64 FLOEA OF JAMAICA Phaseoltis 



Br. W. Ind. 196 ; Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. ii 200 ; Urh. Symh. 

 Ant. iv. 308 ; Dunlop in W. Ind. Bull. xv. 29. P. maximus perennis 

 semine &c. Sloane Gat. 66 & Hist. i. 175, t. Ill, /. 1. P. perennis 

 angustifolius &c. Sloane Cat. 67 & Hist. i. 176, t. Ill, /. 2. 

 P. major perennis &c. Sloane Cat. 67 & Hist. i. 176, t. 112, 

 /. 1, 2, 3. P. scandens . . . quadrispermibas, P. scandens . . . 

 radiatus, and P. maximus perennis &c. Browne Hist, Jam. 292, 

 293. P. inamoenus L. loc. cit. (1753); Jacq. Hart. Vindob. t. 66. 

 P. rufus Jacq. op. cit. t. 34 (1770). P. bipunctatus Jacq. op. cit. 

 t. 100. P. fcBcundus Macf. Jam. i. 281 (18.37) (Prolific or 

 Hibbert Bean). P. saccharatus Macf. Jam. i. 282 (Sugar 

 Bean). P. latisiliquus Macf. loc. cit. (1837) (Broad Bean). 

 P. limensis Macf. Jam. i. 279 (1837) (Lim.a Bean, White 

 Bean). P. parvifloriis Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. iv. 18 (1812). 

 Jacquin's specimens of P. rufus and P. bipunctatus from Hort. 

 Vindob. are in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Spontaneous and cultivated ; Sloane Herb. iii. 62, 63, 64 1 Wright I 

 Macfadyen ; Prior. — Cultivated everywhere and often naturalized in 

 tropical and subtropical regions. 



Stem perennial, twining, at first downy, soon glabrescent. Leaflets 

 broadly ovate-rhomboid to narrowly ovate-acuminate, lateral unsym- 

 metrical, usually 6-7 cm. 1. Racemes lax, many-flowered, to 15 cm. 1., 

 the lower thickenings distant, each with 2-4 flowers ; pedicels longer 

 than the calyx, finally 5-8 mm. 1. Bracteoles 1-5-2 mm. 1. Calyx 3-4 

 mm. 1. ; teeth much shorter than tube, upper tooth truncate, lateral 

 deltoid, lower tooth triangular, acute. Corolla greenish- white. Pod 

 2-4-seeded, 4-7 cm. 1. Seeds variable in form and colour, red, white, 

 black, or speckled. 



2. P. vulgaris L. Sp. PI. 723 (1753) ; inflorescence subsessile, 

 much shorter than the leaves ; bracteoles longer than the calyx, 

 or sometimes nearly equal ; corolla about 1 • 3 cm. 1. ; pod oblong- 

 linear, upper margin straight or slightly recurved, to 1 • 3 cm. br. 

 (sometimes 2 cm. br.). — Benth. torn. cit. 182; Griseh. loc. cit.; 

 Bak. loc. cit. P. nanus L. Cent. PI. 23 (1755); Jmcew. iv. 284; 

 & Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1017; Macf Jam. i. 283 (Dwarf Kidney 

 Bean). P. saccharatus Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. iv. 16 (1812)? 

 P. gonospermus Savi in Mem. Phas. iii. 21, f 19 (1824 or 1825); 

 Macf. Jam. i. 280 (1837) (Hibbert Pea)? P. compressus 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 392 (1825) ; Macf. Jam. i. 283 (D u t c h R u n n e r). 

 P. dumosus Macf. Jam. i. 279 (1837) (Year Bean)? 



Spontaneous and cultivated; ilfac/ad^/eM.— Widely spread, cultivated, 

 and often naturalized, in tropical and subtropical regions. 



A subglabrous annual. Stem twining, 6-10 ft. high (P. vulgaris L.), 

 or suberect and low (P. tianus L.). Leaflets ovate, acuminate, lateral 

 unsymmetrical, 4-20 cm. 1. ; stipules triangyilar, 4 mm. 1., stipels linear, 

 4 mm. 1. Racemes lax, few-flowered; pedicels longer than the calyx, 

 finally 6-8 mm. 1. Bracteoles oblong, ribbed, persistent, about 6 mm. 1. 

 Calyx 3-4 mm. 1., upper tooth truncate, 3 lower teeth ovate, apex rounded. 

 Corolla white, or lilac-purple, or pinkish or yellowish. Pod 4-6-seeded, 



