colour, having a {welling over every 
It is plantedas the former, and counted very good Provifion. 
XIX. Phafeolus major-ercétus, caule parpurafcente, filiqua terctiventriosa longa. 
Cat. p. 72. | | : 
This has a cornered, fomewhat: purple Stalk; flender, eight or nine Foor 
long, at every three or four Inches diftance fending out Leaves, three be- 
ing always on the fame two Inches long Foot-Stalk, like in every thing to 
thofe of the other Phafeoli. Ex alis foliorum comes atwo Inches long Foot- 
Stalk, and on it feveral pale papylionaceous Flowers, and after them follows 
a round, whitifh Pod, ventriofe, as big as ones little Finger, almoft ftraighit, 
four or fix Inches long, containing about fifteen cornered, reddifh brown 
coloured Peafe, juft like an Zaglifh Rouncival, haying in their Pods a thin 
membrane between every Pea. See Sere tee 
They are planted as frequently, and fer for the fame purpofés ‘as other the 
~— Phafeoli of this Kind. Poles Youiiaie 
XX. Phafeolus erectus minor, filiqua tercti venitriosa, pallide flavefcente, femine 
albo. Cat. p. 72. Clay coloured Peafe, or fix Wecks Peafe. : 
From a fmall Root, with many fibers, rifesa Stem, fometimes purple, 
having feveral Branches on every hand, about a Foagt and an half high, 
and here and there, without any order, Leaves and Flowers, ex corum 
alis, both ftanding on an Inch long. Foot-Stalks. ‘The Leaves are always 
three, woolly, almoft round, two Inches long, and one and an-half broad, 
made like the other Phafeolz, The Flowers are papylionaccous, of a pale 
blue, 
