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TOASEOLUS Ckrttc^lla. 



Twisted'Jhwered Kidney-bean^ or Snail-Jlmuer, 



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WADELPHIA J>ECANDRiA. 



Kat. ord, LeguMIWos^, Jussieu gen. S45. JDw. K CoroHa irregtl^ 

 larig papiJionacea, Legumen uniloculare bivalvte. Friaices aui herbasJoHa 

 stmpltcia aut temata aut rarius digitnia; stipule nunc subntdl^, nunc con* 

 ^pioKs imo petiolo adnattB aut ab eodem distinctiB^ 



PHASEOLUS, C^/. 2-labiatus, supri emarginatus, infra tndentataii^ 

 SfCp^ basi bibracteatus. Vesillum reflexum; carina cum siaminibm et stt^o 

 in spiram convoluta. L^umen ohlongixmf polyspermutn, formfi variuqi; 

 s^. reniformia aut subrotunda» hylo lateralis lierbcs^ pler^que volubiies ; 



Jolia ternaia petiolata^ stipulis a veiioto distinctisj Jbliola supri eundem arti' 

 culata . petioluto ierminalt infrh oiaristato; lateralibus untaristatiSf arisiU 



^tipul€eformibu5 : flores Sispe spicati axitlares i legumen sapi glabrunff rarius 

 viliosum aut etpmriens* Embryo eoij^edonibus distinctus, Jusb. loc. cit. 356. 



Div* Scandentes^ 

 P. Caracalla^ caule volubili^ vexiljis carinaque spiralit^r convolutis* Lin. 



sp.pl. erf. 2-2. 1017. 

 Phaseolus Caracalla. MilLdicLed.S. r?. 2. Andrews^s reposit. 5'il, Hort. 



. Kew, 3, 30. ed. % 4. 290. Brolerojlar, lusiU 2. 129. 

 Phaseolus indicus, cochleato flore. Triufnf. ohs. 93. U 94- 

 Cochliasanthus; (in iexiuj; Caracalla; (in icone), Tretv pi* tar. 14. U 10- 



Cal, bilabiatus, labio superiors etnarginatOf in/eriore tridentato* Vexillum 

 cordatuntf obtusuvty emarginaium^ recbnatum lateribus rcftexis: alae Qvaf^e^ 

 longitudine vexilii, unguibus longis insidentes : carina angusta spiraliler contr^ 

 solem convoluta. Vihdiadelpha C simplex et Q-^fidum), intra carinam spiralia. 

 Germen oblongum, compressum^ viliosum, Stylus^ltformis, spiraliter inflexus^ 

 superne pubescens : stigma obtusum, crassiusculunty viliosum, Legum. /ow^m, 

 rectum^ coriaceum^ obtusum cum acumine: sem. renifomxia^ oUonga^ com'^ 

 pressa* Trew loc. cit. 



Native of India. Cultivated in the garden at Hampton 

 Com-tj as long ago as 1690, 



We are obliged to Mr. Herbert for the sample for our 

 drawing. It was part of a plant which flowered last au* 

 tumn in the hothouse at Spoffbrtfa. We believe the species 

 is not now often found in our collections. 



Miller tells us that it is much cultivated in Portugal on 

 account of the fragrance and beauty of the flowers; that 

 it thrives there in the open air, and serves for bowers and 

 trellis-work. We suspect, however, that this excellent 

 horticulturist is not to be relied on in point of orthography, 



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