286 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Carpopoyon. 
longer. Siem twining to an extent of some fathoms, very 
ramous and thick, but of a spongy, succulent nature ; young 
shoots a little villous, Leaves ternate. Leaflets entire, the 
pair nearly semi-cordate, the terminak one rhomboidal ; all 
have short acute points, and are nearly equal in size, of a soft: 
delicate texture, and slightly villous on both sides ; from four 
to ten incheslong. Petioles round, slightly villous, from six 
to twelve inches long, Stipules lanceolate. Racemes axillary, 
solitary, pendulous, often as long, or even longer than the 
leaves, bearing numerous, siroo.fold, pendulous, very large, 
white flowers. Bractes four-fold, a common one to each tu- 
bercle of the racemes, on which the three flowers are insert- 
ed, and one to each of the proper pedicels, all are caducous, 
nearly lanceolate, and villous, Calyx four-parted, The 
upper division broad,and emarginate; the lower one narrow- 
est, and more lengthened than the lateral pair, Corol papi- 
lionaceous. Banner cordate, incumbent on the wings and 
keel, and about half their length. Wings oblong, witha re- 
markable callous gland near the base of each. Keel one-pe- 
talled, linear, length of the wings, with a sharp, rigid, incurv- 
ed point, MNectary a crenulate gland round the insertion of 
the germ. Filaments one and nine, alternately clavate and 
filiform, with long linear, sub-sagittate, anthers on the slender 
filaments, and short-ovate ones on the clavate ones, Germ™ 
hairy. Style slender and villous. Stigma small. Legume 
linear, about six inches long, curved a little like an Italic S. 
when ripe black, destitute of down, and longitudinally wrin- 
kled, Seeds generally from six to eight, oval, smooth, ash- 
coloured, and separated by thin partitions, 
By removing the exterior velvet-like skin of the large, 
fleshy, tender legumes, they are when dressed, like French 
beans (Phaseolus vulgaris,) a most excellent vegetable for our 
tables, and the full grown beans are scarcely inferior to the 
large garden beans of Europe, ~ : rhe, 268 
