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351. PHASE OL US. L. Mitt. Gen. 612. 

 [Latin, P/uiselus, a boat; from the keel-like form of the legumes.] 



Calyx bibracteate at base, campanulate, sub-bilabiate ; upper lip bifid, 

 or emarginate, lower one trifid. Keel, with the stamens and stifle, spi- 

 rally twisted, or rarely incurved. Ovary stipitate, the stipe sheathed 

 at base. Legume compressed and falcate, or cylindric, many-seeded. 

 Seeds rcniform, with an oval-oblong hilum. Leaves trifoliate. 



1. P. piBSHiris, Walt. Stem volubile, pubescent ; leaflets ovate, ac- 

 uminate, 3-nerved, adhesively scabrous beneath ; racemes often in pairs, 



or sub-paniculate, longer than the leaves; calyx-bracts minute ; leg- 

 umes broad, falcate, mucronatc. Beck, Bot. p. 91. 

 P. paniculatus. Mx. .1m. 2. p. 60. Also, Pers. Sy?i. 2. p. 295. 

 Also, Dolichos polystachyos. Willd. Sp. 3. *. 1049. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 

 298. Muhl. Cutal. p. 64. 



Pkhkn-nial Phasf.oius. Vulgd— Wild Kidney-Bean. 



Root perennial. Stem 4 to 6 or 8 feet long, slender, striate, pubescent, branching 

 climbing, or more commonly trailing. Leaflets an inch and half to 4 inches Ions, 

 and 1 to 3 inches wide, ovate, often subcordate at base, more or less acuminate! 

 scabrous and remarkably adhesive beneath, the lateral ones obliquely ovate, or 

 enlarged on the outside towards the base ; common petioles 1 to 3 or 4 inches Ion", 

 pubescent: stipules small, lanceolate. Racemes slender, loose-flowered ; pedun- 

 cles 2 to 6 or 6 mches long, often 2 or 3 in the same axil ; pedicels mostly in pairs, 

 2 to 4 l.nes long, with 3 small unequal bracts at base, the middle or lower bract 

 larger, lance-ovate, acuminate, nerved, pubescent. Calyx smoothish, with minute 

 bracts at base ; segments short, broad, obtuse. Corolla purple, with tinges of 

 violet; vexillum large ; keel compressed, and spirally twisted, pale green. Leg. 

 ume an inch and half to 2 inches long, and about 1 third of an inch wide, falcate, 

 stipitate, smooth, pendulous. Seeds roniform, compressed, dark purple. 

 Hub. Rocky woodlands : not very common. Ft. July-Aug. Fr. Sept-Octo. 



2. P. xvioxms, L. Stem volubile, sub-pubescent ; leaflets ovate 

 acuminate; racemes solitary, pedunculate, shorter than the leaves • 

 calyx-bracts as long as the calyx ; legumes nearly straight, sub-tor. 

 nlose, long-mucronate ,■ seeds reniform, subcatnpressed. ' Willd. Sd 



3. p. 1030. r „ *' 



„ [Bean. 



Common Phasfolus. Vulgd- Kidney Bean. String Bean. Pole 

 Gallice— Haricot. Germ.— Die Gemeine Bohne. m^.—Fasoles 



Root annual. Stem 4 to 6 or 8/eet long, slightly pubescent, branching volubile 

 and climbing, ahcays ttcining against the sun, or W. S. E. Leaflets 2 to 4 or 5 

 inches long, and an inch ami half to 3 inches wide, acute, or sometimes long-acu- 

 mmate, more or less scabrotts-pubescent ; common petioles I to 5 or 6 inches lot," 

 stout : stipules oblong-ovate, spreading, or refiexed. Racemes solitary, on stoVt 

 peduncles 1 to2 or4,nches long; pedicels 1 third to 2 thirds of an inch long 

 mostly ,n pu.rs, w,th3 uncial bracts at base, the middle bract larger, ovatedance- 

 olale Calyx souuwhat T nlose, with 2 ovale nerved bracts at base as long, or longer 

 thanthecalyx Coro la rnostly white, rather large. Legume 3to6 inches lm,g, 

 and 1 thud to 2 thuds of an inch wide, more or less compressed, minutely pubes- 

 cent. Seeds more or less remform, whitish, or of various colors. 

 Hab. Gardens, and Lots : common. Fl. July-August. Fr. September. 



Obs. Generally cultivated for the lable,-both seeds and leeumes being eaten. 



