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the ribs, and fucceeded by fo many oblong pods, of a moderate length and thick 

 nefs, whofe furface is thickly befet with lhort, rigid, itchy hairs. 



A decoction of the roots of thefe plants is reckoned a powerful diuretic, and clean 

 fer of the kidneys: and a vinous infufion of the pods (twelve in a quart) is faid t 

 be a certain remedy for the dropfy: the dofe half a pint, when made in beer. 



In the windward iflands, fome of the inhabitants make a fyrop of the pod: 

 which is faid to be very effectual againft worms. 







PHASEOLUS 1. Minor i foliis ovatis y foribus ternatis alaribus, calicibus ex* 



terionbus triphyliis. 



The fmaller Phafeolus ^ with the flowers difpofed in a tcrnate order 



at the alas of the ribs. 



PHASEOLUS 2. SubereBus major, filiquis maxim: s ohlongis glabris, faturd 



altera nervo majori utrinqiie injignitd. 

 Dolicos leguminibus gladiolatis dorfo fulcatis, feminibus arillatis. L. Sp. PI. 

 Phafeolus ?naximus filiquis enfformibus, &c. Slo. Cat. 5c H. t. 114. 

 Phafeolus fylveftris maximus, &c. Bur. Thez. Zey. 



The Horfe-Bean. 



This plant grows in many gardens in Jamaica, where it is cultivated 

 chiefly out of curiofity. It feems to keep a main between the upright," and the 

 climbing fpecies of the Phafeolus; for the ftem feldom rifes above three or four 

 feet, though it emits fome ilender delicate (hoots, that run much further. The 



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pods are commonly between ten and fourteen inches in length, and generally con- 

 tain about ten or eleven feeds ; but the pulfe is very feldom ufed, being generally 

 thought, more or lefs, of a deleterious nature. 



PHASEOLUS 3. Minor ereflus pratenfis, foliis oblongis, vexillo minor i } fli- 



quis gracilibus. 

 Phafeolus ereSlus lathyroides, &c. Slo. Cat. 71. & H. t. 116. 



The fmall erect Phafeolus ', with red flowers. 



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This plant is pretty common in the Savannas about Spanijh Town •, and rifes ge- 

 nerally to the height of twelve or fourteen inches, or better. The blonoms are of 

 a deep red colour; and the fide- leaves, or alas of the flower, very long, in propor- 

 tion to the other parts. 



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PHASEOLUS 4. Scandens, fpicis laxis terminalibus, filiquis comprefis tetra- 



fpermibus, utrdque futurd rugofd. 



Phafeolus maximus perennis, &c. Slo. Cat. 67. & H. t. 113. 



Bonavifl. 



This plant is cultivated by molt of the inhabitants, in the country parts of Ja- 

 maica ; for it thrives better than any of the other fpecies ; and the feeds are gene- 

 rally reckoned very wholefome and palatable. It grows luxuriantly in the dry eft 

 foils, and fpreads a great way upon the rocks, or neighbouring bumes. 



PHASEOLUS 5. Subereous, filiquis quinquefpermibus oblongis & leniter 



, comprefis % feminibus quandoque mifcellis. 



The Kidney-Bean, or Cock-ftone. 



This plant is cultivated in moft parts of the world. The pods are generally 

 a tender ftate, boiled whole and ferved up by way of greens : but, when adva 



feed, 



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