356 



LEGUMINOS^. CLXXXVIII. Phaseolus. CLXXXIX. Cyrtotropis. CXC. Soja. 



ilium yellow on the inside, and the wings are yellow, 

 chestnut-coloured. 



Seeds 



PL 



U foot. 



twining , 



Hernandezes Kidney-bean, x i. m.-^ 



56. P. paucifl6rus (Sesse, et Moc. in herb. Lamb.) plant 



stems villous ; leaflets ovate, mucronate, pubescent, 

 entire ; stipulas broad-cordate, ciliated, as well as tlie bracteas ; 

 peduncles more tlian twice the length of the leaves, 2-flowered; 

 segments of the calyx lanceolate, ciliated, upper one emarginate ; 



^. S. 



vexillum obovate, emarginate ; stigma broad, spiral. 



Native of Mexico. Flowers large, with the wings and keel 



^. 



PI. tw. 



torulose, 1 



blue, and the vexillum pale. 

 FeW'Jloi 



57 P. ciiuYSA'NTfios (Savi, diss. 1. p. 15.) stem flexuous, 

 glabrous ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate ; peduncles a little longer 

 than the leaves, many-flowered ; legumes terete, glabrous, rather 



izontal, acuminated by a beak; seeds almost cylin- 

 drical. 0. H. Native country unknown. Flowers yellow. 

 Seeds rust-coloured. 



Oolden-floweredKidney-hevixx. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



58 P. RAmA'xus (Lin. spec. 1017.) stem erect, terete, beset 

 with retrograde pili ; leaflets ovate, acute ; peduncles hardly 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers 7-8 in a head ; legumes terete, 

 hairy, horizontal. $ . S. Native of China and Ceylon. 

 Dill. hort. elth. 315. f. 304. 



F 



to ochraceous as they fade. 

 t. 7. f. 2. 



Seeds greenish yellow, ovate, small. 



^ ^^ 



Flowers pale purple, but changing 

 Reich, act. stockh. 1742. p. 202. 



gumes torulose, pendulous, hairy, 3-4-seeded, beaked. Q.H. 

 Native of Moluccas. — Rumph. amb. 5. p. 388. t. 140? Flowers 

 greenish yellow. Seeds black, about the size of coriander-seeds. 

 Max is the Spanish name of the plant. 



Max Kidney-bean. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1758. PL l|ft. 



64 P. Cape'nsis (Thunb. fl. cap. 589. but not of Burm.) plant 

 filiform, decumbent, flexuous, villous ; leaflets ovate or lanceo- 

 late; peduncles 1 -flowered, flexuous, axillary, longer than the 

 petioles. — Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla large, 

 flesh-coloured. Legume unknown. 



Cape Kidney-bean. PI. decumbent. 



65 P. pa'llar (MoL chili, ed. gall. p. 335.) stem twining, 

 very pilose ; leaflets obliquely-oblong, villous ; peduncles race- 

 mose, very long ; flowers small, remote ; legumes pendulous, 

 cylindrical, torulose, villous. — Native of Chili. 



Pallar Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



QQ P. ase'llus (Mol. 1. c.) stem twining; leaflets sagittate ; 

 seeds globose. — Native of Chili. 



Ass's Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



Cult. The species of this genus are not worth cultivating for 

 ornament. They all grow well in light rich soil, and the peren- 

 nial, herbaceous, and shrubby kinds are easily increased by 

 cuttini^s. 



CLXXXIX. CYRTO'TROPIS (from Kvproc, Tcyrtos, curved, 



and rpoTTtc, tropis, a carina; in allusion to the carina of the 



Rayed Kidney-bean. Fl. June, July. Clt, 1732. PI. 1 to 2 ft. flower, which is much curved).' Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 49. t. G2. 

 59 P. scABER (Steud. nom. 610.) stem erect, hispid ; leaflets Lm. syst. ""' '^' '* - . . .^ ^ , ... ,- . 



broad-ovate ; peduncles very short, hispid ; flowers somewhat 



capitate ; legumes erect, terete, scabrous ; 

 ©. H. Native country unknown. 



seeds cylindrical. 

 Moris, oxon. sect, 2. t. 5. 



the wmgs 



f. 8, Phasellus scabcr, Ma^nch. meth. 140. Flowers green- 

 ish yellow. Seeds rusty. 



Scabrous Kidney-bean. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



60 P. LATiiYROiDES (Lin. spec. 1018.) stem erect, glabrous; 

 leaflets oblong, acuminated ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers somewhat spicate ; vexillum concave, much shorter than 



■ ; legumes terete, subulate. Q.H. Native of Jamaica, 



in humid sandy places.— Sloan, hist. 1. t. 116. f. 1, Phasellus 



lathyroides, Moench. meth. 140. Flowers red; the keel whitish. 



