LEGUMINOSiE. CLXXXVII. Apios. CLXXXVIII. Phaseolus. 



349 



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Bundle-Jlorvered Wistaria. Shrub cl. 



Native of the East Indies. Andr. hot, rep. t. 341. Delaun. 



Cult. All the species of Wistaria are very elegant when in herb. amat. t. 31. Savi. mem. p. 11. — Triumph, obs. t. 94.' 



flower, and being all hardy climbers, deserve to be cultivated in 

 every collection of plants. They grow best in light rich earth, 

 and they should be nailed against a south wall, where they will 



Trew. pi. rar. p. 14. t. 10. Flowers large, purple and yel- 

 lowish mixed. This plant is cultivated in many parts of the 

 south of Europe and north of Africa. It is a very curious 

 flower in great profusion. The China species being an early plant, and will grow and flower freely, if kept free of the red 

 flowerer, has a beautiful appearance when planted in a border spider. It was named caracalla by the Portuguese, who first 

 in the green-house, and the shoots trained to the rafters. They brought it from South America, in consequence of its hooded 

 are all easily increased by cuttings planted either in sand or flower. 



mould, but they are generally propagated by layers. 



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CLXXXVII. A'PIOS (from ainov^ apion, a pear ; in refer- 



Caracalla Kidney-bean or Snail-flower. Fl. Aug. Sept. Ch. 



1690. PL tw. . 



2 P. TUBERosus (Lour. coch. p. 434.) plant twining, shrubby ; 



ence to the form of the tubers of the roots). Boerh. lugd. 2. leaflets unknown ; stipulas 2-horned ; racemes almost terminal ; 

 p. 53. Moench. meth. 165. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 459. upper lip of calyx emarginate, lower one 3-parted, nearly equal; 



Glycine, sect. 1. Ell. act. soc. phil. vexillum revolute ; legume compressed. ^ . ^. G. Native of 



Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 113. 

 1818. vol. 1. p 

 Lin. syst. 



385. 



Bradlea, Adans. fam. 2. p. 324. 



Decdiidria. 



Cochinchina. Roots tuberous ; tubers large, in fascicles, eatable. 



Flowers yellow. 



Tuberous -xooiedi Kidney-bean. Shrub tw. 



3 P. HosTRA^TUs (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 50. t. QS.) plant 

 perennial, pilose ; leaflets ovate, acute ; racemes axillary, few- 

 flowered, on long peduncles ; wings variously twisted ; keel with 



^. S. 



a very long spiral beak ; legume flat, linear, arched. 1; • 



Diadelphia^ Decdiidria. Calyx campanulate, 

 with 4 almost obsolete teeth, and one acute elongated one under 

 the keel. Corolla papilionaceous, with a falcate linear carina, bent 

 back upon the top of the vexillum. Stamens diadelphous. Stipe 

 of ovary sheathed by a little tube. Stigma emarginate. Legume 

 many-seeded, and 2-celled ; the seeds intercepted by dissepi- 

 ments. — Climbing smooth herbs, with tuberous eatable roots. Native of the mountains contiguous to Bengal, andoftheBur- 

 impari-pinnate leaves, and axillary racemes of brownish-purple man empire on mountains near the banks of the Irawaddi, at * 



Bracteoles closely adpressed to the calyx, Paghamew and Frome. Flowers pale violet ; wings ornamented 



with white veins, 



Beahed-^owexed. Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



§ 2. Perennes (perennis, perennial; roots permanent). Stents 

 herbaceous. Roots perenniaL Racemes of flowers somewhat pa- 

 nicled. Leaflets entire. 



sweet-scented flowers. 

 but very soon falling off. 



1 A. TUBEROSA (Moench. 1. c.) 1/. 

 Pennsylvania to Carolina, on the mountains, in hedges, 



^. H. Native from 



and 



among bushes. 

 1198. 



Glycine A^pios, Lin. spec. 1067. Sims, bot. 



mag. 1198. Schkuhr, handb. 198. 

 Flowers brown, sweet-scented. 



hist. 2. t. 9. f. 1. 



Moris. 



Tubers of the roots edible, and 



lannaceoiis, much like those of Ldthyrus tuherbsus sold in some , - v . . . _ ^ \ ^' ^, , • 



of the German markets, and seldom larger, though more numer- ^.^.^?fl'..^^ Tf.Tj2::^T Zl 



ous ; growing, however, sometimes to a large size. " ' " " ""^ * — * - — -^ • — — '^- --—- 



^w6eroM5-rooted Apios. FL Auff. Sent. Clt. 1640. PI. tw. 

 Cult. 



