90 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
a. Seed white. 
Carotina.* Plant rather vigorous, with many runners. 
Leaflets 23-3 in. long, 2-24 in. broad. Pods 3-4 in. long, 
a little curved, usually containing 3-4 beans. Seed white, 
quite uniform in size and shape. An early variety and one 
of the oldest in cultivation. — Plate 38, f. 1. 
Henperson.f Plant 12-15 in. high, compact, bushy, 
bearing freely. Otherwise ‘identical with the preceding. 
First found growing along a roadside in Virginia about 
1875 and introduced in 1889. 
Wititow Lear.t{ Plant climbing 5-6 ft., with few branches, 
moderately vigorous. Leaves usually linear-lanceolate, 6-7 
in. long, 4-1 in. broad. Very late. Otherwise identical 
with Carolina. This variety is evidently not well fixed, as 
broadly ovate leaves occasionally appear. It is frequently 
planted for ornamental purposes and by many considered 
more valuable as such than asa garden esculent, the quality 
not being the best. Introduced 1891. — Plate 38, f. 2. 
aa. Seed black, brown or variegated. 
Buack Lima.§ Identical with Carolina except in color 
* Carolina, Sieva, Saba or Small Lima. Browne, Rept. U. S. Pat. Off. 
838. (1854). — Carolina or Sieva Lima. Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta, 
115: 295. (1896).— Sieva. Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 499. (1863).— 
Haricot de Sieva. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 279. (1883).— Dreer’s gelblich- 
weisse von Sieva. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1878). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds belonging to this or the two following 
varieties, No. 13228, 26662: Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, 
No. 10554, ‘ Guaracaros blancos,” Venezuela; 10555, Corrientes, 
Argentina; 10643, ‘“ Caraotas blancas,’’ State of Carabobo, Venezuela; 
10840, Uruguay Rural Assoc., Montevideo, Uruguay; 10866, Chivilcoy, 
State of Buenos Ayres, Argentina. 
+ Henderson Bush Lima. Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 87: 95. (1895). 
¢ Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 115: 295. (1896). 
§ Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 115: 295. (1896). — Zarly Black. 
Beach, Bull. N. Y. Exp. Sta. 69: 258. (1894). Z 
Phaseolus peregrinus lobo & fructu nigro. Bauhin. Pinax 340. (1623). — 
Tournef. Inst. 413. (1719). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10812, Brazil. 