Za%ru5-/;A:^ Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1786. PI. 2 ft. 



61 P. semiere'ctus (Lin. spec. 1016.) stems twining at the 

 apex, terete, pubescent; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, gla- 

 brous ; peduncles elongated ; flowers twin, disposed in a kind of 

 spike ; keel of flower awnless, hooked, turned to the right ; 

 legumes rather spreading, straight, subulate, compressed, acu- 

 minated by a beak ; seeds oblong. ©. ^. H. Native of South 

 America. Savi, diss. 2. p. 6. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 558.— Dill, 

 hort. elth. t. 233. f. 301. Ker, hot. reg. 743. Phaseolus semi- 

 erectus, Moench. meth. 141. Flowers with a greenish vexillum, 

 tinged with purple, and with the keel purple in the middle, but 

 white on the sides, but the wings are deep purple. Seeds brown, 

 spotted with black. 



Half-erect Kidn 



62 P. viola'ceus (Steud. nom. 6^10.) stem erect, flexuous, 

 glabrous ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute ; peduncles 2-3-flow- 

 ered, length of the petioles ; legumes erect, linear, terete. 

 Native of Africa, ""' 



very long 



Fl. July. Clt. 1781. PL tw. 



©H. 



Phasellus violaceus, Moench. meth. 141. P. 

 Abyssmicus, Hortul. Flowers sessile, white, but with the vexil- 

 lum and wings violaceous on the outside. 



rio/aceou5- flowered Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1808 

 PI. 2 feet. 



Diadelphiay Decdndria. Calyx bilabiate ; upper 

 lip unidentate, lower one tridentate. Corolla .papilionaceous. 

 Vexillum reflexed, bicallous at the base ; keel linear, falciform, 



, ascending, 2-petalled ; wrings cuneiform, short, diva- 

 ricate. Stamens diadelphous. Legume sessile, linear, compresseJ, 

 covered on the inside by a spongy membrane, which afterwards 

 separates from it, the seeds intercepted by cellular spongy dissepi- 

 ments. — A tall climbing herb, with perennial roots, inipari-pin- 

 nate leaves, loose axillary racemes of flesh-coloured flowers, and 

 long, pendulous, many-seeded legumes. 



1 C. ca'rnea (Wall pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 50. t. 62.) 1^. ^- ^• 

 Native of Nipaul, on the high mountains of Sheopore and Chun- 

 daghiry. Shrub quite smooth. Leaflets 5. Flowers large, pale 

 red, shewy ; the vexillum ornamented with dark feathered lines. 



Flesh-coloured'Row ered Cyrtotropis. Shrub tw. 



Cult. An elegant twining plant, very proper for a green- 

 house conservatory. It will grow in rich light soil, and cuttings 

 will strike root in sand under a hand-glass. 



CXC. SaJA (soya is the name of a sauce prepared Trom 

 the seeds by the Japanese). Moench. meth. 153. Savi, diss. 

 1824. p. 16. D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 396. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx bibracteolate at tlie 

 base, 5-cleft, the 3 lower segments straight and acute, but the 

 upper ones are joined together beyond the middle. Corolla with an 

 ovate vexillum, which stands on a short stipe, and with an obloi« 

 straight keel. Stamens diadelphous, the tenth one approximate, 

 but certainly distinct. Stipe of ovary not surrounded by a shwui 

 at the base. Style short. Legume oblong, 2-5.seeded, mem- 

 branous ; the seeds intercepted by cellular dissepiments, o^ 

 ovate, compressed.— A hispid erect herb, with pinnately-triwl^' 

 leaves, and with the flowers either aggregate in the axils 

 the leaves on short pedicels, or disposed in short peduncuia 



racprnpc 



East 



racemes. 



- 1 S. Hi'spiDA (Moench. 1. c.) 0. H. Native of Japan 



Indies, and the Moluccas. Dolichos S6ja, Lin. spec, l^, 



63 P. Max (Lin. spec. 1017. exclusive of the synonvme of ur^"^' 'Tay'^'\^' ^^^' • ^^ja Japonica, Savi, diss 1. ^ ^y, 

 .rn.) stem erect, angular, hisnid: leaflets JJJTl?^.''. f™^"' W ^'\^ 838, with a figure. Corolla violaceous, barj^ 



\ Species not sufficiently hnown. 



Hern.) stem erect, angular, hispid; leaflets ovate: acute • le iZ .u u .' '^"'^ * ^^S""^" ^"''^•^^ vioiact-uu., 



** * ' *^"^^ ' '^" longer than the calyx. The seeds, which are usually 



