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PHASEOLUS 



PHELLODENDRON 



not readily splitting at maturity : beans very large, 

 white, red, black or speckled. South Amer. Widely 

 grown in the tropics, and one of the richest of beans. 

 Unreliable in the northern states because of the short, 

 cool seasons. There are two forms in cult, in the U. S. : 

 Flat- or Large-seeded Limas, with seeds very flat and 



1745. Leaf of Phaseolus vulgar!*. 



veiny and more or less lunate in shape, and very broad 

 flat pods, with a distinct but not prominent pod, and 

 broad-ovate Ifts.; Potato Limas, with smaller tumid 

 seeds, shorter and thicker pods, with a very short point, 

 and long-ovate, tapering Ifts., with angular base. In 

 both these groups there are dwarf or bush forms, Bur- 

 pee Dwarf Lima in the former, and Kumerle Dwarf 

 Lima in the latter. The Lima Bean is perennial in the 

 tropics. 



cc. Beans relatively small, oblong and nearly cylin- 

 drical. 



8. vulgaris, Linn. COMMON BEAN. KIDNEY BEAN of 

 the English. HARICOT of the French. Figs. 1745-7. 

 Slender, twining, more or less pubescent: Ifts. rhombic- 

 ovate or ovate, acuminate: peduncles shorter than the 

 petioles, few-fld. at or near the apex: fls. small, white, 

 yellowish or blue -purple : pod slender, somewhat 

 curved, provided with a straight or curved tip. Now 

 believed to be tropical American. Here belong all the 

 common garden pole beans, aside from the Lima types, 

 including the Pole Cranberry (Fig. 1747), and so-called 

 Horticultural Lima. Runs into very many forms. 



Var. nanus (P. nanus, Linn.). BUSH BEAN. A do- 

 mesticated race, differing only in its dwarf or "bush" 

 habit. It is now the more popular type, particularly in 

 America, since it requires no labor in providing poles 

 or other support. This includes all the common gar- 

 den and field beans. 



1746. Long-podded forms of Phaseolus vulgaris. 



For a history of garden or kidney beans, see Georg 

 von Martens, "Die Gartenbohnen," 1869. He makes 7 

 specific types and many subtypes or botanical varieties. 

 His species are: P. vulgaris, Savi. Pod straightish and 

 subtorulose, long-mucronate ; seeds somewhat com- 

 pressed, oblong-reniform. P. compressus, Martens 

 Climbing: pods compressed and broad, short-mucronate ; 

 seeds strongly compressed, oblong-reniform. P. gono- 

 sperrmis, Savi. Climbing: pod subincurved, torulose 

 and short-mucronate; seeds somewhat compressed and 



irregularly angular-truncate. P. carinatus, Martens. 

 Climbing: pod falcate and rugose; seeds teretish, elon- 

 gated, somewhat truncate-carinate. P. oblongus, Savi. 

 Dwarf, erect: pod subcylindrical, straightish, long- 

 mucronate; seeds subreniform-cylindric, twice longer 

 than broad. P. ellipticus, Martens. Low, erect or 

 somewhat climbing: pod straightish, more or less 

 torulose; seeds small, tumid-elliptic. P. sphcericus, 

 Martens. Nearly erect, or climbing: pod straightish 

 and constricted; seeds large and subglobose. 



L. H. B. 



PHEASANT'S EYE. Narcissus poeticus, Dianthus 

 plumariiis, and Adonis. 



PHEG6PTEKIS (Greek, leech-fern}. Polypodiacece. 

 BEECH, OAK or SUN FERN. A genus of ferns allied to 

 Dryopteris in habit, but with no indusium, the sori being 

 entirely naked. There are numerous, tropical American 

 and Sandwich Island species worthy of cultivation in 

 warmhouses. Three of our native species 

 are sometimes offered in the trade. For 

 culture, see page 575. 



A. Fronds (Ivs.) small or medium-sized, 

 at most tripinnatifid. (Native spe- 

 cies.) 



B. Lvs. bipinnatifid, broadly tri- 

 angular. 



hexagondptera, Fee (Polypbdium Jiex- 

 agondptewim, Michx.). Lvs. 9-15 in. 

 long, usually broader than long, pale 

 green; lower pair of pinnae deflexed 

 and set forward; sori marginal. East- 

 ern U. S. 



polypodioides, Fe"e. Lvs. 5-9 in. long, 

 longer than broad, dark green, slightly 

 hairy beneath ; sori nearer the margin 

 than the midrib. Eu. and northeastern 

 N. Amer. 



BB. Lvs. tripinnatifid, lanceolate. 



alp6stris, Fe"e. Lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 6-8 

 in. wide, with numerous finely cut lance- 

 olate pinnae, the lobes toothed ; thinly 

 herbaceous. Eu. and northwest Amer. 

 Has the habit ofAsplenium filix-fcemina 



BBB. Lvs. ternately tripinnatifid. 

 Dry6pteris, Fee. OAK FERN. Lvs. 

 triangular, 3-9 in. each way, the lowest 

 pinnae nearly equal to the central (ter- 

 minal) portion, giving the leaf a ternate 

 appearance. Eu. and N. Amer. 



AA. Fronds (Ivs.) several feet long, 

 decompound. 



Kerandreniana, Gaud. Lvs. several 

 feet long, decompound with light brownish polished 

 stalks, and straw-colored rachides; texture herbaceous; 

 sori near the margins of the segments. Sandwich 

 Islands. Also advertised under Polypodium. 



L. M. UNDERWOOD. 



The American species are of easy culture in shady 

 places, and increase rapidly by creeping rootstocks. 

 The fronds are light green, of a distinct and attractive 

 hue. They have the fault of dying down for the sea- 

 son before the summer is over, especially when grow- 

 ing in rather dry positions. P. polypodioides prefers 

 a moist, shaded place. It is not so quickly deciduous 

 as the other two species. P. hexagonoptera is suited 

 for almost any shaded position. The fronds often die 

 down in August, and at this season are occasionally 

 much and handsomely variegated with pure white. P. 

 Dryopteris is one of the most beautiful of small Ameri- 

 can hardy ferns. It is eminently suited to shady rock- 

 work, though it completes its growth early in the season. 



F. W. BARCLAY. 



PHELLODENDRON (Greek, phellos, cork, and den- 

 dron, tree; alluding to the corky bai'k). Rutacea*. 

 Ornamental deciduous trees with large, opposite, odd- 

 pinnate Ivs., inconspicuous greenish fls. in short 

 terminal panicles and black frs. P Amurense is quite 



1747. Cranberry 

 Pole Bean 

 Phaseolus vul- 

 garis (X %). 



