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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. : 

 Plat- or Large-seeded Linias, with seeds very flat and 



leans. 



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 relative}!/ small, oblong and nearly cylin- 

 drical. 



8. vulg&ris, Linn. Common Bean. Kidney Bean of 

 the Engli.sh. Haricot of the French. Pigs. 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. 



VaT.akrms {P.ndnus,Lian.). Bitsh 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. Lone-podded forms of Phaseolus vulearis. 



For a history of garden or kidney beans, see Georg 

 von Martens, "Die Uartenbohnen," 18C9. 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- 

 spermus, Savi. Climbing: pod subincurved, tomlose 

 and short-mucronate; seeds somewhat compressed and 



irregularly angular-truncate. P. carinahis, 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. elliptieus. Martens. Low. erect or 

 somewhat climbing: pod straightish, more or less 

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

 Martens. Nearly erect, or climbing: pod straightish 

 and constricted; seeds large and subglobose. 



L. H. 



PHEASANT'S EYE. ^'^arciss1ls poeticns, Dianthus 



idon 



FHEGdPTEElS (Greek, heech-fern) . PohjpodiAcea. 

 Beech, Oak or Sun Fern. A genus of ferns allied to 

 Dryupteris 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 spt- 



B. Lvs. bipinnatifid, broadly tri- 



hexagondptera. Fee (Polypodiiim luj 

 <i,l„iH:,il,riii,i, Michx.). Lvs. 9-15 in. 

 lon^, usually broader than long, palt' 

 green; lower pair of pinnee defiexed 

 and set forward; sori marginal. East- 

 em U. S. 



polypodioldes, F^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. 



alpfistris, F^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. 

 n&athehabitotAspleniumfilix-famiiia 

 BBB. Lvs. ternately tripinnatifid. 



Dry6pteriB, F^e. Oak Fern. Lvs. 

 triangular, .'i-9 in. each way, the lowest 

 pinnsB nearly equal to th* central (ter- 

 minal) portion, giving the leaf a temate 

 appearance. Eu. and N. Amer. 



AA. Fronds (lvs.) several feet long, 

 decompound. 



Kerandreni&na, 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 Brow- 

 ing in rather dry positions. P. polypodioide.i prefers 

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

 as the other two species. P. Jiexagonoptera 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. 



1747. Cranberry 

 Pole Bean — 

 Phaseolus vul- 

 earis (X K). 



Dryopte- 



can hardy fen 



work, though i 



; of the most beautiful of small Ameri- 

 ^ntly suited to shady rock- 

 growth early in the season. 

 P. W. Barclay. 

 PHELLODfiNDRON (Greek, phellos, cork, and rff»- 

 dron, tree; alluding to the corky bark). Ruiacta. 

 Ornamental deciduous trees with large, opposite, odd- 

 pinnate lvs., inconspicuous greenish fls. in short 

 terminal panicles and black frs. P. Amurense is quite 



