280 CALYClFLORiE. 



shaped warted along the sutures pubescent 3-seeded, 

 seeds white tumid. 



HAB. Cultivated. 



FL. December. 



Root and lowei' part of the stem perennial : branches terete, 

 striated, pubescent. Leaflets thicker than in any of the other 

 species of this genus, slightly acuminate, blunt, entire, nerved 

 and veined, pubescent above, hispid beneath ; lateral leaflets 

 unequilateral. Stipules ovate, acute, raarescent : stipels small. 

 Racemes axillary. Flowers white, on short round pubescent 

 pedicels, 2, 3, 4 together. Calyx bibracteolated at the base, 

 pubescent ; upper lip bifid, lobes obscure, i-epand, rounded ; 

 lower lip 3-dentate, teeth acute, and the middle one most pro- 

 minent. Standard roundish, emarginate, bilobed, with the lobes 

 concave ; wings oblongo-obovate ; keel twisted. Ovary sericeo- 

 pubescent. Legume ^ of an inch broad and 3 inches long, 

 compressed, pubescent when green, warted along the sutures : 

 seeds 3, oblong, plump, compressed, white. 



I cannot reconcile the character of this plant with the de- 

 scription of any species hitherto noticed. This is the more 

 remarkable, as it has been long esteemed and in cultivation in 

 the West Indies. It may have been overlooked, owing to the 

 circumstance that it flowers and bears only once a year. Of 

 the species noticed by De Candolle, it approaches nearest to 



P. TUMIDUS. 



This is justly considered as among the most delicate of the 

 pulse tribe cultivated in Jamaica. When young, it has a taste 

 very much resembling that of the Windsor Bean. It is dressed 

 plain with butter, or in soup. It is not generally cultivated, 

 there being an uncertainty in its returns. It is usually trained 

 to cover arbours. A gentle pruning is recommended after 

 bearing. 



4. Phaseolus gonospermus. Hibhert Pea, 



Twining hispidulous, leaflets ovate acuminate, 

 racemes shorter tlian the leaves, legume short sub- 

 compressed torulose warty along the sutures 3-seeded, 

 seeds irregularly angulated. 



Savi, 3Iem. III. 20. f. 19? 



HAB. Cultivated. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



Stem sufi^ruticose towards the base, angulose, hispidulous 

 with reverted hairs. Leaflets as if truncated at the base, sub- 

 cordate, deltoideo-ovate, acuminate with the apex bluntish, 

 hispidulous especially along the under surface of the nerves. 

 Stipules small, ovate, acuminate : stipels oblong. Racemes 



