LEGUMINOSiE. CLXXXVIII. Phaseolus 



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bescence ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, mucronate, 

 lateral ones 2-lobed ; peduncles bearing something like spikes of 

 flowers, longer than the leaves ; wings of corolla stipitate, orbi- 

 cular, longer than the vexillum ; legumes terete, pendulous. O ? 

 ^, H, Native of New Spain, on the mountains of Chilapa. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, but the wings are dark purple. 

 Dark'piirple-Aowered Kidney A)ean. PL tw. 



§ 2. Integrifblii (from integer, entire, and folium^ a leaf; in 

 allusion to the leaflets being entire). Leaflets entire. 



50 P. iie'lvolus (Lin. spec. 1017.) stems twining; leaflets 

 Strophostyles (from (TTpo(j>oQ^ strophos, a twist, deltoid-oblong, a little sinuated ; peduncles longer than the 



linear, acuminated, very villous. ©. '^. S. Native of Peru, 



near Lima. 



C/o^A^c/ Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



43 P. ACONiTiFOLius (Jacq. obs. 3. p. 2. t. 52.) plant twining 

 a Httle, hairy; leaflets palmatifid beyond the middle, lateral 

 ones 3-4-lobed, terminal one 5-lobed ; peduncles usually 3- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves. ©. '^. S. Native of Tran- 

 quebar. Dolichos dissectus, Lani. diet. 3. p. 800. Dolichos 

 palmatus, Forsk. ex Steud. nom. — Pluk. aim. t. 120. f. 7. Le- 

 gume unknown. Perhaps belonging to the following section. 



Aconite^eaved Kidnev-bean. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1731. PI. tw. 



and trrv\o£f stylos^ a style ; in reference to the style, which is 

 twisted). Ell. sketch. 



Moench. meth. 240. Legume terete. 



leaves, bearing 3 flowers at the apex; vexillum short, but the 

 2. p. 229- — Phasiolus and Phasellus, wings are expanded, and large ; legumes terete, erect. Q.^.H. 



§ 



leaflets lobed). 



Lohattfblii (from lohatits 



"jflets all or some of 



fi 



Native of North America, from Carolina to New York. Stro- 

 phostyles hdvola, Ell. sketch. 2. p. 230. Glycine helvola. Ell. 

 journ. act. sc. phil. 1818. 1. p. 385. Glycine umbellata, Willd. 



legumes 



sea- 

 P. 



44 P. DiVERSiFOLius (Pcrs. ench. 2. p. 296.) stems prostrate, 

 scabrous; leaflets angular, 2 or S-lobed; peduncles many- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers capitate ; 

 terete, pubescent. Q, H. Native of Carolina, by the 

 side. Glycine angulata, Muhl. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1056. 

 trflobus, Michx. fl. bor. amer 2. p. 60. but not of Roth. Stro- 

 phostyles angulosa, Ell. sketch. 2. p. 229. Flowers purplish. 

 Seeds reniform, cylindrical. 



/)a'me-?earfcf Kidney-bean. Fl. Ju. JuL Clt. 1806. PI. pr. 



45 P. TRiLoBus (Roth, nov, spec. 344.) stem almost erect ; 

 branches prostrate, glabrous ; lateral leaflets 2-lobed, terminal 



peduncles usually 3-flowered, 

 legume declinate, cylindrical ; stipulas ovate. 

 Native of the East Indies. " 



Burm.ind. t. 50. f. 1. Dolichos stipularis. Lam. diet. 2. p. 



Glycine triloba, Lin. mant. 516. 

 r lowers green ? 



one 3-lobed; 

 leaves 



800. 



longer than the 



0. S. 

 Dolichos trilobus, Lin. spec. 1021. 



Pluk. aim. t. 214. f. 3. or yellowish brown. 



spec. 3. p. 1058. — Dill. hort. elth. 312. f. 300. Flowers of a 

 pale rose-colour. Seed small, turgid, of a blackish bay colour. 



Pa/e-r^rf-flowered Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. 

 PI. tw. 



51 P. VEXILLA^TUS (Lin. spec. 1017. Jacq. bort. vind. 1. 102.) 

 stems prostrate or twining, rather pilose ; leaflets oblong-ovate ; 

 peduncles very long; flowers 5-7 in a head; vexillum large, 

 emarginate ; wings small ; legumes terete, rather pilose ; seeds 

 woolly. O. ? '^. H. Native of Carolina and about Havannah, 

 on the sea coast. P. helvolus, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 60. 

