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CALYCI FLORAE. 
XXIV. Phaseolus. Kidney Bean. 
Calyx bell-shaped, two-lipped ; upper lip two-tooth- 
ed ; under 3-partite. Corolla papilionaceous ; keel 
spirally twisted with the diadelphous stamens and 
style, or more rarely incurved. Stalk of the ovary 
sheathed in the torus. Legume compressed or cylin- 
drical, 2-valved, divided internally by cellulose 
isthmi : seeds several ; hilum ovali-oblong — Be 
Cand. 
Herbaceous or suffruticose, commonly twining: leaves pin- 
nato-3-foliate ; racemes axillary ; pedicels usually geminate, 
always 1-flowered. Name, from phaselus a little boat, to 
which the pods bear some resemblance. 
# Root perennial. Stem suffrutescent at the base. 
1. Phaseolus amoenus. Fragrant-flowered Phas- 
eolus. 
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Twining fruticose slightly pubescent, leaflets ovate 
rounded or subcordate at the base subacuminate and 
apiculated at the apex glabrous above pubescent along 
the nerves beneath, raceme shorter than the leaf^ 
upper calycine lip emarginate lower 3-fid, legume 
straight linear compressed. 
13 ot. Misc. II. 113. 
HAB. Port-Royal Mountains. St John’s Hills. Neigh- 
bourhood of Savannah la Mar. 
FL. Autumn. 
Stem twining to several feet in height, frutescent, angulose. 
Leaflets minutely ciliated. Stipules small, oblongo-lanceolate : 
stipels oval. Racemes axillary : peduncle shorter than the leaf, 
2-4-flowered. Flowers shortly pedicelled, showy, purple, frag- 
rant. Calyx striated, minutely ciliated. Standard deflected, 
rounded, emarginate, purple ; wings broad ; keel spirally twist- 
ed. Stamens diadelphous ; single filament geniculated : an- 
thers lineari-oblong, yellow. Ovary puberulous : style bearded 
below the stigma, which is obtuse. Legumes about 6 inches 
long and 3 lines broad, linear, compressed, straight, with a long 
beak: seeds reniform, shining. 
The flowers of this species are very showy, and bear some 
resemblance to those of the Snail-flower, P. Caracalla. A 
variety with the leaflets more oblong, and, as well as the flow- 
ers, smaller, is to be met with in the neighbourhood of Savan- 
nah la Mar. 
