LEGUMINOS^E. CLXXXVIII. PHASEOLUS. 



355 



linear, acuminated, very villous. Q. ^. S. Native of Peru, 

 near Lima. 



Clothed Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



43 P. ACONITIFOLIUS (Jacq. obs. 3. p. 2. t. 52.) plant twining 

 a little, hairy; leaflets palmatifid beyond the middle, lateral 

 ones 3-4-lobed, terminal one 5-lobed ; peduncles usually 3- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves. Q. r *. S. Native of Tran- 

 quebar. Dolichos dissectus, Lam. diet. 3. p. 300. Dolichos 

 palmatus, Forsk. ex Steud. nom. Pluk. aim. t. 120. f. 7. Le- 

 gume unknown. Perhaps belonging to the following section. 



Aconite-leaved Kidney-bean. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1731. -PI. tw. 



SECT. III. STROPHOSTYLES (from orpo^oc, strophes, a twist, 

 and oruXof, stylos, a style ; in reference to the style, which is 

 twisted). Ell. sketch. 2. p. 229. Phasiolus and Phasellus, 

 Mcench. meth. 240. Legume terete. 



/ 1. Lobatifolii (from lobatus, lobed, and folium, a leaf; 

 leaflets lobed). Leaflets all or some of them lobed. 



44 P. DIVERSIFOLICS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 296.) stems prostrate, 

 scabrous ; leaflets angular, 2 or 3-lobed ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers capitate ; legumes 

 terete, pubescent. O- H. Native of Carolina, by the sea- 

 side. Gly'cine angulata, Muhl. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1056. P. 

 trilobus, Michx. fl. bor. amer 2. p. 60. but not of Roth. Stro- 

 phostyles angulosa, Ell. sketch. 2. p. 229. Flowers purplish. 

 Seeds reniform, cylindrical. 



Dkerse-kaved Kidney-bean. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1806. PI. pr. 



45 P. TRILOBUS (Roth. nov. spec. 344.) stem almost erect ; 

 branches prostrate, glabrous ; lateral leaflets 2-lobed, terminal 

 one 3-lobed ; peduncles usually 3-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves : legume declinate, cylindrical ; stipulas ovate. . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Dolichos trilobus, Lin. spec. 1021. 

 Burm. ind. t. 50. f. 1. Dolichos stipularis, Lam. diet. 2. p. 

 300. Gly'cine triloba, Lin. mant. 516. Pluk. aim. t. 214. f. 3. 

 Flowers green ? The leaves are considered by the native prac- 

 titioners of India to be cooling, sedative, antibilious, and tonic, 

 and useful as an application to weak eyes. 



TViree-fo&ed-leaved Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1777. 

 PI. prostrate. 



46 P. ANGULOSUS (Ort. dec. p. 24.) plant twining, hairy ; 

 leaflets ovate, lateral ones gibbous or 2-lobed on the outside, 

 middle one 3-lobed ; peduncles angular, rather longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers capitate ; bracteoles ovate ; wings shorter than 

 the carina ; legumes linear, terete, drooping a little, glabrous ; 

 seeds tetraquetrous. O- r> . H. Native of North America. 

 Flowers pale flesh-coloured and white. Savi, diss. 2. p. 1. 



Angular-seeded Kidney-bean. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. tw. 



47 P. FARINOSUS (Lin. spec. 1017.) stems twining; leaflets 

 rhomboid-ovate, acute, somewhat 3-lobed ; peduncles axillary, 

 rather longer than the petioles ; flowers subcapitate ; legumes 

 terete, smooth ; seeds cylindrical, truncate at both ends, covered 

 with farinose tomentum. O- ^. S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Niss. act. acad. par. 1730. p. 557. t. 42. Savi, diss. p. 3. P. 

 lunittus, Moench. meth. 140. Flowers rose-coloured, but the 

 vexillum is deep red. 



Mealy-seeded Kidney-bean. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. tw. 



48 P. STIPULA'RIS (Lam. diet. 3. p. 74.) stem erect, glabrous ; 

 leaflets oval, obtuse, lateral ones sinuated, terminal one 3-lobed ; 

 peduncles spicate, longer than the leaves ; stipulas ovate ; le- 

 gumes terete, horizontal, smoothish. Q. H. Native of Peru. 

 Flowers with a brown vexillum, yellow wings, and a white keel. 

 Like P. trUobum. 



