fluted towards the top; when observed abner a magnifier 
somewhat villous, to the height of two or three feet erect 
and standing of itself, from thence twining and branched, 
towards the bottom part corky. Leaves ternate, petioled : 
leaflets ovate, quite entire, smooth above, underneath when 
viewed with a glass slightly pubescent, on the lower part 
of the stem obtuse and smaller, elsewhere pointed.  Sti- 
pules in pairs, lanceolate pointed. Peduncles axillary, 
solitary, a foot long, rigidly straight, almost upright, 
many-flowered at the top. Bractes of the calyx in pairs, 
~ subulate, small, close-pressed, caducous. Flowers sessile, 
alternately paired, without scent. Calyx cylindrical, green, 
narrow, small, smooth, bilabiate: upper lip notched at the 
end and the shorter of the two, lower one with three subu- 
late teeth. Vexillum (uppermost and largest petal) twice 
longer than the calyx, purple suffused’ over a greenish 
ground: ala (side petals) deep-purple-red, twice the length 
of the vexillum, roundish, concave, wide apart from the 
rest: carina (two lowermost parallel petals: generally more 
or less connected at the inner edge) purple in the middle, 
on the sides white at both surfaces, shorter than the vexil- 
lum owing to the spiral twist. dnthers deep yellow, oblong, 
balanced. Seeds several, oblongly kidney-shaped, smooth, 
with black and brown spots: sheld linear, straight, round- 
ish, taper-pointed, 3-4 inches long, brown, with a roughish 
furred decumbent pubescence. Jacquin has left out the sy- 
nonyms of Dillenius and Plumier, because they speak of a 
perennial plant. This is too likely to be a mistake to be 
trusted to in displacing a synonym in other respects good. ~ 
Drawn at Chiswick in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society; where the plant has been introduced from the West 
Indies. A kidney-bean, though not an esculent. 
Originally cultivated in 1732 by Dr. James Sherard, 0 
the Eltham garden, where it was observed by Dillenius, and 
faithfully represented in his work. 
