350 



LEGUMINOSJE. CLXXXVIII. Phaseolus. 



270 plant twining, hairy ; leaflets ovate-trapezoid, mucronate ; 

 peauncles spicate, longer than the leaves, bearing a fascicle of 

 sterile bracteas on both sides at the base ; legumes linear, hairy, 

 many-seeded. ©. '^. S. Native of Brazil. Flowers dark 

 purple. 



Bracleolate Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



9 P. leptospe'rmus (Lag. nov. gen , ^ 



hairy, much branched ; leaflets deltoid, obtuse ; spikes axillary, 

 and terminal ; peduncles many-flowered. 0.? '^. S, Native 

 of New Spain. 



3-lobed, acute ; legume elongated, erect, linear, pubescent, mu- 

 cronate. O. '^. S. Native of New Granada. Allied to P. 

 semi-erecta, • 



hong-peduncled Kidney-bean. PL tw, 



17 P. ciRRHosus (H. B. et Kimth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 448.) 



plant twining, cirrhiferous, glabrous; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 



22.) plant twining, roughish, rounded at the base ; racemes on long peduncles; two 



upper lobes of calyx rounded and short, lateral ones falcate, and 

 the one under the keel straight. ©. ^. H. Native of Mexico, 

 near Vera-Cruz. Legume unknown. 



Tendrtlled Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



Slender-seeded Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



10 P. linea'ris (H. B. ct Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 445.) 18 P. sylve'stris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



plant twining a little ; branches and petioles beset with retro- 

 grade stiff hairs ; leaflets linear, obtuse, mucronate, somewhat 

 cordate at the base ; the odd leaflet 3-toothed and acumin- 

 ated ; peduncles very long, few^-flowered ; bracteoles oblong, 5- 

 nerved. 0. '^. S. Native of South America, on the banks of 



450.) plant twining ; branches beset with retrograde pili; leaf- 

 lets deltoid-ovate, acuminately-mucronate ; racemes twin, on long 

 peduncles; bracteoles large, elliptic; upper lip of calyx broad, 

 entire, lower one 3-parted, obtuse. ©. '^. H. Native of 

 Mexico, in woods betw^een Valladolid and Ario. Flowers scarlet. 



the Orinoco. Pedicels alternate. Flowers purplish, about the Legumes unknown. Very like P.multiflbrus^ 

 size of those of Ldlhyrns odoratus. Peduncles 6-8 inches long. Wood Kidney-bean. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1825. 



PL tw. 



Zi//ear-leafletted Kidney-bean. PL ivi. 



19 P. cocci'neus (Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb.) plant twin* 



11 P. leptophy'llus ; plant twining ; stems smooth ; leaflets ing; leaves and peduncles pubescent ; leaflets broad-ovate, ob- 

 linear, obtuse, mucronate, with revolute margins ; peduncles lique, acuminated, strongly 3-nerved ; stipulas lanceolate ; pe- 

 duncles length of leaves ; flowers umbellate; bracteas forming 



an involucrum to the umbel of flowers ; upper segment of the 



Native of 



long, hispid, few-flowered ; stipulas small, ovate ; bracteas small, 

 sagittate from 2 descending auricles at the base ; pedicels oppo- 

 site ; legume linear, pubescent. 1/ . ^. S. Native of Mexico. 

 P. linearis, Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb. Flowers about the 

 size of those of Vicia sollva, apparently purplish. 



Slender-leafleited Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



12 P. Truxille'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 451.) plant twining; branches and petioles beset with retro- 

 grade pili ; leaflets ovate, ending in a narrow acumen, obsoletely 



calyx very broad, and much nerved. If. ^. S. 

 Mexico. Flowers about the same size and colour as those of the 

 scarlet- runner. 



/Scar/e^-flowered Kidney-bean. PL tw. . 



20 P. FORMosus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 449.) 

 plant twining; branches beset with retrograde hairs; leaflets 

 deltoid-ovate, acutish, mucronate ; racemes on long peduncles ; 



cordate at the base, and clothed with adpressed pubescence ; bracteoles ovate-orbicular ; upper lip of calyx broad, entire, 



racemes on lona nodlinrlps. imnpr lir* nf riilv-v Virnarl pmarrri- Inwpr niiA 5^_nnrl-prl npntp • vniincr Ipcriimes hairV. ©• ' 



racemes on long peduncles, upper lip of calyx broad, emargi- 

 nate, lower lip 3-lobed, acute, lateral lobes falcate. ©. ^. S. 

