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kind of rpikes ; and they are large and yellow, 
and of a very fweet Imtl]. 
The feed -vefiels arc large, and the feeds fomewhat 
flat, and clouded or fpotted with a variety of colours. 
It is a native of Sicily, and is found moft fre- 
quently near the fea-coad:. Jt flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Lupinus fyhep'is fiore Itilea. 
Others, Lupinus favus, and Lupinus luteus ; and 
■we, the Tellow lupine. 
5. The Giant Lupine, 
Lupinus maxiinus hirfutus. 
The root is long and thick, and it is furniflied 
with innumerable fibres; 
The firft leaves are numerous, and very beau- 
tiful : they are placed on long footflalks ; and each 
is compofed of feven or more parts : thefe are ob- 
long, broad, of a beautiful bluidi green, and hairy. 
The ftalk is round, thick, white, and a yard 
and a half high. 
The leaves on this refemble thofe from the 
root, but they are fmaller. 
The flowers ftand in fpikes orclufl:ers on fliort 
foocflialks i and are large, and of a beautiful 
fky-blue. 
This is their natural colour ; but the induftry 
of our gardeners has in this refpeft introduced fo 
much variation, that the plant is fcarce to be 
known for the fame fpecies, except for its great 
height and hairynefs. 
The fi:ed-vefl"els are very large, and the feeds 
are large and flatted. 
It is a native of the Eafl: Indies, a<id flowers in 
Auguft. 
- C. Bauhine calls it Lupinus pcregrinus mujor. 
Jive villofus ccerukus major. Its great height has 
got ic with us the name of Giant lupine. 
5. Perennial Lupine. 
Lupinus c^rukus perennis. 
The root is compoftid of numerous, flender, 
and long fibres, which run under the furface of 
the ground, and fend up clulfcrs of leaves and 
flalks in difl'erent places. The colour of thefe 
fibres is rediOi ; and they fpread vaftly, and 
remain many years. 
The leaves are placed on long, flender, yel- 
lowifli, hairy footflalks : each is compofed of fe- 
ven or more parts, fpread out like the rays of a 
flar; and thefe are fhort, broad, rounded at the 
ends, and of a bluifli green. 
The flalk is round, of a pale green, weak, 
and about a foot and a half long : it does not of- 
ten fland perfedly cred, but ufually leans or trails 
a little. 
The leaves on this are placed upon long, flen- 
der footilalks; and they refemble thofe from the 
root, but that they are compofed of longer and 
narrower parts. 
The flowers are fmal! and blue; the feed-vefl"els 
are long, flender, and whitiflij and the feeds arc 
fmall and flatted. 
It is a native of North America, and flowers in 
Augufl:. 
Morifon calls it Lupinus caruleus minor perennis 
Virginianus repens. 
The conrmon white lupine is cultivated in many 
parts of Europe, in the manner of our fmall 
pulfes, for the food of cattle. 
The frefl) plant is cut up for this purpofe about 
the time of its flowering. 
The ripe feeds are in fome places eaten at table ; 
but they have a bitternefs that is unpleaflng. 
They are good againft worms in children, and 
are for that purpofe befl given as a dccodtion, 
fweetened with honey. 
The young fruit entire, infufed in water, pro- 
motes the menfes ; and the flour of the feeds is 
ufed in cataplafms, and other outward applica- 
tions. 
GENUS III. 
KIDNEYBEAN. 
PHASEOLUS, 
'yHE flower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is obtufe, and of a heart-like fhape, and has the 
edges turned back. The aire are oval, and have long, flender bottoms. The carina is narrow 
and twi'led. The cup is divided into two lips; the upper one of thefe is nicked at the tip, and 
the lower has three points. The feed-vefl'el Is long and flender ; and the feeds are kidney fhaped. 
Linnsus places this among the diadelphia decandria ; the threads in the flower being placed in two 
afTortmcnts, nine in one, and a Angle one in the other ; as in the preceding kind. 
I. The common white Kidneybean. 
Phafeolus vulgaris. 
The root is oblong, flender, and furniflied with 
many fibres. 
The ffalk is round, of a dufky green, weak, 
jointed, and branched : ic will trail upon the 
ground unlefs fupported. 
The leaves are large, and of a duflcy green : 
three are placed on every footfl:alk; and they are 
broad, and pointed at the ends. 
The flowers ftand fevera! together, and are 
fometimes white, fometimes redifli, and fome- 
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times purple: Thefe are accidental varieties, the 
fpecies being in all the fame. 
The feed-veflel is long and flender ; and the 
feeds, when ripe, are kidney-fhaped. 
It is a native of the Eafl: Indies, and flowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Smilax hortenfis^ five pha- 
feolus major. We call it tht Kidneybean, The -white 
kidneylean^ and, fooliflily enough, ^he French 
bean. 
Its ufe is for the table; and, when young, and 
eaten moderately, it is very wholefonie. When 
too old, it is apt to caufc flatulences. 
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