92 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
Lares Wuirte.* This variety is typical of the species 
except that it lacks in vigor, the plants rarely more than 
8 or 10 ft., moderately productive, very late. —Plate 38, 
A 
Jersey.f Identical with the preceding except in matur- 
ing its seed at least two weeks earlier. 
Forp.}{ A strain with pods 5-7 in. long. Notwith- 
standing the large size of the pods it is not more pro- 
ductive than the preceding. — Plate 38, f. 6. 
Burree.§ Plants dwarf, 15-18 in. high, much branched, 
inclined to produce a few runners, very productive and 
early. One of the best dwarf Limas. — Plate 38, f. 7. 
SPECKLED.|| Plant a vigorous grower, usually running 
10-12 ft. Leaflets rather large for the type. Pods 3-4 in. 
long. Seed 3-} in. long, white, speckled and blotched with 
dark reddish-brown. An early and moderately productive 
variety. Introduced about 1867. — Plate 38, f. 8. 
Dreer.{ Plant 6-8 ft. high, vigorous. Leaflets quite 
large and thick. Pods straight or nearly so, 2-4 in. long, 
1-1} in. broad, 3-} in. thick, without spur, containing 
3-4 beans. Seed dull or greenish-white, about as long as 
broad, with rounded sutures, tumid, }—$ in. long, 34,—# in. 
* Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 115: 296, (1896).— Lima. Burr, 
Field & Gard. Veg. 495. (1863).— Common Lima. . Vilmorin-And. Veg. 
Gard. 73. (1885). — Haricot de Lima. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 278. (1883). 
+ Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 115: 297. (1896).— Early Jersey 
Lima. Thorburn, Cat. (1892).— Bliss. Bailey, 1. c. 
t Ford’s Mammoth. Thorburn, Cat. (1897). 
§ Dwarf Large Lima. Long, Am. Gard. 11: 397. (1889). — Burpee’s 
Bush Lima. Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 87: 96. (1895). 
|| Bailey, Bull. Cornell Exp. Sta. 115: 299. (1896).—Red Lima. Fide 
Bailey, 1. c. — Mottled Lima. Burr, Field & Garden Veg. 497. (1863). — 
Mottied Lima or Marbled Cape. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Garden 73. (1885). — 
Haricot du Cap marbré. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 279. (1883). — Dreer’s 
marbrirte. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1876). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 12022: Philadelphia Commer- 
cial Museum, seeds, No. 454. St. Nickolan, Cape Verde, W. Africa, 
I Dreer’s verbesserte. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1891). 
