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LEGUMINOS^E. CLXXXVIII. PHASEOLUS. 



:.'7.) plant twining, hairy ; leaflets ovate-trapezoid, mucronatc ; 

 peduncles spicate, longer than the leaves, bearing a fascicle of 

 sterile bracteas on both sides at the base ; legumes linear, hairy, 

 many-seeded. O- - S. Native of Brazil. Flowers dark 

 purple. 



Bracteolate Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



9 P. LEPTOSPE'RMUS (Lag. nov. gen. 22.) plant twining, 

 hairy, much branched ; leaflets deltoid, obtuse ; spikes axillary, 

 and terminal ; peduncles many-flowered. O- ? . S. Native 

 of Xew Spain. 



Blender-seeded Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



10 P. LINEA'RIS (El. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 415.) 

 plant twining a little ; branches and petioles besot with retro- 

 grade stiff hairs ; leaflets linear, obtuse, mucronate, somewhat 

 cordate at the base ; the odd leaflet 3-toothed and acumin- 

 ated ; peduncles very long, few-flowered ; bracteoles oblong, 5- 

 nerved. O- ^. S. Native of South America, on the banks of 

 the Orinoco. Pedicels alternate. Flowers purplish, about the 

 size of those of Lathyrus odoratus. Peduncles 6-8 inches long. 



iiear-leafletted Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



IIP. LEPTOPIIY'LLUS ; plant twining ; stems smooth ; leaflets 

 linear, obtuse, mucronate, with revolute margins ; peduncles 

 long, hispid, few-flowered ; stipulas small, ovate ; bracteas small, 

 sagittate from 2 descending auricles at the base ; pedicels oppo- 

 site ; legume linear, pubescent. If. . / ~ > . S. Native of Mexico. 

 P. linearis, Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb. Flowers about the 

 size of those of Vlcla saliva, apparently purplish. 



Slender-leqflelted Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



12 P. TRUXILLE'NSIS (H. B- et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 451.) plant twining; branches and petioles beset with retro- 

 grade pili ; leaflets ovate, ending in a narrow acumen, obsoletely 

 cordate at the base, and clothed with adpressed pubescence ; 

 racemes on long peduncles, upper lip of calyx broad, emargi- 

 nate, lower lip 3-lobed, acute, lateral lobes falcate. 0. ^. S. 

 Native of Peru, near Truxillo. Flowers about the size of those 

 of Lathy nix odoratus, of a pale rose-colour or yellowish violet. 



Trux'dlo Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



13 P. PILOSUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 453.) 

 plant twining ; branchlets and petioles beset with retrograde 

 pili ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, cuneated at the base, 

 and clothed with adpressed pili on both surfaces ; racemes pe- 

 dunculate, many-flowered, longer than the leaves ; bracteoles 

 linear, and are, as well as the calyxes, hairy ; upper lip of calyx 

 broad, emarginate, lower one 3-lobed, acute ; legumes villous. 

 O / ~ l . S. Native of South America, on the banks of the river 

 Magdalena near Morales. Corolla yellow. 



Pilose Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



14 P. PORTORICE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 352.) plant climb- 

 ing, smooth ; racemes rather compound, elongated : pedicels 

 somewhat verticillate, villous ; calyxes bractless, truncate ; wings 

 about equal in length to the vexillum. O- ? . S. Native of 

 Porto-Ilico. 



Porto-Rico Kidney-bean. PL cl. 



15 P. SPECIOSUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 452.) 

 plant twining ; branches and petioles pubescent ; leaflets ovate, 

 somewhat acuminately-mucronate, puberulous above, and tomen- 

 toscly pubqscent beneath ; peduncles long, few-flowered ; lobes 

 of calyx ciliated, superior one broad, emarginate, lower ones 

 acute, lateral ones falcate. 0.^.8. Native on the banks of 

 the Orinoco, and of Mexico near Misantla. P. grandiflorns, 

 Sesse et Moc. Flowers large, shewy. Legumes unknown. 



Shcwy Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1830. PL tw. 



