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14, PHASE’OLUS, ZL. Buran. 
Caly. t bilabiat pper lid bifid or emarginate, the lower one 
phiees Keel (ot the oral os ther with the pm and style, spirally 
wisted or incurved. aml ipitate, the Si id sheathed. Legume linear 
es 7 fale ate, compresse ssed or subterc the base of om — many- 
seeded. Seeds ee me an pide tes hilum. Leaves trifolio 
"R tem ostly volubile ; pole sli acumi- 
nate racemes solitar ae pealntbats ‘due bracts as Jong as the calyx; le 
gumes nearly linear and straight, hog shthonstts ds bet iform. 
Common Puaszonus. Kidney Bean. String Bean. Pole Bean. 
Fr. Haricot. Germ. Gemeine Bohne. Span. Fasol 
Root annual. Stem 4-6 or silae long, slender, volubile and climbing peers) twi 
against sie sun—W. S. E.)—c h variety). 
= es long ; common petioles ft 5 or 6 eles. long. Racemes on stout Largs 1-3 poy 
es long. Corolla mostly white. Legume 3-6 inches long. Seeds mor ess reni- 
fon, Belesapeed or of ideleine colors. 
Gardens and lots : vated. Native of India. Fl. June-August. Fr. ‘Sasa 
Obs. Very geuerally Ciba nent for the table,—both —— ihe le- 
gumes being eaten while young; when mature, ae seeds 
“baked beans” of New land, constitute a sort of ate dish 
among the ee of a Pilgrims 
The P. nanus, L. Dwarf or Bunch Bean (with a short erect stem, 
more seuiathnge® leaflets, and larger beach) id be aces to be only one 
of the tig lS Make produced by long 
2. P. Lona’rus, L. Stem volubile, Bue leaflets obli iquely- or 
delioid-ovate, a ro, Sess subpedunculate : . brac jpobemiai! than the 
calyx ; es broad, c com pee . scymitar- orm or somewhat lunate ; 
seeds m Bs pu compressed, br: we 
Lounate Puasrows. | Bean. Carolina Bean. 
Root an nnual. Stem 6- - or 10 feet long, branching, slender, volubile and climbing. Leaf. 
lets 2 —4 in ay cn a mon petioles 2—6 inches long. Hacemes loose flowered, on pedun- — 
cles about two-thir ds of an inch a Corolla greenish-white, precites small, Lequenes 
2-83 inches long, and about an inch wide. Seeds few, large, facts os mostly white. cs 
Gardens and lots: cultivated. Fl. July-August. Fr. Septem — October. 4 
Obs. This species (supposed to be a native of ee thease 
erally pean ae as 9 of South Amer jon) affo ords a favorite eras ‘the 
latter part o! — the large pate nly being 
are tender Ae oe impatient of cold, and killed by the slightest t fret 
15. BAPTIS'IA, Vent. Favse Inpico. — 
‘[Greek, Baptizo, to dip, or dye ; from its coloring ree 
