304 . LEGUMINOS 2. 
56. PHASEOLUS. 
_ Phaseolus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 866; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p- 538. 
Climbing herbs, or sometimes woody at the base. A genus very numerous in forms, 
spread over nearly all warm countries. Upwards of 150 have been described as species ; 
but Mr. Bentham estimates the number of good species at about sixty. Several of the 
names in this enumeration probably belong to the same species. 
This genus greatly needs revision; but so few of the types are accessible to us at the 
time of preparing this for press that we dare not attempt the task. 
1. Phaseolus acutifolius, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. i. p. 43. | 
New Mexico.—Nortu Mexico, sides of the Chiricahui mountains (Wright), ? Sierra 
Madre (Seemann). 
Var. tenuifolius, A. Gray, loc. cit. 
Nortu Mexico, Guadalupe Pass, Sonora (Wright). Hb. Kew. 
2. Phaseolus amplus, Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. p. 85. 
Central America (Sinclair)—Purv, VENEZUELA. 
3. Phaseolus angustissimus, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. p. 33. | 
New Mexico.—Norru Mexico, between San Pedro and Santa Cruz, Sonora (Wright), 
Coahuila (Bigelow). 
4. Phaseolus anisotrichus, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 326. 4 3 ¢ ) = Leptesteely on 
SoutH Mexico, in thickets near J alapa, at Hacienda de la Laguna, and near Papantla 
(Schiede), tJuquila, western Cordillera of Oaxaca, and near Izmiquilpan (Galeotti, 
3169 and 3374). 
5. Phaseolus atropurpureus, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 395 ; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 
244, 
Phaseolus schiedeanus, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 323. 
Phaseolus canescens, Mart. et Gal. 
NortH Mexico, Sonora Alta (Coulter) ; Sours MEXxIco, around Oaxaca (Andrieuz, 
460), Tehuacan de las Granadas, Puebla, at 5000 feet (Galeotti, 3225), near Hacienda 
de la Laguna (Schiede); Nicaragua ( Girsted). Hb. Kew. 
6. Phaseolus bilobatus, Engelm. Bot. Wisliz. Exped. p. 25. 
Norta Mexico, Cosiquirachi ( Wislizenus). 
7. Phaseolus dysophyllus, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 287. 
SourH Mexico, Leon (Hartweg), in thickets near Misantla (Schiede). Hb. Kew. 
8. Phaseolus falcatus, Benth. MSS. in Hb. Kew. 
Sour Mexico, San Blas to Tepic ( Coulter) ; tGuaTEMaLa, Volcan de Fuego, Duefias, 
5000 feet (Salvin). Hb. Kew. | 
