EXr.MKKATlOX OF I'lIlLll'l'lNK LKCUMIXOSAK. 181 



iiudiiiti}, but •'IikU'n Iscweiisis" jrivt's tlic place of puhlii-atiun as volume four of llie 

 second edition of Alton's "Hortus Kcwcnsis." the date of which is given by Prit/.el 

 as 1812; tliis ])r()ves to bo a valid publioation and, if the dates are eoireet. then 

 Fleiningia has i)riority over Moghania. The case is not eovered by the list of 

 Viomina couscrrandn of the Vienna Botanical Congress, although DeDalla Torre 

 & Harms in their "Genera Siphonoganuinun" accept FJemitujUi Roxb. in j)reference 

 to Mofihitniii St. llil.. giving the iXMv of iiubjication of tlie foi'nier as 1812. 



S(i. PHASEOLUS Linn. 

 Stipules small, basilixed. 

 Scandent; pods glabrous. 



Flowers less than 8 mm lung: petals p\iberulent e.Kternally. greenish-yellow, 



pods broad, flattened. 1.5 to 2 cm wide 1. P. Imutfiis 



Flowers abcmt 2.^^ cm long; petals glabrous, pink to jmrple; pods less than 



1 cm wide, subtorulose between the seeds 2. /'. adenrtnthiin 



Erect: pnds a])pressed-])ul)escent. about 4 mm wide: Howers dark-purple. 



3. /-'. semirrcctiis 

 Stipules produced below the point of insertion; petals yellow, glabrous. 



Leaflets linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, mostly less than 1 cm in \vidtli; pods 



glabrous or somewhat strigose 4. P. iiiiiiliniis 



Leaflets ovate, oblong-ovate or orbicular-ovate exceeding 2 or 3 cm. in width. 



Pods glabrous; leaflets usually repand or slightly lobed 5. /'. calcarol ii.i 



Pods pubescent. 



Erect or scandent; leaflets pubescent or glabrous, not lobed. acute, obtuse. 



or slightly acuminate, cultivated 6. P. radiatufi 



Scandent; fulvous-pubescent; leaflets rather strongly acuminate, lobed or 

 repand "• /'• siihlobalii.s 



]. Phaseolus lunatus Linn. Sp. PI. (ITo-Vl 724; Hlanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 

 573. ed. 2 (1845 1 400. ed. 3, 2: 37<>; Naves 1. c. ed. 3, pi. S.)2 : Baker in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (lS7<i) 200. 



Phaseolus iinnnornvs Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 271. ed. 2 (1845) 39!1 (err. 

 typ. inanidtus) , ed. 3. 2: 308, non {'!) Linn. 



Phaseolus vecnllatus Blanco 1. e. <'d. 1. 574. non Linn. 



Phaseolus rulgaris Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 401, ed. 3, 2: 371. non Linn. 



Phaseolvs ilocaniis Blanco 1. c. ed. 1, (1837) 572. 



Phaseolus fuul-Uicusis Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 390. ed. 3. 2:3()!); Xaves 1. c. 

 ed. 3, pi. 36!). non ( '!) Lour. 



Luzon. Province of Cagayan. For. Jiiir. KHiiS Vurraii: Province of 1 locos 

 Norte. Bur. iSVf. 7lj]'> Ramos. Pur. Sci. .i21'.> Mearns: Province of Abra. For. Bur. 

 I'ldol Darling: Province of Bengtiet. For. Bur. 16220. 16223 (Unrau. Merrilf. 

 <(• ZsehoJ,-ke: Province of LTnion, For. Bur. 15710 Merritt <C- Darling: Province of 

 N)ieva Ecija. For. Bur. 8-)00 Curran: Province of Pampanga, Parker 39, Merrill 

 s. n.: Province of Batangas, Vuzner 37. Province of Rizal, Bur. Sri. 2171 Ramos: 

 Province of Laguna. Elmer, Hallier s. n. Palawan. Bur. Sri. 27!) Bermrjos. 

 [Mindanao, District of Davao, DeVore t(- Poorer 23'>. 



\\'i(lely known in the Philippines as patani. other names given by Blanco being 

 buitiugi and hiringi (Batangas). and the Spanish nanu's zahachc and frijolcs 

 (Ir Abra. 



A native of tropical America, now widely distributed in the Pliilippines. 

 cliiefly in cultivation; Tropics of the world. 



I have followed F.-Villar in the reductions of the sevei-al s))eeies recognized 

 by Blanco, as they all seem to be cultivated foinis of this variable species. 



