Phascolus LEGUMINOS-ffi 



10-15 cm. 1. Seeds ovoid-oblong, variable in colour. This is the Kidney 

 Bean or Haricot; the dwarf variety (/'. nanus L.) is the Bush Bean, 

 Dwarf Kidney Bean of Jamaica. 



3. P. adenanthus G. F. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Ew.j. 239 (1818) ; 

 inflorescence with numerous thickenings (to 20) somewhat close, 

 011 the rhachis near the top of the peduncle, sometimes crowded 

 at the top into a head, usually shorter than the leaves ; bracteol<-s 

 shorter than the calyx; corolla 2-2-5 cm. 1. ; pod linear, 

 i ' -in-red, sometimes somewhat straightish, somewhat torulose, 



8-1 ' 2 cm. br. Griseb. loc. ctt. ; Bali. loc. fit. ; Ur!>. >'////>/;. Ant. it. 

 308. P. truxillensis H. B. & K. J\V. Gi. & Sp. ci. 451 (1823) ; 

 Bentli. to in. ctt. 186. P. amcenus SolamL ex 1'orxt. f. Prodr. 91 

 (1786); Plants of Cook's First Voyage, Ic. pict. ined. ; J/"</. 

 Jam. i. 278. P. rostratus Wall PL As. Ear. i. 50, t. 63 (1830) : 



\Vnjltt I<: t. 34. (Fig. 20.) 



Wright \ Port Royal Mts. ; Str John's Hills; near Savanna la Mar. 

 Macfadycn ; Distinl Prior; March \ Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



A subglabrous perennial. Stem twining. Leaflets ovate or ovate- 

 elliptical, 7-12 cm. 1. Racemes with a few showy flowers ; pedicels very 

 short. Bracteoles oblong, nerved, 3-4 mm. 1. Cafy-r-tube broadly cam- 

 panulate, about 4 mm. 1., upper tooth very broad, truncate, emarginate, 

 lateral lanceolate-acuminate, falcate, 3-3 -5 mm. L, lower lanceolate-linear, 

 2 p 5-3 mm. 1. Corolla fragrant, purple or red, sometimes variegated with 

 white and yellow; standard roundish, emarginate, 2-2-4 cm. 1. and br. ; 

 keel making a complete spiral. Pod, with many (10-15) seeds, usually 

 about 10 cm. 1. 



2. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, teeth nearly equal in length. 

 Leaflets linear or lanceolate to ovate-elliptical ; lateral 

 scarcely unsymmetrical. 



4. P. lathyroides L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1018 (1763) ; inflorescem-.- 

 a raceme with the clusters of flowers distant along the rhachis 

 near the apex of the peduncle, longer than the leaves ; bracte<le^ 

 much shorter than the calyx ; pod subcylindrical, linear, 

 straightish or slightly curved, 2-3 mm. br. Sic. 0/.s. 280 ; 

 Mucf. Jam. i. 284 ; Urb. Si/mb. Ant. ii\ 310. P. subhirsutus & 

 Pink. Plyt. /. 214, /. 2 (excl. pods), Aim. L".'". P. erectus lathy- 

 roides &c. Sltidnr Cat. 71 & Hi*f. /'. 183, /. 116, /. 1. P. minor 

 erectus ic. Browne J//.-7. Jam. '201. P. semieirctus L. M<inf. 100 

 (17G7) ; Jacq. I<: PL Bar. t. :j.')S ; J!,,t. Reg. t. 743 ; Jtentli. torn. 

 cit. ISO; Griscl. <>i>. cit. 107 ; Bak. tom. <-ii. 201. P. psoralmidt-^ 

 'Wt.jlit <( Am. Prodr. 2-14 (1834); W, (l lit L: t. 249. Typos in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Savanna, St. Jago de la Vega, Sloan <. I Icrb. iii. M I 7. -nit I 



Swartz ! J)ixtin\ Prior; roadsides, Jcnuuinl Kind's House, J.P. 1 



.-ris \ Hope grounds, Jhirri* ! Kingstoi e/; ; Port IMorant, 



Hitchcock; Porus, 7, ///,/. Tropical America, India, Muhya. 



lihizomc perennial, or in cultivated ground the root annual (fide 

 IV. F 



