When the feed is ripe it flibuld be immediately cut, 
: otherwife a good quantity will foon Hied out ; and if 
it is turned two or 'three times to dry, according to 
the favourablenefs of 'the feafon, it will be fit to thrafh. 
out the feed, and the fooner that is done, the lefs lofs 
there will be of the feed. 
PHASEOLOIDES. See Glycine. 
PHASEOLUS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 412. tab. 
232. Lin. Gen. Plant. 777. [takes its name of 
<pd(Tvr.<B J , an bblong fwift fhip, becaufe the hulk of 
this plant refembles a fhip.] Kidney-bean ; in French, 
Haricot. 
The Characters are, 
'The tmpalernent of the flower is of one leaf \ having two 
lips ■, the upper lip is indented at the top , and the under 
one is divided in three parts. The flower is of the butter- 
fly kind •, it hath a keart-Jhaped , obtufe , inclined ftandard , 
reflexed on the Jides •, the wings are cval , the length of 
the ftandard , and a narrow Jpiral keel twifted contrary 
to the fun. It hath ten ftamina , nine joined in one body , 
and the other funding feparate , which are jpiral within 
the empdlement , terminated by Jingle fummits , and an ob- 
long, compreffed , hairy gertnen , fupporting a fender , in- 
flexed, jpiral flyle , crowned by an obtufle hairy ftigma. 
The gcrmen afterward becomes a long pod with a thick 
ft: ell, ending in an obtufle point, inclofing oblong, compreffed , 
kidney-Jhaped feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the third fe&ion of 
Linnaeus’s feventeenth clafs, which contains thofe 
plants whofe Bowers have ten ftamina joined in two 
bodies •, he has divided the plants which were for- 
merly included in this genus into two genera, one of 
which he calls Dolichos, and the other Phafeolus ; the 
latter differs from the former, in having the parts of 
generation in the flowers fpirally twifted. 
It would be to little purpofe to enumerate all the va- 
rieties of this plant which have come to our know- 
ledge in this place, fmce America does annually fur- 
nifh us with fo many new forts, as that theie is no 
knowing what varieties there may be produced in 
different countries : befides, as they are not likely to 
be much cultivated here, fince feme of the old forts 
are preferable to any of the new, for the ufe of the 
kitchen-garden, therefore I fhall only firft mention a 
few forts which are cultivated for their flowers, or as 
curiofities, and then mention thofe which are moft ef 
teemed for the table. 
The Species are, 
2. Phaseolus {Hiatus) volubilis, floribus laxe fpicatis, 
alis longitudine vexillo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1017. Kid- 
ney-bean with a twining ftalk , and flowers growing in 
loofle fpikes, whofe wings are as long as the ftandard. 
Phafeolus Bore purpureo, alis amplis longe protenfis. 
Hort. Elth. 314. tab. 235. Kidney-bean with a purple 
flower, having large wings which are ftr etched out to a 
great length. 
1 . Phaseolus ( Caracalla ) volubilis, vexillis carinaque 
fpiraliter convolutis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1017. Kidney-bean 
with a twining ftalk , whofe ftandard and keel are fpirally 
twifted. Phafeolus Indicus cochleato Bore. Triumf. 
Obf. 93. Indian Kidney -bean with a fnail-Jhaped flower, 
eommomy called Caracalla in Portugal. 
3. Phaseolus {Vexillatus) volubilis, vexillis revolutis 
patulis leguminibus linearibus ftridis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
1017. Kidney-bean with a twining ftalk, a fpr ending 
ftandard which is twifted backward, and narrow clofle 
pods. Phafeolus Bore odorato, vexillo amplo patulo. 
Hort. Elth. 313. Kidney-bean with a flweet flower , hav- 
ing a large fpr ending ftandard. 
a. Phaleolus ( Farinofus ) volubilis pedunculis fubca- 
pitatis, fe mini bus tetragono-cylindricis pulverilentis. 
Hort. Upfal. 214. Kidney-bean with a twining ftalk, 
foot-ftalks ending in flowers growing in heads , and four- 
cornered cylindrical duft-coloured feeds. Phaleolus pere- 
srinus, Bore rofeo, femine tomentofo. Niffol. Ad. 
