GARDEN BEANS CULTIVATED AS ESCULENTS. 91 
of seeds, which are black or spotted and blotched with black. 
Introduced 1892. — Plate 38, f. 3. 
Jackson.* Plant dwarf, 18-20 in. high, quite loosely 
spreading, usually with few runners 1-2 ft. long. Seed 
brown, speckled and splashed with a darker shade. Very 
productive, but the color of the seeds of both this and the 
preceding variety is objectionable for table purposes. 
Introduced 1891.— Plate 38, f. 4. 
P. lunatus macrocarpus Benth. 
Phaseolus inamoenus Linn. Sp. Pl. 724. (1753). — DC. Prodr. 2 393. 
(1825). — Miller, Gard. Dict. (1807). 
Phaseolus Xuaresii Zucc. DC. Prodr. 2; 393. (1825). 
Phasoelus Limensis, P. latisiligquus Macfadyen, Fl. Jam. 279, 282. (1837). 
Phaseolus lunatus macrocarpus Benth. Fl. Bras. 15!3 181. (1859).— 
Bailey, Cyclop. Am. Hort. 8: 1295. (1901). 
Phaseolus I. sive Purkircherianus. Clus. Hist. Stirp. 722. (1583). 
Phaseoli magni laté albi. Lobel. Ic. Stirp. 2: 60. (1591). In part. 
Phaseoli Brasiliani ad vium. Gerarde, Hist. Pl. 1040. (1597). 
Phaseolus peregrinus I. Clus. Hist. Pl. 2: 222. (1601). 
Phaseolus peregrinus hortensi affinis, semine lato albo, multis nigris 
venisstriato. Bauhin. Pinax 340. (1623). — Tournef. Inst. 413. (1719). 
Phaseolus novi orbis latus, totus candidus Smilaci hortensi affinis. 
Bauhin. Hist. Pl. 2: 268. (1651). 
Phaseolus peregrinus, fructu lato, compresso, albo. Tournef. Inst. 413. 
(1719). In part. 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 12016, 12020: Philadelphia 
Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10793, Cape Verde, Africa. 
Plant a vigorous climber 10-12 ft. high, with dwarf gar- 
den varieties 15-20 in. high. Leaflets rather large, 3-4 in. 
long, broadly ovate, often diamond shaped, glabrous or 
slightly pubescent, thick, quite smooth. Pods 3-5 in. 
long, 1-1} in. broad, flat, usually distinctly curved, tipped 
with a short stout spur, containing 3-4 beans. Seed 3-1 
in. long, $-% in. broad, flat, decidedly kidney shaped, vari- 
ously colored. 
* Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 87: 95. (1895). — Jackson Wonder 
Dwarf Sieva. Thorburn, Cat. (1897). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 13230: Philadelphia Commercial 
Museum, seeds, No. 10559, Clark Co., Ga.; 10627, “‘ Guaracaros pintados,”” 
Venezuela. 