Stipular Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. PI. 1 ft. 



49 P. ATROPURPU'REUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 395.) stem twining, clothed with adpressed pu- 



bescence ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, mucronate, 

 lateral ones 2-lobed ; peduncles bearing something like spikes of 

 flowers, longer than the leaves ; wings of corolla stipitate, orbi- 

 cular, longer than the vexiljum ; legumes terete, pendulous. Q ? 

 ^. H. Native of New Spain, on the mountains of Chilapa. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, but the wings are dark purple. 

 Dark-purple-8.ov;e*e& Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



2. Integrljolii (from integer, entire, and folium, a leaf; in 



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 allusion to the leaflets being entire). Leaflets entire. 



50 P. HE'LVOLUS (Lin. spec. 1017.) stems twining; leaflets 

 deltoid-oblong, a little sinuated ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves, bearing 3 flowers at the apex ; vexillum short, but the 

 wings are expanded, and large ; legumes terete, erect. 0. . H. 

 Native of North America, from Carolina to New York. Stro- 

 phostyles helvola, Ell. sketch. 2. p. 230. Gly'cine helvola, Ell. 

 journ. act. sc. phil. 1818. 1. p. 385. Gly'cine umbellata, Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 1058. Dill. hort. elth. 312. f. 300. Flowers of a 

 pale rose-colour. Seed small, turgid, of a blackish bay colour. 



JPafe-rerf-flowered Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. 

 PI. tw. 



51 P. VEXILLA'TUS (Lin. spec. 1017. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 102.) 

 stems prostrate or twining, rather pilose ; leaflets oblong-ovate ; 

 peduncles very long ; flowers 5-7 in a head; vexillum large, 

 emarginate ; wings small ; legumes terete, rather pilose ; seeds 

 woolly. O- 1 ^. H. Native of Carolina and about Havannah, 

 on the sea coast. P. helvolus, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 60. 

 P. vexillatus, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 470. Strophostyles 

 peduncularis, Ell. sketch. 2. p. 230. Glycine peduncularis, 

 Muhl. cat. 64. Dill. hort. elth. 313. f. 302. Perhaps the Caro- 

 lina plant is the same as that from Havannah. Flowers green 

 before expansion, afterwards very pale purple ; as they fade the 

 purple changes to pale violet, and finally to a dusky lurid-colour 

 or yellowish brown. 



Large-bannered Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. 

 PI. tw. 



52 P. TUBEROSES (Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb.) plant canes- 

 cent ; stems beset with retrograde villi ; petioles, and under side 

 of leaves strigose ; leaflets small, elliptic, entire, sometimes the 

 lateral ones are slightly 2-lobed ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate ; stipels and bracteas subu- 

 late ; teeth of calyx setaceous ; root tuberous. "If. . ^\ S. Native 

 of Mexico. 



Ttt&erous-rooted Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



53 P. MU'NOO (Lin. mant. 101.) stem flexuous, terete, his- 

 pid ; leaflets ovate, acute, rather repand ; peduncles a little 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers 6-7 in a head ; carina putting 

 forth a little horn from the left side ; legume terete, hairy, rather 

 torulose ; seeds cylindrical, truncate. O- H. Native of the 

 East Indies. Savi, diss. 1. p. 9. P. hirtus, Retz, obs. 3. p. 38. 

 Mungo, garc. arom. 1. 2. c. 21. Flowers yellow. Seeds 

 eatable, Lour. Muong-an is the vernacular name of the plant. 



Mungo Kidney-bean. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1790. PI. 1^- ft. 



54 P. GLYCINEFORMIS (Weinm. in flora, 1821. p. 29.). stem de- 

 cumbent, twining, pilose, rather scabrous ; leaflets oblong, ob- 

 tuse ; peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered, longer than the leaves; 

 legumes terete, pilose. Q. ^. S. Native of Chili and Peru. 

 Flowers with a bluish violet vexillum, marked with yellow at the 

 base. Said to be allied to P. Mungo. 



Glycine-f armed Kidney-bean. PI. tw. 



55 P. HERNANDE V SII (Savi, diss. 1. p. 11.) stem flexuous, 

 hispid ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, somewhat repand ; peduncles 

 shorter than the petioles, 4-6-flowered ; legumes rather toru- 

 lose, pilose, beaked, straightish ; seeds oblong, cylindrical. O- 

 H. Native of Mexico. Hern. mex. 887. with a figure. Vex- 



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