Phaseolus LEGUMINOS^ 65 



10-15 cm. 1. Seeds ovoid-oblong, variable in colour. This is the Kidney 

 Bean or Haricot ; the dwarf variety (P. nanus L.) is the Bush Bean, 

 Dwarf Kidney Bean of Jamaica. 



3. P. adenanthus G. F. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. 239 (1818) ; 

 inflorescence with numerous thickenings (to 20) somewhat close, 

 on the rhachis near the top of the peduncle, sometimes crowded 

 at the top into a head, usually shorter than the leaves ; bracteoles 

 shorter than the calyx; corolla 2-2*5 cm. 1.; pod linear, 

 recurved, sometimes somewhat straightish, somewhat torulose, 

 • 8-1 • 2 cm. br. — Griseh. loc. cit. ; Bak. loc. cit. ; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 

 308. P. truxillensis H. B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vL 451 (1823) ; 

 Benth. torn. cit. 186. P. amcenus Soland. ex Forst. f. Prodr. 91 

 (1786); Plants of Cook's First Voyage, Ic. pict. ined. ; Macf. 

 Jam. i. 278. P. rostratus Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 50, t. 63 (1830) ; 

 WigU Ic. t. 34. (Fig. 20.) 



Wright ! Port Royal Mts. ; St. John's Hills ; near Savanna la Mar, 

 Macfadyen ; Distin ! Prior ; March ! — Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



A subglabrous perennial. Stem twining. Leaflets ovate or ovate- 

 elliptical, 7-12 cm. 1. Racemes with a few showy flowers ; pedicels very 

 short. Bracteoles oblong, nerved, 3-4 mm. 1. CaZi/x-tube broadly cam- 

 panulate, about 4 mm. 1., upper tooth very broad, truncate, emarginate, 

 lateral lanceolate-acuminate, falcate, 3-3-5 mm. 1., lower lanceolate-linear, 

 2*5-3 mm. 1. Corolla fragrant, purple or red, sometimes variegated with 

 white and yellow; standard roundish, emarginate, 2-2*4 cm. 1. and br. ; 

 keel making a complete spiral. Pod, with many (10-15) seeds, usually 

 about 10 cm. 1. 



§ 2. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, teeth nearly equal in length. 

 Leaflets linear or lanceolate to ovate-elliptical ; lateral 

 scarcely unsymmetrical. 



4. P. lathypoides L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1018 (1763) ; inflorescence 

 a raceme with the clusters of flowers distant along the rhachis 

 near the apex of the peduncle, longer than the leaves ; bracteoles 

 much shorter than the calyx ; pod subcylindrical, linear, 

 straightish or slightly curved, 2-3 mm. br. — Sw. Obs. 280 ; 

 Macf. Jam. i. 284 ; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 310. P. subhirsutus &c. 

 Pluk. Pliyt. t. 214,/. 2 (excl. pods). Aim. 290. P. erectus lathy- 

 roides &c. Sloane Cat. 71 & Hist. t. 183, t. 116, /. 1. P. minor 

 erectus <fec. Browne Hist. Jam. 291. P. semierectus L. Mant. 100 

 (1767) ; Jacq. Ic. PL Bar. t. 558 ; Bat. Beg. t. 743 ; Benth. torn, 

 cit. 189 ; Griseb. op. cit. 197 ; Bah. torn. cit. 201. P. psoraleoides 

 Wight & Am. Prodr. 244 (1834) ; Wight Ic. t. 249. Types in 

 Herb. Mus, Brit. 



Savanna, St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. iii. 84 1 Browne ; Wright ! 

 Swartz 1 Distin I Prior ; roadsides, Jenman 1 King's House, J. P. 1357, 

 Morris 1 Hope grounds, Harris 1 Kingston, Bothrock ; Port Morant, 

 Hitchcock ; Porus, Lloyd. — Tropical America, India, Malaya. 



Bhizome perennial, or in cultivated ground the root annual (fide 

 IV. F 