 P. vexillatus, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 470. Strophostyles 

 peduncularis, Ell. sketch. 2. p. 230. Glycine peduncularis, 

 Muhl. cat. 64.— Dill. hort. elth. 313. f. 302. Perhaps the Caro- 

 lina plant is the same as that from Havannah. Flowers green 

 before expansion, afterwards very pale purple ; as they fade the 

 purple changes to pale violet, and finally to a dusky lurid-colour 



The leaves are considered by the native prac- 

 titioners of India to be cooling, sedative, antibilious, and tonic, 

 and useful as an application to weak eyes. 



ihree4ohedAe^x^d Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1 777. 

 PI- prostrate. ^'5 



*6 P. ANGULosus (Ort. dec. p. 24.) plant twining, hairy ; 

 s ovate, lateral ones gibbous or 2-lobed on the outside. 



leaflet 



middle 



1 ^JJ^ S-lobed ; peduncles angular, rather longer than the 



aves \ flowers capitate ; bracteoles ovate ; wings shorter than 



carina 



.« -J ' ^^guJ^es linear, terete, drooping a little, glabrous ; 



«eeds tetraquetrous. ©. ^. H. ^ ^ 



'lowers pale flesli-coloured and white. 



Native of North America. 



. . -x,.„.*.vu «iiu vTiiiLc. Savi, diss. 2. p. 1. 



^n^u^ar-seeded Kidney-bean. Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. tw. 

 rhoml. "i ^*^^^°^"^ (Lin. spec. 1017.) stems twining; leaflets 

 rSri '°^^^^' ^^^^^' somewhat 3-lobed ; peduncles axillary, 

 terete' ^^^^^ *^^" *^^ petioles ; flowers subcapitate ; legumes 

 witl, f ^""°°*^ ' s^eds cylindrical, truncate at both ends, covered 

 n larmose tomentum. . ^. S. Native of the East Indies. 



Savi, diss. p. 3. F. 



rose-coloured, but the 



" xarmose tomentum. 0.^.S. Ni 

 lunt;,^'^\f ^'^^ P^'"- 1^30. p. 557. t. 42. 



vS ' ^^T''^- "^eth- 140. Flowers 

 ^«xillurn IS deep red. 



^'^ea/y-seeded Kidney-bean. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. tw. 



JeaBets ",^^"^'^'^^s (Lam. diet, 3. p. 74.) stem erect, glabrous; 

 Pedunr]^^ obtuse, lateral ones sinuated, terminal one 3-lobed ; 

 eum^«f spicate, longer than the leaves; stipulas ovate; le- 

 Flowera ^^^ °"''""^'''' smoothish. ©. H. Native of Peru. 

 Like P 7uh ^^^^^ vexillum, yellow wings, and* a white keel. 



fWr Kidn;y-bean. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. PI. 1 ft. 



PfOtJ. 2. p. 395.) 



(M 



ig, clothed with adpressed pu- 



Large-hannered Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. 

 PI. tw. 



52 P. TUBEROsus (Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb.) plant canes- 

 cent ; stems beset with retrograde villi ; petioles, and under side 

 of leaves strigose ; leaflets small, elliptic, entire, sometimes the 

 lateral ones are slightly 2-lobed ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate ; stipels and bracteas subu- 

 late; teeth of calyx setaceous ; root tuberous. l/.'^.S. Native 



of Mexico. X 



Tuherous-rooted Kidney -bean. PI. tw. 



53 P. Mu'ngo (Lin. mant. 101.) stem flexuous, terete, his- 

 pid ; leaflets ovate, acute, rather repand ; peduncles a little 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers 6-7 in a head; carina putting 

 forth a little horn from the left side ; legume terete, hairy, rather 

 torulose; seeds cylindrical, truncate. O. H. Native of the 

 East Indies. Savi, diss. 1. p. 9. P. hirtus, Retz, obs. 3. p. 38. 

 — Mungo, garc. arom. 1. 2. c. 21. Flowers yellow. Seeds 

 eatable, Lour. Muong-an is the vernacular name of the plant. 



Mungo Kidney-bean. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1790. PI. \\ ft. 



54 P. GLYCiNEFORMis (Wcium. in flora, 1821. p. 29.) stem de- 

 cumbent, twining, pilose, rather scabrous ; leaflets oblong, ob- 

 tuse ; peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered, longer than the leaves; 

 legumes terete, pilose. 0. '^. S. Native of Chili and Peru. 

 Flowers with a bluish violet vexillum, marked with yellow at the 

 base. Said to be allied to P. Mungo. 



Ghjcine-formed Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



55 P. Hernande'sii (Savi, diss. 1. p. 11.) stem flexuous, 

 hispid; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, somewhat repand; peduncles 

 shorter than the petioles, 4-6-flowered ; legumes rather toru- 

 lose, pilose, beaked, straightish ; seeds oblong, cylindrical. O. 

 H. Native of Mexico. Hern. mex. 887, with a figure. Vex- 



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