PHASEOLUS 



PHASEOLUS 



light purple to vellowish, rerv fragrant, the large keel 

 coiled like a suail shell. Tropics, probably of the Old 

 World. B.R. 4:341. V. 2, p. 370.-Naturalized in parts 

 of California, where it grows 20 or more feet high, some- 

 times becoming a nuisance. It is an old-fashioned 

 glasshouse plant in cold climates, but is now rarely 

 seen. It is sometimes planted out in summer. 



2. adenAnthus, Jlcvrr ( P. amoemm, Soland. P. Triix- 

 illtinis IIHK / .-<,/,'.s»i, HBK ) Foliat,e much 

 like that lit tin H-.t tlji llts o^ ate and somewhat acute 

 fls -(trj showj, red (oi li^ht blue ?), flagrant, in densi 

 almost I apitateclustei'. pod 4-C in long,usuall) tui\ed 

 Tropics, grown sparingly m southern California 



AA Petenmal fiom fubnou^ loot-i {but P mvlliflotu^ 



qinnn as „„ nvininl ^'■ ) Ihe fh ettlui hnge o, 



smiiU tin lis inihisunl ill scalnoub 



i multlSI6rus,^^ illil *>( \rt ftRi xnerBean DrTCH 



C\siKmip bj \n (iwliiti \>iiit\) Fi{, 17J9 Root 



he 1 II ,11 II il 111 the bouth but pci 



I nil ' Mm ming and slendti 



tliukeuid Hid till 

 ishing in the ^ 

 niinuteh pubesci 

 -.cabiouh pubtst 



r^l4Vt*2-.X 



UP 



iiiliic ovate and aiuti 



I II „e and showj, in 



I I . led, m the Dutch 



1 1 1 1 III* tl> projecting pods 



(I ^l.ii.lirtjpe beans large 



I I II 11 1\ cjlindric, red and 



1 wliiK m the many othei 



1 JleMcan, but now widelj 



r form is popular as an oraa 



(» cover windows, sometimes 



I . Ill or Piinted Lady The 



I I irdcn plant, grown for 



' ' 1 1 1 ire grown for food 



^ ippear inouriAest 



I li \ ine sHybrid beans 



738 Ribbon Grass— Phalans arundinacea var variegata 



seed scorns ilwij s 

 dwarf or "bush "form, probibly of i' innltiili , i. 

 introduced a few years ago as Barti Iili s |i» nt 

 (set Bull 87, Cornell Exp Sta ) Fig 171(i Itisi 

 III 1 1\ tint more 



as.ilHi\ 1 



red 01 1 11 i1 



pods M I , , 1 I, 1 ,11 I all of warm 



counting 1 111 1, 1. 11 .1 II U mi mure than 100 

 kinds th it em bccleiily i*ep iiateil as species Prom 

 its allied gcnert, Phiseolus is separited by minute 

 characters of caly \, &t} le and keel In Phaseolus the style 

 is bearded along the inner side, and the stigma is oblique 

 or lateial rather than capitate on the end of the style, 

 the keel is coiled into a spiral bod^ , including the 10 

 diadelphous stamens (m 9 and 1) 



the> must not b. ,,' , i ! i i, i Mil il, ,n in 



A. Perennial tall-twining species, with large, fragrant, 



showy fls., and nearly or quite glabrous Ivs. 



1. Caracilla, Linn. Caracol. Snail-Flower. Cork- 



sckew-Floweb. Leaflets broadly rhombic-ovate, pointed 



or acuminate: ds. large and fleshy, in axillary racemes, 



1739. Pha 



multiflorus (X '„). 1740. Barteldcs Bush Lima (X 14). 



Wluti'-speded form. Probably a form of Phaseolus multiflor^ 



