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lanceolate, deciduous. Racemes axillary ; rachis angulose, pu- 

 berulous : pedicels in clusters of 3-4, short : flowers greenish- 

 white, numerous, but only 1-2 of each raceme perfecting 1 the 

 legume. Bracteas at the base of the pedicels, minute, ovato- 

 lanceolate. Calyx bibracteolated, minutely puberulous. Stand- 

 ard greenish, roundish, emarginate, concave; wings obovato- 

 cuneate, of a pale-buff colour. Ovary puberulous : style pubes- 

 cent towards the stigma : stigma oblongo-capitate. Legume 

 scimetar-shaped, an inch and a half in breadth, compressed, 

 subulate at the apex, glabrous : seeds 3, large, flat, white. 



A very good variety of pulse, not inferior to the Sugar- 

 Bean. 



8. Phaseolus compressus. Dutch-runner. 



Twining hispid, leaflets ovate acuminate, racemes 

 peduncled shorter than the leaf, pedicels in pairs, 

 legumes compressed subtorulose mucronate, seeds 

 compressed. 



De Cand. Prod. II. 392. 



HAB. Cultivated. 



FL. Throughout the year. 



Stem herbaceous. Leaflets broad-ovate, acuminate, 3-nerved, 

 hispid. Stipules ovato-subfalcate on the side towards the pe- 

 tiole. Raceme axillary, short, peduncled, about 4-flowered : 

 pedicels in pairs, about half an inch in length, filiform, subglab- 

 rous, furnished at their insertion with a broad-ovate acuminate 

 concave veined ciliated bractea to each pair. Bracteoles, a pair 

 of them, broad-ovate acuminate concave below each flower. 

 Calyx glabrous ; upper lip subentire ; lower lip 3-fid with the 

 middle lobe the longest. Standard greenish, obliquely reflect- 

 ed, concave, subemarginate : wings elliptic, clawed. Stamens 

 monadelphous with the tube slit above. Ovary linear, com- 

 pressed, green, pubescent : style pubescent towards the stigma, 

 which is obtuse. Legume 5-6 inches long : seeds white. 



Of this species there are two varieties ; a. humilis, or the poor 

 man's pea : /3. major, the common Dutch runner. They are 

 both much esteemed, and are very generally cultivated. 



9. Phaseolus nana. Dwarf Kidney-bean. 



Erect hispid, leaves ovate acuminate hirsute, 

 racemes sessile usually 6-flowered, pedicels in pairs 

 with the lowest pair axillary, legume pendulous sub- 

 torulose with a long beak, seeds oblong subcom- 

 pressed. 



Phaseolus erectus major, siliqua tereti, semine rubro, Sloane, 

 I. 183. t. 115. f. 2.3. 



