LEGUMINOS.E. CLXXXVIII. PHASEOLUS. CLXXXIX. CYRTOTROPIS. CXC. SOJA. 



ilium yellow on the inside, and the wings are yellow. Seeds 

 chestnut-coloured. 



Hernandez's Kidney-bean. PL 1^ foot. 



56 P. I-AUCIFLORUS (Sesse, et Moc. in herb. Lamb.) plant 

 twining ; stems villous ; leaflets ovate, mucronate, pubescent, 

 entire ; stipulas broad-cordate, ciliated, as well as the bracteas ; 

 peduncles more than twice the length of the leaves, 2-flowered ; 

 segments of the calyx lanceolate, ciliated, upper one emarginate ; 

 vexillum obovate, emarginate ; stigma broad, spiral. I/. '~ 1 . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers large, with the wings and keel 

 blue, and the vexillum pale. 



Fern-flowered Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



57 P. CHRYSA'NTHOS (Savi, diss. 1. p. 15.) stem flexuous, 

 glabrous ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate ; peduncles a little longer 

 than the leaves, many-flowered ; legumes terete, glabrous, rather 

 torulose, horizontal, acuminated by a beak ; seeds almost cylin- 

 drical. . H. Native country unknown. Flowers yellow. 

 Seeds rust-coloured. 



Golden-Jlorvered Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



58 P. RADIA'TUS (Lin. spec. 1017.) stem erect, terete, beset 

 with retrograde pili ; leaflets ovate, acute ; peduncles hardly 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers 7-8 in a head ; legumes terete, 

 hairy, horizontal. $ . S. Native of China and Ceylon. 

 Dill. hort. elth. 315. f. 304. Flowers pale purple, but changing 

 to ochraceous as they fade. Reich, act. stockh. 1742. p. 202. 

 t. 7. f. 2. Seeds greenish yellow, ovate, small. 



Rayed Kidney-bean. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1732. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



59 P. SCA'BER (Steud. nom. 610.) stem erect, hispid ; leaflets 

 broad-ovate ; peduncles very short, hispid ; flowers somewhat 

 capitate ; legumes erect, terete, scabrous ; seeds cylindrical. 

 0. H. Native country unknown. Moris, oxon. sect. 2. t. 5. 

 f. 8. Phasellus scaber, Moench. meth. 140. Flowers green- 

 ish yellow. Seeds rusty. 



Scabrous Kidney-bean. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



60 P. LATHYROIDES (Lin. spec. 1018.) stem erect, glabrous; 

 leaflets oblong, acuminated ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers somewhat spicate ; vexillum concave, much shorter than 

 the wings ; legumes terete, subulate. . H. Native of Jamaica, 

 in humid sandy places. Sloan, hist. 1. t. 11G. f. 1. Phasellus 

 lathyroides, Mcench. meth. 140. Flowers red; the keel whitish. 



Lathyrus-like Kidney-bean. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1786. PL 2 ft. 



61 P. SEMIERE'CTUS (Lin. spec. 1016.) stems twining at the 

 apex, terete, pubescent ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, gla- 

 brous ; peduncles elongated ; flowers twin, disposed in a kind of 

 spike ; keel of flower awnless, hooked, turned to the right ; 

 legumes rather spreading, straight, subulate, compressed, acu- 

 minated by a beak ; seeds oblong. O- '"' H. Native of South 

 America. Savi, diss. 2. p. 6. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 558. Dill, 

 hort. elth. t. 233. f. 301. Ker, bot. reg. 743. Phaseolus semi- 

 erectus, Moench. meth. 141. Flowers with a greenish vexillum, 

 tinged with purple, and with the keel purple in the middle, but 

 white on the sides, but the wings are deep purple. Seeds brown, 

 spotted with black. 



Half-erect Kidney-bean. Fl. July. Clt. 1781. PL tw. 



62 P. VIOLA'CEUS (Steud. nom. 610.) stem erect, flexuous, 

 glabrous ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute ; peduncles 2-3-flow- 

 ered, length of the petioles ; legumes erect, linear, terete. 0. H. 

 Native of Africa. Phasellus violaceus, Mcench. meth. 141. P. 

 Abyssinicus, Hortul. Flowers sessile, white, but with the vexil- 

 lum and wings violaceous on the outside. 



Fi'o/aceous-flowered Kidney-bean. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1808. 

