Phaseolus, diadelphia decandria. 291 



long-pcd uncled, the liorii of the keel long- and sliarp. Legu- 

 mes cylindrio, sinoolb, tVoni six to seven-seeded. 



Cliin. Chaniloe-to. 



A native of Cliina, reared in the Botanic garden from seed 

 received from Canton, and like most of the other leguminous 

 plants, succeeds best during the dry season. 



Root annual. Stems twining, filiform, of very humble 

 growth, and almost smooth. Leaver ternate. Leaflets, the 

 pair obliquely ovate-cordate, the terminal one two inches 

 long. Stipules lanceolar, adnate, both acute. Peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, about as long as the leaves, angular and 

 rather harsh, each supporting a small head of a few pairs of 

 snrall greenish y(;llow flowers, each pair inserted in a small 

 green gland. Stipules lanceolate, caducous. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, unequally five-toothed, liauner oiaxi inverse re- 

 niforin shape. Keel twisted ; on the right side a long, sharp 

 horn, Mhich I find common to two thirds of the genus. Le- 

 gnmes cylindric, smooth, slightly incurved, scarcely two 

 inches long. Seeds from four to eight, sub-cylindric, smooth, 

 dark gray. 



1 do not know any of the uses of this small species, nor do 

 1 think, from its size and appearance in Bengal, that it can 

 be applied to any useful purpose. 



SECT. II. Not twining. 



9. P. nanus. WiUd. iii. 103G. 



Annual, with weak spreading branches. Bractes larger 

 than the calyx. Legumes pendulous, compressed, one of the 

 smallest of the annual cultivated sorts of Phaseoli. 



10. P. glaber, Roxb. 



Annual ; stipules obliquely ovate, adnate. Leaflets sub- 

 cordate, entire. Heads long-peduncled. Spur of the keel 

 remarkably large. Legume straight, cylindric, smooth, many- 

 seeded. 



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