Par. 1730. Foreign Kidney -bean with a Rofe-coloured 
flower and downy feeds, 
n. Phaseolus ( Vulgaris ) volubilis, floribus racemofis ge- 
minis, bradeis calyce minoribus, leguminibus pen- 
dutis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 724. Kidney-Urn with a twining 
ftalk, branching flowers; growing 'by pairs, br&biees which 
are Jkorter than the empalement, and hanging pods. Pha- 
feolus Indicus, Bore coccineo five puniceo. Mar. 'Plift. 
2. p. 69. Indian Kidney -be an with a fcarlet or -purple 
flower , commonly called the Scarlet-bean. 
6 . Phaseolus ( Coccineus ) volubilis, floribus racemofis, 
filiquis brevibus pubefcentibus. Kidney-bean with a 
twining ftalk, flowers growing in long bunches , and Jhort 
hairy pods. Phaleolus fiorum fpica pyramid ata, femine 
coccineo nigra macula notata. Plum, Cat. 12. Kidney- 
bean with flowers growing in a pyramided fpike , and fcar- 
let feeds which are marked with black. 
The firft fort is an annual plant ; the feeds of this 
were brought from Carolina, where it grows naturally. 
The ftalks of this twine about any fupport like the 
common Kidney-bean j they are hairy, and rife four or 
five feet high the leaves are fhaped like thofe of the 
common Kidney-bean, but are narrower. The flowers 
are produced in loofe fpikes, Handing upon long foot- 
ftalks ; they are large and of a purple colour, turning 
to a blue before they fade. Thefe appear in July, 
and if the autumn proves warm, they will be fuc- 
ceeded by narrow long pods, containing fmall oval 
feeds which ripen in Odober. 
The feeds of this fort fhould be fown on a warm 
border about the latter end of April, and when the 
plants begin to run up, they muft be fupported either 
with fticks, or fattened to a hedge or wall, to pre- 
vent their trailing on the ground, and conftantly kept 
clean from weeds. If they are clofe to a wall or 
hedge expofed to a good afped, they will ripen their 
feeds in England, otherwife they frequently fail in bad 
feafons. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in the Brazils, from 
whence the feeds were brought to Europe. This is a 
perennial plant with twining ftalks, which rife to the 
height of twelve or fourteen feet ; the leaves are 
fhaped like thofe of the common Kidney-bean, but are 
fmaller. The flowers are produced in flender fpikes ; 
they are of a purplilh colour, and have an agreeable 
odour ; thefe are fucceeded by flender pods which 
are comprefied, containing feveral oval .compreffed 
feeds. This is propagated by feeds, which fhould be 
fown in a moderate hot-bed in the fpring •, and when 
the plants come up, they muft be carefully trans- 
planted into pots filled with light frefh earth, and muft 
be plunged into a hot-bed to facilitate their taking 
root ; after which they fhould be inured to bear the 
open air by degrees, into which they fhould be re- 
moved the end of June or beginning of July, placing 
them in a flickered fituation i and as they advance in 
their growth, and fill the pots with their roots, they 
fhould be removed into larger pots, which muft be 
filled with frefh light earth. 
During the fummer feafon they muft be frequently 
refrefhed with water •, but in winter they muft be re- 
moved into the green-houfe, and fhould have but little 
water during that feafon. Thefe plants when young, 
are tender, but after the firft winter they will require 
only to be fereened from froft, but muft have open 
free air whenever the weather will permit, otherwife 
the leaves will grow mouldy, and decay the tender 
fhoots. This plant produces its flowers in July and 
Auguft, but feldom perfects its feeds in England. 
It is very common in Portugal, where the inhabitants 
plant it to cover arbours and feats in gardens, for which 
it is greatly efteemed by the inhabitants of that 
country, for its beautiful fweet fmeliing flowers, and 
in that country it thrives very well in the open air. 
The third fort grows naturally in America, and is: 
preferred in Tome curious gardens for variety, but is 
a plant of no great beauty •, this may be propagated 
by fowirsg the feeds in the fpring upon a hot-bed, 
and when the plants come up, they muft be planted 
in pots, and treated as the former fort. It produces 
its flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in September. 
The fourth fort was brought from America, _ and is 
preferved in curious gardens rcr the fake of its long 
flowering. This is an abiding plant, and- fhould be 
managed as was directed for the third fort, but this 
0 requires 
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