113 BIADEtPHiA, BEGANDRIA. 



or linear), bivalve, divided into many cells b^ 

 transveise dissepiments." R. Brown. 



Arborescent, shrubby or herbaceous; leaves pinnate;, 

 peduncles 1 or many-flow ered. 



Species. I. S. platycorpa. S. disperma. Ph. 2. p. 485. 

 Hab. In Carolina and Florida; common around New Or- 

 leans. Q.*macrocarpa. Muhl. Flowers yellow. Around New 

 Orleans, v. v. s. ji. Legume very long- and narrow; leaflets 

 numerous, oblong-elliptic. — A tropical genus of 10 sper 

 cies, indigenous to India and America, with one species 

 in Egypt. 



tiff If Legume 1 -celled, many'Seeded, (Stamina 

 diadelphous.) 



512. PHASEOLUS. L. (Kidney-bean.) 

 Carina with the &t>le and stamina spirally 



convolute. " Xe^nne compressed, falcate. Seeds 

 compressed, reniform.'' Elliott, mss. 



Herbaceous and mostly twining plants; leaves ternate, 

 petiolate, stipules minute, distinct from the petiole; flow- 

 ers mostly racemose and axillary. — Calix bilabiate, oi\e!t 

 bibracteaie at the base, upper lip emarginale, lower 3*- 

 toothed; vexillum reflected. 



Species. 1. P. perennis. Hab. From New England to 

 Carolina. Mr. Elliott considers the southern plant as a 

 distinct species. 



A tropical genus, (with the above exception and 2 spe- 

 cies at the Cape of Good Hope), containing about 30 spe« 

 cies, several of which are cultivated for food. 



513. DOLICHOS. L. 



Vexillum with 2 oblong parallel callosities at 

 its base, compressing the wings. 



Vegetation similar to Phaseolus. — Calix 4-toothed, up- 

 per denture emarginate. Legume mostly cylindric. 



Species. 1. D. luteohis? Probably not the same with 

 the West India plant, as the legumes are torulose, flattish 

 and somewhat hirsute. Hab. Very common in the vici- 

 nity of Savannah, (Georgia.) 2. vexillatna. Phaseolvs 

 rexillatns. L. 3. hehohis Also referred to Phaseolus wit Ij 

 the following by Willdenow, 4. trilobus. 5- parabdicus. 

 Glycine paruboUca. P. W. Barton. 



