278 CALYCIFLOR^. 



XXIV. Phaseolus. Kidney Bean. 



Calyx bell-shaped, two-lipped ; upper lip two-tooth- 

 ed ; under 3-partite. Corolla papilionaceous ; keel 

 spirally twisted with the diadelphous stamens and 

 style, or more rarely incurved. Stalk of the ovary 

 sheathed in the torus. Legume compressed or cylin- 

 drical, 2-valved, divided internally by cellulose 

 isthmi : seeds several ; hilum ovali-oblong. — De 

 Cand. 



Herbaceous or suflFruticose, commonly twining : leaves pin- 

 nato-3-foliate ; racemes axillary ; pedicels usually geminate, 

 always l-flowered. Name, from phaselus a little boat, to 

 which the pods bear some resemblance. 



* Mooi pereomiaL Stem suffrutescent at the base. 



1. Phaseolus amoenus. Fragrant-jiowered Phas- 

 eolus^ 



Twining fruticose slightly pubescent, leaflets ovate 

 rounded or subcordate at the base subacuminate and 

 apiculated at the apex glabrous above pubescent along 

 the nerves beneath, raceme shorter than the leaf, 

 upper calycine lip emarginate lower 3-fid, legume 

 straight linear compressed. 



Bot. Misc. II. 113. 



HAB. Port- Royal Mountains. St John's Hills. Neigh- 

 bourhood of Savannah la Mar. 



FL, Autumn. 



Stem twining to several feet in height, frutescent, angulose. 

 Leaflets minutely ciliated. Stipules small, oblongo-lanceolate : 

 stipels oval. Racemes axillary : peduncle shorter than the leaf, 

 2-4-flowered. Flowers shortly pedicelled, showy, purple, frag- 

 rant. Calyx striated, minutely ciliated. Standard deflected, 

 rounded, emarginate, purple ; wings broad ; keel spirally twist- 

 ed. Stamens diadelphous ; single filament geniculated : an- 

 thers lineari-oblong, yellow. Ovary puberulous : style bearded 

 below the stigma, which is obtuse. Legumes about 6 inches 

 long and 3 lines broad, linear, compressed, straight, with a long 

 beak : seeds reniform, shining. 



The flowers of this species are very showy, and bear some 

 resemblance to those of the Snail-Jlower, P. Caracalla. A 

 variety with the leaflets more oblong, and, as well as the flow- 

 ers, smaller, is to be met with in the neighbourhood of Savan- 

 nah la Mar. 



