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Phaseous lob Arts. Lobe-leaved Kidney- 

 Bean. 



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Class and Order. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



( Nut. Ord. — Leguminosje. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx campanulatus bilabiatus, labio superiore bidentato. 

 inferiore tripartite Corolla papilionacea, carina cum sta- 

 minibus diadelphis styloque spiraliter contorta vel rarius 

 incurva. Ovarii stipes toro vaginulatus. Legumen com- 

 pressum aut cylindricum bivalve, intus isthmis cellulosis 

 subdistinctum poly sperm urn. Semina hilo ovali-oblongo. 

 — Herbae aut sutFrutices saspius volubiles. Folia pinnato- 

 trifoliolata, foliolis basi stipellatis. Racemi axillares. Pedi- 

 celli sapius gemini, semper unijlori. D C. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Phaseolus (Euphaseolus) lobatus; caule herbaceo volubili 

 tereti, foliolis hastato-trilobis intermedio longe petio- 

 lulato lobis lateralibus iterum sublobatis intermedio 

 elongato, pedunculis folium aequantibus multifloris, 

 petalis (flavis) omnibus subcontortis, carina longissime 

 acuminata apice dense spiraliter convoluta, stylo lon- 

 gissimo spiraliter convolute 



The species of Phaseolus are very numerous, and at pie- 

 sent extremely little known; but we trust the labors of Mr. 

 Bentham in this family will soon tend to their illustration. 

 That gentleman has pronounced the present to be a distinct 

 species of the " Euphaseolus" group. It was raised at the 

 Botanic Garden of Glasnevin, from seeds sent from Buenos 

 Ayres by Mr. Tweedie, and flowered in September, 1843. 

 Native specimens in my Herbarium^, also from Mr. Tweedje 



prove 