 PL 2 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



63 P. MAX (Lin. spec. 1017. exclusive of the synonyme of 

 -Hern.) stem erect, angular, hispid; leaflets ovate, acute; le- 



gumes torulose, pendulous, hairy, 3-4-seeded, beaked. . H. 

 Native of Moluccas. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 388. t. 140? Flowers 

 greenish yellow. Seeds black, about the size of coriander-seeds. 

 Max is the Spanish name of the plant. 



MUJC Kidney-bean. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1758. PL H ft. 



64 P. CAPE'NSIS (Thunb. tt. cap. 589. but not of Burm.) plant 

 filiform, decumbent, flexuous, villous ; leaflets ovate or lanceo- 

 late ; peduncles 1 -flowered, flexuous, axillary, longer than the 

 petioles. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla large, 

 flesh-coloured. Legume unknown. 



Cape Kidney-bean. PL decumbent. 



65 P. PA'LLAR (Mol. chili, ed. gall. p. 335.) stem twining, 

 very pilose ; leaflets obliquely-oblong, villous ; peduncles race- 

 mose, very long ; flowers small, remote ; legumes pendulous, 

 cylindrical, torulose, villous. Native of Chili. 



Pallor Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



66 P. ASE'LLUS (Mol. 1. c.) stem twining ; leaflets sagittate ; 

 seeds globose. Native of Chili. 



Ass's Kidney-bean. PL tw. 



Cult. The species of this genus are not worth cultivating for 

 ornament. They all grow well in light rich soil, and the peren- 

 nial, herbaceous, and shrubby kinds are easily increased by 

 cuttings. 



CLXXXIX. CYRTO'TROPIS (from wproc, kyrtos, curved, 

 and Tpovif, tropis, a carina ; in allusion to the carina of the 

 flower, which is much curved). Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 49. t. 62. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decundria. Calyx bilabiate ; upper 

 lip unidentate, lower one tridentate. Corolla papilionaceous. 

 Vexillum reflexed, bicallous at the base ; keel linear, falciform, 

 very long, ascending, 2-petalled ; wings cuneiform, short, diva- 

 ricate. Stamens diadelphous. Legume sessile, linear, compressed, 

 covered on the inside by a spongy membrane, which afterwards 

 separates from it, the seeds intercepted by cellular spongy dissepi- 

 ments. A tall climbing herb, with perennial roots, impari-pin- 

 nate leaves, loose axillary racemes of flesh-coloured flowers, and 

 long, pendulous, many-seeded legumes. 



1 C. CA'RNEA {Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 50. t. 62.) y.. ^. G. 

 Native of Nipaul, on the high mountains of Sheopore and Chun- 

 daghiry. Shrub quite smooth. Leaflets 5. Flowers large, pale 

 red, shewy ; the vexillum ornamented with dark feathered lines. 



Flesh-coloured-flowered Cyrtotropis. Shrub tw. 



Cult. An elegant twining plant, very proper for a green- 

 house conservatory. It will grow in rich light soil, and cuttings 

 will strike root in sand under a hand-glass. 



CXC. SO'JA (sooja is the name of a sauce prepared from 

 the seeds by the Japanese). Mcench. meth. 153. Savi, diss. 

 1824. p. 16. D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 396. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx bibracteolate at the 

 base, 5-cleft, the 3 lower segments straight and acute, but the 2 

 upper ones are joined together beyond the middle. Corolla with an 

 ovate vexillum, which stands on a short stipe, and with an oblong 

 straight keel. Stamens diadelphous, the tenth one approximate, 

 but certainly distinct. Stipe of ovary not surrounded by a sheath 

 at the base. Style short. Legume oblong, 2-5-seeded, mem- 

 branous ; the seeds intercepted by cellular dissepiments. Seeds 

 ovate, compressed. A hispid erect herb, with pinnately-trifoliate 

 leaves, and with the flowers either aggregate in the axils of 

 the leaves on short pedicels, or disposed in short pedunculate 

 racemes. 



1 S. HI'SPIDA (Moench. 1. c.) 0. H. Native of Japan, East 

 Indies, and the Moluccas. Dolichos Soja, Lin. spec. 1621. 

 Jacq. icon. rar. t. 145. S6ja Japonica, Savi, diss. 1. c. Kcempf. 

 amocn. 837 and 838, with a figure. Corolla violaceous, hardly 

 longer than the calyx. The seeds, which are usually called 



