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PHASEOLUS Caracalla. 
Twisted-flowered Kidney-hean, or Snail-flower. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
. Nat. ord. Lecuminosm. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. V. Corolla irregu- 
laris papilionacea, Legumen uniloculare bivalve. Frutices aut herbee; folia 
stimplicia aut ternata aut rarits digitata; stipule nunc subnulle, nunc con- 
spicue imo petiolo adnate aut ab eodem distincte. ; 
PHASEOLUS. Cal. 2-labiatus, supra emarginatus, infra tridentatus, 
sepé basi bibracteatus. Veaillum reflexum; carina cum staminibus et stylo 
in spiram convoluta. . Leeumen oblongum, polyspermum, forma varium ; 
sem. reniformia aut subrotunda, hylo Jaterali. Herbe, plereque volubiles ; 
Jolia ternata petiolata, stipulis a petiolo distinctis, foliola supra eundem artt- 
culata petiolulo terminali infra biaristato ; lateralibus uniaristatis, aristis 
stipuleformibus: flores sepe spicati axillares; legumen sepe glabrum, rariis 
villosum aut et pruriens. . Embryo cotyledonibus distinctus. Juss. loc. cit. 356. 
Div. Scandentes. 
P. Caracalla, caule volubili, vexillis carinaque spiralitér convolutis. Lin. 
_ sp. pl. ed. 2. 2. 1017. ; et bn, 
Phaseolus Caracalla. Mzll. dict. ed.8.n. 2. Andrews’s reposit.341. Hort. 
Kew. 3. 30. ed. 2. 4. 290. Brotero flor. lusit. 2. 129. Tak 
Phaseolus indicus, cochleato flore. Triumf. obs. 93. t. 94. ete pale 
Cochliasanthus; (in textu); Caracalla; (in icone). Trew pl. rar. 14. t. 10. 
Cal. bilabiatus, labio superiore emarginato, inferiore tridentato. Vexillum 
cordatum, obtusum, emarginatum, reclinatum lateribus reflexis: ale ovate, 
longitudine veailli, unguibus longis insidentes : carina angusta spiralitér contra 
solem convoluta. Fil. diadelpha (simplex et 9-fidum), intra carinam spiralia. 
Germen oblongum, compressum, villosum. Stylus filiformis, spiraliter inflecus, 
superné pubescens: stigma obtusum, crassiusculum, villosum. Legum. longum, 
rectum, coriaceum, oblusum cum acumine: sem. reniformia, oblonga, com- 
pressa. Trew loc. cit. 
Native of India. Cultivated in the garden at Hampton 
Court, as long ago as 1690. 
We are obliged to Mr. Herbert for the sample for our 
drawing. It was part of a plant which flowered last au- 
tumn in the hothouse at Spofforth. We believe the species 
is not now often found in our collections. 
Miller tells us that it is much cultivated in Portugal on 
account of the fragrance and beauty of the flowers; that 
it thrives there in the open air, and serves for bowers and 
trellis-work. We suspect, however, that this excellent 
horticulturist is not to be ence on in point of orthography, 
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