200 L. LEGUMiKOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Phaseolus. 



73. PBASEOXiUS, Linn. 



Twiners, usually herbaceous, with 3-foliolate stipellate leaves. Flotvers in 

 copious axillary racemes ; hracteoles usually conspicuous and persistent. Cahjx 

 campanulate, the lowest tooth usually longer than the rest and the two upper- 

 most subconnate. Corolla much exserted, the keel prolonged into a very long 

 beak which forms a complete, or in § Dysolohiuniy nearly complete, spiral. 

 Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style 

 filiform, twisted round with the keel, conspicuously bearded down the side 

 below the very oblique stigma. Pod linear, rarely oblong, subterete or sub- 

 compressed, more or less distinctly septate between the seeds. — Distkib. Species 

 about 60^ mostly tropical, many widely cultivated, especially in America. 



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SiJBGEX. 1. Pbaseolus proper. ASife/^wZiT'S small, basifixed. Pof7s|~|in. 

 broad^ subcompressed. Keel prolonged into a complete spiral. 



1. P. lunatus, i/m?. ; DC, rrodr. ii. 393; twining, racemes lax short- 

 peduncled many-flowered, pedicels longer than the calyx, corolla small gi^eeuisn- 

 yellow, bracteoles minute, pod recurved oblong 2-4-seeded. Roxh. FL Ind. ui. 

 2S7 ; W, Sf A. Prodr, 244. P. vulgaris, Wall Cat. 6595, non Linn. 



Ever^Tvhere cultivated, probably a native of America. — Distrib. Ever}"^here in 

 the tropics. 



A tall biennial, -vritb stems at first minutely Jomu}', soon glabrescent, easily dis- 

 tinguished from all the other species by the shape of the porf, which is 2-3 in- l*y 

 |-| in., less turgid than in any of the others, T\-ith the upper suture recurved and the 

 lower broadly rounded, Bacemes reach ^ ft. long, the lower fascicles distant, T^'it^h 

 2-4-fIowers to a node; pedicels finally \-^^ in. long. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth all very 

 short. Corolla 3-4 times the calyx. Seeds large, very variable in colour.— P* 



IXAJKENUS, i/i72W., XUARESII, ZWC(?., PXJBERULUS, H.B.K , and TUNKINKNSIS, i^i^^'» ^^® 



cultivated varieties, 



2. F. Tulg-aris, Zinn. ; DCProdr, ii. 392; suberect or twining, racemes 

 lax subsessile few-flowered, pedicels longer than the calyx, corolla middle-si^^^ 

 white or lilac-purple, bracteoles often exceeding the calvx, pods linear recurved 

 4"6-seeded. Pajb. FL Lul iii. 287 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 243, non Wall P- 

 nanus, Lhm. ; DC. ; Roxb. ; JF. i^' A. loc, eit. P. compressus, oblongus, sapo- 

 naceus, tumidus, hsematocarpus, sphsericus and gonosperuius^ DC. loc. cit. 



Universally cultivated, but not anywhere clearly known as a wild plant 

 IhsTRiB. Spread everywhere, both in tropical and temperate regions. 



_ A subglabrons annual. Stcvis low and suberect (P. nanus, Linn.) or twining to a 

 height of 6-10 ft. (P. vulgaris, Linn.), Bacemes much shorter than the leaves; 

 pedicels finally :i-^ in. long ; bracteoles ovate or roundish, persistent. Pod ^-^^ 

 by ^ in., glabrous, rostrate, turgid. — The Scarlet Runner, P. multiflorus, WilW- \ ^^' 

 Prodr, ii. 392 ; W. ^- A. Prodr. 241 ; P. coccinkus, La7n., differs by its bright scarlet 

 casually -white flowers, arranged in long racemes which often overtop the leaves. 



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Prodr. 244; Wight Ic. t. 34. P. alatus, Po:vb. Ilort. Beng. 54; FL Ind.y^-^ 

 288, non Linn. P. amarus, Poxb. MSS. P. cirrhosus and truxillensis, ILB.1^'\ 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 391, 392. P. senegalensis, Guill 8f Per. FL Seneg. 217. 



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