16 P. PEDUNCULA RIS (11. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 447.) plant twining ; branches scabrous from retrograde stiff 

 hairs ; leaflets ovate, acuminated ; racemes on very long, ascend- 

 ing peduncles ; upper lip of calyx short, emarginate, lower one 



3-lobed, acute ; legume elongated, erect, linear, pubescent, mu- 

 cronate. O. ^. S. Native of New Granada. Allied to P. 

 semi-cri-cta. 



Ijong-ped 'uncled Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



17 P. CIRRHOSUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 448.) 

 plant twining, cirrhiferous, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, 

 roughish, rounded at the base ; racemes on long peduncles ; two 

 upper lobes of calyx rounded and short, lateral ones falcate, and 

 the one under the keel straight. Q. 1 ^. H. Native of Mexico, 

 near Vera-Cruz. Legume unknown. 



Tendrilled Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



18 P. SYLVE'STRIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 450.) plant twining ; branches beset with retrograde pili ; leaf- 

 lets deltoid-ovate, acuminately-mucronate ; racemes twin, on long 

 peduncles ; bracteoles large, elliptic ; upper lip of calyx broad, 

 entire, lower one 3-parted, obtuse. Q. ^. H. Native of 

 Mexico, in woods between Valladolid and Ario. Flowers scarlet. 

 Legumes unknown. Very like P. mulliflorus. 



Wood Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. PL tw. 



19 P. COCCI'NEUS (Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb.) plant twin- 

 ing ; leaves and peduncles pubescent ; leaflets broad-ovate, ob- 

 lique, acuminated, strongly 3-nerved ; stipulas lanceolate ; pe- 

 duncles length of leaves ; flowers umbellate ; bracteas forming 

 an involucrum to the umbel of flowers ; upper segment of the 

 calyx very broad, and much nerved. 1. . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Flowers about the same size and colour as those of the 

 scarlet-runner. 



/S'carto-flowered Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



20 P. FORMOSUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 449.) 

 plant twining ; branches beset with retrograde hairs ; leaflets 

 deltoid-ovate, acutish, mucronate ; racemes on long peduncles ; 

 bracteoles ovate-orbicular ; upper lip of calyx broad, entire, 

 lower one 3-parted, acute ; young legumes hairy. O- ^- H. 

 Native of New Spain, in frigid places near Tolluca. Flowers 

 scarlet. Very nearly allied to P. multiflorus, 



Beautiful Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



21 P. MULTIFLORUS (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1030.) plant twining, 

 smoothish ; leaflets ovate, acuminated ; racemes pedunculate, 

 longer than the leaves ; pedicels twin ; bracteoles rather shorter 

 than the calyx, and adpressed to it ; legumes pendulous, rather 

 falcate, torulose, scabrous. Q. '"X H. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. Savi, diss. 2. p. 11. The scarlet-Lean was only regarded 

 as a variety of the kidney or French-bean by Linnaeus, but now 

 found to be specifically distinct. The seeds are large, purple, 

 marked with black, and sometimes pure white. The culture and 

 use of the scarlet-bean are the same as that of P. w.ilgaris or 

 French-bean, which see, no. 22. 



Var. a, coccineus ; corolla deep scarlet. P. vulgaris cocci- 

 neus, Lin. P. coccineus, Kniph. cent. 12. no. 71. Lam. diet. 3. 

 p. 70. Moris, hist. 52. t. 5. f. 4. Corn. can. t. 185. Ger. 

 emac. 1215. This variety is called the scarlet-runner. 



Var. ft, albifibrus ; flowers white. To this variety belong the 

 Tvhitc-runner, nhitc-Dutch-runner, and perhaps the variable- 

 runner. 



Alany-flowered Kidney-bean or Scarlet-runner. Fl. Jul. Sep. 

 Clt. 1633. PL tw. 



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4. Brachypbdii (from flpu^yr, brachys, short, and TTOVQ irocor, 

 lolls podos, a foot ; in reference to the peduncles being shorter 

 than the leaves). Roots annual. Leajlets entire. Peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves. Most of the species of this division are 

 cultivated in the gardens under the name of French-beans or kid- 

 ney-beans. 



22 P. VULGA'RIS (Savi, mem. 3. p. 14.) plant twining, smooth- 

 is!) ; leaflets ovate, acuminated ; racemes pedunculate, shorter 

 than the leaves ; pedicels twin ; legumes pendulous, straight, 



