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feed, the pulfe is picked to feed the negroes, in thofe colonies. The whole plant 



feldom rifes above a couple of feet in height. 



PHASEOLUS 6. Perennis, fori bus herb, 



iceis minoribus; Jpicis alaribus £? 

 Iibas-j Jiliquis comprejjh tetrafpermibus, futura al- 



gofa. 



The Lima Bean 





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This climbing plant was introduced to Jamaica fome years ago, and is fince 

 much cultivated in all parts of the ifland ; for the feeds are very tender and palata- 

 ble; and far fuperior to any other pulfe, of the fort, now cultivated in that ifland. 

 It requires a rich foil, and continues to bear four or five years fucceifively ; but does 

 not produce fo frequent as fome of the other fpecies. 







PHASEOLUS 7. EreBus ; filiquis gracilibus, teretibus y polyfpermibus j feminl 





bus ru f ef cent i bus, cblongis. 



Phafeolus eredlus major ', 6cc. Slo. Cat. 71. & H. t. 115 



This fp 



Calavances^ or Red Peafe. 



pretty much cultivated in J 



hardy fruitful plant 



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thrives almoft in every foil; tho' it feldom rifes above a couple of feet in-heig 



The feeds ferve to feed the neg 



d are frequently ufed by the poorer fort of 



white people : they are obferved to be a hearty wholefome food 



PHASEOLUS 8. Eretlus; filiquis gracilibus, teretibus, polyfpermibus ; fe 



bus fubrotimdis, hilo nig 



Phafeolus eredlus minor, feminefph 



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c. 



Sio. Cat. & H. t. 1 17 



The Black- eyed Pea 



and 



This plant is pretty much like the foregoing, both in fize and growth; 

 ultivated in the fame manner, and for the fame purpofes : but it is more commonly 

 fed by the better fort of people. 







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PHASEOLUS 9. EreBus; filiquis gracilibus, tereti bus, polyfpermibus; femh 





nibus oblongis y abidis. 



Cuckolds-Increafe. 



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This plant refembles the feventh fpecies very much, both in fize and the manner of 

 its growth, as well as in the form of the pod and feeds. It is a very profitable pulfe 4 

 and now much cultivated throughout the whole ifland. 



PHASEOLUS 10. Scandens, filiquis glabris 



mi bus. 



comprejfis, tri- vel quadrifper- 





The Jamaica Bean, or Sugar-Bean. 



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This plant is cultivated in all parts of Jamaica-, and the pulfe generally made 

 ufe of at every gentleman's table. It is of an eafy growth, and continues to bear 

 a confiderable part of the year. 



PHASEOLUS 11. Scandens, filiquis compreffis quinqaefpermibus falcatis, 



feminibus lineis fufcis radiatis. 



The poifoned or wild Phafeolus. 





This 











