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lanceolate, deciduous. Racemes axillary : rachis angulose, pu- 
berulous : pedicels in clusters of 3-4, short: flowers greenish- 
wliite, numerous, but only 1-2 of each raceme perfecting the 
legume. Bracteas at the base of the pedicels, minute, ovato- 
lanceolate. Calyx hibracteolated, minutely puberulous. Stand- 
ard greenish, roundish, emarginate, concave; wings obovato- 
cuneate, of a pale-buff colour. Ovary puberulous : style pubes- 
cent towards the stigma : stigma oblongo-capitate. Legume 
scimetar-shaped, an inch and a half in breadth, compressed, 
subulate at the apex, glabrous : seeds 3, large, flat, white. 
A very good variety of pulse, not inferior to the Sugar- 
Bean. 
8. Pliaseolus compressus. Dutch-runner. 
Twining hispid, leaflets ovate acuminate, racemes 
peduncled shorter than the leaf, pedicels in pairs, 
legumes compressed subtorulose mucronate, seeds 
compressed. 
JDe Cand. Prod. II. 392. 
HAB. Cultivated. 
FL. Throughout the year. 
Stem herbaceous. Leaflets broad-ovate, acuminate, 3-nerved, 
hispid. Stipules ovato-subfaleate on the side towards the pe- 
tiole. Raceme axillary, short, peduncled, about 4-flowered : 
pedicels in pairs, about half an inch in length, filiform, subglab- 
rous, furnished at their insertion with a broad-ovate acuminate 
concave veined ciliated bractea to each pair. Bracteoles, a pair 
of them, broad-ovate acuminate concave below each flower. 
Calyx glabrous ; upper lip subentire ; lower lip 3-fid with the 
middle lobe the longest. Standard greenish, obliquely reflect- 
ed, concave, subemarginate : wings elliptic, clawed. Stamens 
monadelphous with the tube slit above. Ovary linear, com- 
pressed, green, pubescent : style pubescent towards the stigma, 
which is obtuse. Legume 5-6 inches long : seeds white. 
Of this species there are two varieties ; a. humilis, or the poor 
man's pea : (3. major, the common Dutch runner. They are 
both much esteemed, and are very generally cultivated. 
9. Pliaseolus nan a. Dwarf Kidney-bean. 
Erect hispid, leaves ovate acuminate hirsute, 
racemes sessile usually (j-flowered, pedicels in pairs 
with the lowest pair axillary, legume pendulous sub- 
torulose with a long beak, seeds oblong subcom- 
pressed. 
Pliaseolus erectus major, siliqua tereti, semine rubro, Sloane, 
I. 183. t. 115. f. 2. 3. 
