jDoiichos. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 301 



Pliaseolus maxhmis. Sloan. Jam. p. 177. /. Mi. J'. 1.2. 3. 

 good. 



Tlicre are two varieties of this cultivated in Bengal, one 

 with while, the other with red flowers: botl> have red beans. 

 The young-, tender, half-grown pods of both are good substi- 

 tutes for those of the common Pliaseolus, commonly called 

 French beans. From Pegu a tliird variety has been received 

 into tl)e Botanic garden, which differs from the former two 

 in the following- respects, viz. 



In the Icoume being- rather straighter, and the seeds light 

 gray, instead of red, but the flowers are red. The same va- 

 riety has also been found in the Silhet district, together with 

 a fourth which is every way larger ; the flowers white, the le- 

 g-unies truly gladiate, about two feet long, and often contain- 

 ing- as many as twenty larg-e,white, arilled seeds. This varie- 

 ty is reckoned the most wholesome of them all, and is very 

 extensively used at the tablesof Europeans, as well as by the 

 natives in that district. 



2. D. VirosHs. Roxh. 



Biennial, twining', smooth. Leaflets oval. Stipules short, 

 subulate. Racemes sub-secund. Legumes three-keeled on 

 the back ; seeds from four to eight, arilled. 



Kat?/ Barameraca. Rheed. Mai. viii. /. 45. 



D. ensij'ormis. Lour. Cochin Ch. 531. His lon«--legumed 

 variety is most likely one of the varieties of D. gladiatus. 



Beny. Kath-shim, or Kala-shim. 



Telinff. Ad?n'i-shamba. 



A native of hedges, Sec. in most parts of India, and in 

 flower and fruit a great part of the year. 



Stems may be reckoned biennial, twining- to the extent of 

 several fathoms, round, and smooth in every part. Leaves ter- 

 nate. Leajlets nearly equal, oval, scarcely pointed, entire 

 and smooth, from two to three inches long. Petioles about 

 as long as the leaflets, channelled. Stipules short, like 

 short inoflfensive thorns ; those of the leaflets subulate. Race- 