 Native of Peru, near Truxillo. Flowers about the size of those 

 of Ldthyrus odoratus^ of a pale rose-colour or yellowish violet. 



Truxillo Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



13 P. PiLosi;s(H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 453.) 

 plant twining; branchlets and petioles beset with retrograde 

 pili; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, cuneated at the base, 

 and clothed with adpressed pili on both surfaces ; racemes pe- 

 dunculate, many-flowered, longer than the leaves ; bracteoles 

 linear, and are, as well as the calyxes, hairy ; upper lip of calyx 

 broad, emarginate, lower one'b-lobed, acute; le^^umes villous. 

 0.^. S. " ' - 



lower one 3-parted, acute ; young legumes hairy 



Native of New Spain, in frigid places near ToUuca. Flov^ers 



scarlet. 



Very nearly allied to P. muUiJldrus . 



PL tw. 



Native of South America, on the banks of the river marked with black, and sometimes pure white. 



Beautiful Kidney-bean. _ 



21 P. MULTiFLORus (WiUd. spcc 3. p. 1030.) plant twimn . 

 smoothish; leaflets ovate, acuminated; racemes peduncuia ^, 

 longer than the leaves ; pedicels twin ; bracteoles rather shor e^ 

 than the calyx, and adpressed to it ; legumes pendulous, ra 

 falcate, torulose, scabrous. 0. ^. H. Native of South Aj^ 

 rica. Savi, diss. 2. p. 11. The scarlet-hean was only ^^^^^^ 

 as a variety of the kidney or French-bean by Linnseus, but n 



found to be specificallv distinct. The seeds are large, purpj 



The culture ana 



Magdalena near Morales. Corolla yellow. 

 Pilose Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



14 P. Portorice'nsis (Spreng. syst. 3. p. S52.) plant climb- 

 ing, smooth ; racemes rather compound, elongated : pedicels 

 somewhat verticillate, villous ; calyxes bractless, truncate ; wings 

 about equal in length to the vexillura. 0. ? ^. S. Native of 

 Porto-Rico. 



Porto-Rico Kidney-bean. PL cl. 



15 P. sPECiosus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gon. amer. 6. p. 452.) 

 plant twining ; branches and petioles pubescent ; leaflets ovate, 

 somewhat acuminately-mucronate, puberulous above, and tomen- 

 tosely pubescent beneath ; peduncles long, few-flowered ; lobes 

 of calyx ciliated, superior one broad, emarginate, lower ones 

 acute, lateral ones falcate. 0. '^. S. Native on the banks of 



and 



P. grandiflorus, 



Sesse et Moc. Flowers large, shewy. Legumes unknown, 

 Sheny Kidney-bean. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1830. PL tw. 

 16 P. PEDUNcuLA Ris (II. B. et Kuutb, nov. gen, amer. 6. p. 

 447.) plant twining; branches scabrous from retrograde, stiff 

 liairs ; leaflets ovate, acuminated ; racemes on very long, ascend- 

 ing peduncles ; upper lip of calyx short, emarginate, lower one 



use of the scarlet-bean are the same as that of P- viugar> 

 French-bean, which see, no. 22. * , . ^^. 



Far. a, coccineus ; corolla deep scarlet. P. ^'^S^'^'* j^ j. 

 neus, Lin. . P. coccineus, Kniph. cent. 12. no. 71. -Lam. <" • ' 

 p. 70.— Moris, hist. 52. t. 5. f. 4.— Corn. can. t. 185. 

 emac. 1215. This variety is called the scarlet-runner. ^ 



Var. /3, alhiflbrus ; flowers white. To this variety ^^^^^P^^. 

 rvhite-runner, nhite-Dutch-runner, and perhaps the ro 

 runner. ^ . g^-, 



Many-Jlowered Kidney-bean or Scarlet-runner. Fl- J" • 

 Clt. 1633. Pl.tw. 



§ 4. Brachypodii (from (ipaxvc, hrachys, short, and ^°^^,^^^j 

 pons podos, a foot ; in reference to the peduncles being .^^ 

 than the leaves). Roots annual. Leaflets entire- f f . ^^^ 

 shorter than the leaves. Most of the species of /*« «''' j^. 

 cullvated in the gardens under the name of French-beans 

 ney-beans. 



22 P. vuloVris (Savi, mem. 3. p. 14.) plant twining, sw^^^^ 



ish; leaflets ovate, acuminated; racemes F*^""^"'*'^' traigh*- 

 than the leaves; pedicels twin; legumes pendulous, s 



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