A^pios is an elegant climbing plant, which grows freely 



>n common garden soil, and is easily increased by the tubers 

 from the roots. " 

 'ike peas. 



Its branches require to be supported by stakes 



CLXXXVIII. PHASKOLUS (Srom phaselus, a little boat ; 



866. Lam. ill. 



iabi 



supposed resemblance In pods). l.m. gen 



^10- Savi. diss, in 8vo. 1824. D. C. prod. 2. p. 390. 



^iN. s\sT. Diadelphla^ Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, bi- 

 jf'^iate ; upper lip bidentate, lower one 3-parted. Corolla papi- 

 lonaceous. Keel, style, and stamens spirally twisted together, 

 jarely mcurved. Stamens diadelphous. Style of ovary sheathed 



y the tubular torus. Legume compressed or cylindrical, 2-valved, 



any-geeded ; the seeds separated by a kind of cellular sub- 

 s^^r* ^"^^ furnished with an oval-oblong hylum.— Herbs or 

 liat^ ' ]'^^^^ usually twining stems. Leaves pinnately-trifo- 

 p ^. wuh the leaflets stipellate at the base. Racemes axillary. 



euicels usually twin, always 1 -flowered. The most part of the 

 species are not well defined. 



4 P. pere'nkis (Walt. fl. car. 182.) plant twining, pubescent ; 

 leaflets ovate, acuminated, triple-nerved ; racemes 1-3-together, 

 axillary, panicled, longer than the leaves ; bracteoles small ; le- 

 gumes broad, pendulous, falcate, mucronate. If.. ^.H. Native 

 of Carolina and Georgia. Ell. sketch. 2. p. 228. P. panicula- 

 tus, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. GO. Dolichos polyst^chyus, Lin. 

 spec. 1022. Flowers purplish-violet. Vexillum bicallous. 



Perennial Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. tw. 



5 P. MACRosTA'ciiyt's (Ell. in journ. sc nat. phil. 1818. p. 

 384.) plant twining, pubescent ; leaflets ovate, acuminated, vil- 

 lous beneath ; racemes very long, simple ; pedicels in fascicles. 

 %.^.}\. Native of North America. Like P. perennis^ but 

 more robust, and with the leaflets thick, not membranous. 

 Racemes of flowers 12-14 inches long. Flowers purplish violet. 



Long-spihed Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



§ 3. Macropbdii (from /xa/:poc, makros, long, and ttovc tto^oc, 

 pcus podosy a foot ; in reference to the peduncles being longer 

 than the leaves). Roots annual. Leaflets entire. Peduncles 

 longer than the leaves. 



6 P. bractea'tus (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 250.) branches angular, 



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Wl. EuPHASE^otus (from eu, well, and phaseolus ; this Brazil. Flowers pur,^e. 



pubescent ; leaflets obovate-oblong, glabrous, rather cori: 



reticulately-veined ; peduncles axillary, few-flowered ; bracteas 

 lanceolate, few-nerved ; legumes linear. 0. '^. S. Native of 



jection contains the genuine species). D. C. p?od. 2. p. 390 

 *^gumes compressed! t i- 



5 



5'/p«!"^'/^^^ ^^^ name of a hooded dress worn by the Gauls). 



Bracteate-Qowered Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 

 7 P. ala'tus (Lin. spec. 1017.) plant twining, rather pilose ; 

 leaflets ovate, acuminated ; peduncles very long, spicate ; flowers 



•1 i:*, «i* «..Kf,* l^.-^n^1 ^nf*!**^ • iM-inrro /iP rrimilfl 



rom the Celtic words car, ahead, and cal, a ^^.j^^^ sessile ; upper lip of calyx broad, entire ; wings of corolla 



^""^" equal to the vexillum in length; legume linear, compressed, de- 

 flexed. O.^.H. Native country unknown. — Dill. hort. elth. p. 

 314. t. 23.5. f. 303. Flowers at first purple, but at length be- 

 hpi ^* ^^^^^^A:LtA (Lin, spec. 1017.) plant twining, hardly pu- coming violaceous. Seeds compressed, of a brownish red-colour, 



l/'";/^'''^^ce«^ Rootsft 

 ^^^dlum twisted. 



Leaflet 



tWh^ V^^^^^^ ovate-rhomboid, acuminated; 

 •pirall ^ ^?^^* » ^^^^^ of calyx nearly equal ; vexi 



racemes longer with a white eye. 



vexillum and carina 

 pettdulous. ^.^.S. 



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Fl. July. Ch. 1732. PI. tw. 



8 P. bracteola'tus (Nees et Mart, in nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 



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