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CALYCI FLORAE. 
shaped warted along the sutures pubescent 3-seeded, 
seeds white tumid. 
HAB. Cultivated. 
FL. December. 
Root and lower part of the stem perennial : branches terete, 
striated, pubescent. Leaflets thicker than in any of the other 
species of this genus, slightly acuminate, blunt, entire, nerved 
and veined, pubescent above, hispid beneath ; lateral leaflets 
unequilateral. Stipules ovate, acute, marescent : stipels small. 
Racemes axillary. Flowers white, on short round pubescent 
pedicels, 2, 3, 4 together. Calyx bibracteolated at the base, 
pubescent ; upper lip bifid, lobes obscure, repand, rounded ; 
lower lip 3-dentate, teeth acute, and the middle one most pro- 
minent. Standard roundish, emarginate, bilobed, with the lobes 
concave ; wings oblongo-obovate ; keel twisted. Ovary sericeo- 
pubescent. Legume ^ of an inch broad and 3 inches long, 
compressed, pubescent when green, warted along the sutures : 
seeds 3, oblong, plump, compressed, white. 
I cannot reconcile the character of this plant with the de- 
scription of any species hitherto noticed. This is the more 
remarkable, as it has been long esteemed and in cultivation in 
the West Indies. It may have been overlooked, owing to the 
circumstance that it flowers and bears only once a year. Of 
the species noticed by De Candolle, it approaches nearest to 
P. TUMIDUS. 
This is justly considered as among the most delicate of the 
pulse tribe cultivated in Jamaica. When young, it has a taste 
very much resembling that of the Windsor Bean. It is dressed 
plain with butter, or in soup. It is not generally cultivated, 
there being an uncertainty in its returns. It is usually trained 
to cover arbours. A gentle pruning is l’ecommended after 
bearing. 
4. Phaseolus gonospermus. Hibbert Pea. 
Twining hispidulous, leaflets ovate acuminate, 
racemes shorter than the leaves, legume short sub- 
compressecl torulose warty along the sutures 3-seeded, 
seeds irregularly angulated. 
Savi, Mem. III. 20. f. 19? 
HAB. Cultivated. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
Stem suffruticose towards the base, angulose, hispidulous 
with reverted hairs. Leaflets as if truncated at the base, sub- 
cordate, deltoideo-ovate, acuminate with the apex bluntish, 
hispidulous especially along the under surface of the nerves. 
Stipules small, ovate, acuminate : stipels oblong. Racemes 
