113 BIADEI/PHIA. DEC.INDRIA. 



or linear), bivalve, divided into many cells hy 

 transverse dissepiments." R. Brown. 



Arborescent, shrubby or herbaceous; leaves pinnate^ 

 peduncles 1 or many-flowered. 



f PECiEs. 1. S. pkifijcarpa. S. disperma. Ph. 2. p. 485. 

 Hab. Id Car', Una and Florida; common around New Or- 

 leans. 2.*m<icrocarpi4. Muhl. Flowers yellow. Around New 

 Orleans, v v. s. f. Le;^^ume very long- and narrow; leaflets 

 numerous, obiong-elliptic. — \ tropical genus of 10 spe- 

 cies, indigenous to India and America, with one species 

 in Egypt. 



tttttf Legume 1 -celled, many-seeded. (Stamina 

 diadelphous.) 



512. PHASEOLUS. L. (Kidney-bean.) 

 Carina with the stvle and stamina spirally 



convolute. " ie^iijne compressed, falcate. Seeds 

 compressed, reniform.'' Elliott, mss. 



Herbaceous and mostly twining plants; leaves ternate^ 

 petiolate, stipules minute, distinct from the petiole; flow- 

 ers mostly racemose and axillary. — Calix bilabiate, often 

 bibractcale at the base, upper lip emarginate, lower 3- 

 toothed; vexillum reflected. 



Species. 1 P. pereimis. Hab. From New England to 

 Carolina. xMr. Elliott considers the southern plant as a 

 distinct species. 



A tropical genus, (with the above exception and 2 spe- 

 cies at the Cape of Good Hope), containing about 30 spe- 

 cies, several of which are cultivated for food. 



513. DOLICHOS. L. 



Vexillum with 2 oblong parallel callosities at 

 its base, compressini? the wings. 



Vegetation similar to Phaseolus.— Calix 4-toothed, up- 

 per denture emarginate. Legume mostly cylindric. 



Species. 1 D. luieohis? Probably not the same with 

 the West India plant, us the legumes are torulose, flattish 

 and somewhat hirsute. Hab Very common in the vici- 

 nity of Savannah, (Georgia.) 2. vcxillaius. Phaseolus 

 vexillatus. L. S. helvohts Also referred to Phaseoli.s with, 

 the following by Willdenow 4. irihbus. 5. paraboHctis. 

 Glycine parabolica. V. W. Barton, 



